Ubuntu Everywhere (Interview)

Dustin Kirkland joined the show to talk about Ubuntu — the most widely used flavor of Linux. We talked about the rise of Ubuntu, Ubuntu being everywhere, their collaboration with Microsoft to bring Bash to Windows, and what we can expect from the future of this Linux distro.

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Featuring:

• Dustin Kirkland – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Ubuntu on Windows – The Ubuntu Userspace for Windows Developers
• Changelog Weekly - Issue #99
• TimeBasedReleases - Ubuntu Wiki
• MUD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• ReleasePlanning/TimeBased - GNOME Wiki!
• Snappy Ubuntu Core | Cloud | Ubuntu
• Canonical | The company behind Ubuntu
• Mark Shuttleworth
• Ubuntu partners
• Launchpad
• Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Platform & Services
• Windows Subsystem for Linux Overview | Windows Subsystem for Linux

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