A while back I wrote about the importance of those of us in the Ubuntu community coming together around Ubuntu's Unity 8 project. The post was called "Return Home and Unify". I wrote that in order to promote the idea to contributing to the desktop that would inevitably ship on Ubuntu so that the experience … Continue reading Return Home to GNOME
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Hey all, I've been trying to write a blog post once a week. Anyone who has ever tried to schedule forced writing probably knows that you write best when a novel idea comes to you. Today I knew I wanted to write something, but as I sat and thought about a topic I settled on … Continue reading What is Wrong with Linux Software Centers?
So, I've been using electron apps since the Atom Text Editor, from GitHub, debuted featuring the technology. To ensure everyone knows what Electron is, I will explain first. Electron is a framework for creating cross-platform native desktop applications, using web technologies like: HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Like Ionic (Apache Cordova) for mobile, this enables the … Continue reading Electron Apps as First Class Citizens on Linux
Hello, everyone! I've kept the Internet in a state of suspense for long enough, so today I am proud to announce that I have joined the wonderful team at System76 - the company creating computers born to run open source software. This is a big change for me and I'd love to take the time … Continue reading Meet the new Community Manager at System 76 (me)
For those of you who have been following me for a while may have noticed that as of late I've been quite busy promoting a project of mine. Not to "toot my own horn", but my efforts appear to have been quite successful. The project I'm talking about is, as you may have guessed from … Continue reading The Exciting Tale of Mycroft