Presentation materials
There is a long history of Thunderbird being seeded on the Ubuntu ISOs. With this latest 24.04 Ubuntu release, there was a shift towards the Thunderbird snap by replacing the Thunderbird deb package with a transition package, much like was done with Firefox in 20.04.
As a former Canonical employee, I was able to bring the importance of snaps to MZLA (Thunderbird) and coordinate this...
In this talk I will showcase new advancements and challanges in Heroic Games Launcher and projects that surround it, as well as future plans and ideas on how we can make gaming on Linux even more pleasant for non-Steam games.
This includes a sneak peak of new open source replacement for EA App - Maxima, a standalone client developed together with [ArmchairDevelopers][1] responsible for...
The Canonical Open Design Working Group works to make design as transparent and inclusive as code, making it an essential aspect of open source projects. We'll delve into our mission, objectives, and goals, explaining how we align our efforts with Canonical's core values of open-source and community engagement. Join us as we share our journey, discuss the challenges we've faced, and highlight...
Design squad is a new initiative to connect flavors with volunteers who are interested in contributing design and similar skills. The flavors have unique challenges such as uneven workloads of design and branding tasks from release to release, and need of specialized skill sets. Even when the team has a design or art volunteer they tend to be a single person, or one time contributors....
We've designed the Framework Laptop for maximum flexibility, both from a hardware and a software perspective. To demonstrate this, within the 5 minute format of the Lightning Talk, I'll be swapping the Mainboard on a Framework Laptop to convert it from an x86 processor to a RISC-V processor, both of which support Ubuntu! While doing the swap, I'll talk through some of both the business and...
In this talk, I would like to discuss about why i decided to build and setup our own event participant Check-in Kiosk for UbuCon Korea. I will be also discuss how i implemented features of this kiosk software with Ubuntu Frame, Ubuntu Core, Flutter(with yaru.dart) and more. I did this project for my own hobby, So I won't be able to share many best practices, But would also like to share what...
This lightning talk will give a brief overview of the Regolith desktop environment and explain why it is a compelling alternative to more traditional interfaces. We will then provide a status summary of our integration work into upstream Debian repositories and our plans for the Ubuntu respin.
Valkey is a new open source high-performance key/value datastore supported by the Linux Foundation. It supports various workloads such as caching, message queues, and can serve as a primary database.
The Ubuntu community is excited to contribute to the development of Valkey. As part of our mission to bring free software to a wide audience and enable diverse open source communities to...
Abstract: In this lightning talk, we'll explore the exciting synergy between Intel's OpenVINO toolkit and Ubuntu's native support for Intel integrated and discrete GPUs. Intel's OpenVINO toolkit is an open-source framework designed to optimize and deploy deep learning models from cloud to edge. With recent Ubuntu releases, Intel GPU dependencies are now distributed directly with the operating...
Introducing Credentialing and Canonical Ubuntu Essentials Quick Certifications w/ Adrianna Frick
Introduction to "SmartPrintCoreH7x",
featured as the trailblazer in open source 3D printing hardware by 3Dprint.com, This Open Source high-performance 3D printer mainboard features reliable TI bucks and new locking Molex connectors standards, designed for both hobbyists and industrial machines. I will explain why this board is essential for the open-source 3D printing community as more...
While some may not consider DJing an art, the Electronic Dance Music industry moves millions of dollars a year and involves cutting edge hardware and software. Most of these tools are proprietary for a good reason, but as new generations of hardware and software get released, maintenance and support of old equipment are always a matter of discussion. Here is where open source could help...