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A Conversation with Ubuntu's Jono Bacon (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the the-world's-leading-death-metal-free-software-advocate dept.

You've probably heard Jono Bacon speak at a Linux or Open Source conference. Or maybe you've heard one of his podcasts or read something he's written in his job as Ubuntu's community manager or even, perhaps, read The Art of Community, which is Jono's well-regarded book about building online communities. Jono also wrote and performed the heavy metal version of Richard M. Stallman's infamous composition, The Free Software Song. An excerpt from the Jono version kicks off our interview, and the complete piece (about two minutes long) closes the video. Please note that this video is a casual talk with Jono Bacon, the person, rather than a talk with the "official" Ubuntu Jono Bacon. So please, pull up a chair, lean back, and join us. (Alternate Video Link)

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  1. had to be said by frovingslosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    mmmm Bacon

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    1. Re:had to be said by LoRdTAW · · Score: 2

      Stop feeding the trolls. All it does is give them a laugh as they prepare to reap the butthurt they have sewn. The best way to deal with a troll is to NOT REPLY and let them get modded down. No butthurt = no joy for them. Total defeat.

  2. Re:We don't do flash by kthreadd · · Score: 3, Informative

    It actually gave me a "less evil" .mp4 when I changed the user-agent string to "iPad".

  3. Re:Nope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe it's just me, but Ubuntu seems to be the Art of how to piss off everyone else in the "Community."

  4. Do we care? by machineghost · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anyone in the open source community even care what anyone from Canonica/Ubuntu has to say anymore? They've basically ostrasized themselves to anyone I know who cares about Linux.

  5. Unsurprising by cynicist · · Score: 2

    Are the comments in this thread surprising? Nope.

  6. Re:Nope by TangoMargarine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This Jono Bacon guy seems to be becoming the next Bennett Haselton. I don't know or care what his qualifications are and wish they would stop throwing his articles at my eyeballs. I'm suspicious of anyone in Ubuntu PR at this point. Maybe they're not Microsoft, Sony, or Google ("we're still not evil!"), but they're their own brand of spanner-in-the-works these days.

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