Ubuntu Linux Community Manager Jono Bacon Leaves Canonical

In a few days, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, will bid farewell to its longtime community manager. Jono Bacon, who has long been one of the most familiar faces in the Ubuntu world, is moving to a new position at the XPRIZE Foundation. Bacon, who joined Canonical in 2006, reported on his blog that he decided to leave Canonical after receiving an offer from XPRIZE, which describes itself as "an innovation engine" and "catalyst for the benefit of humanity." He will work at XPRIZE as senior director of Community, bringing to bear the skills he acquired helping to coordinate the Ubuntu community over the last eight years. Although Bacon was not directly responsible for the business or development side of things at Canonical, his departure is significant for the Ubuntu and open source worlds, where executive titles have tended to matter less than actual community involvement. Alongside Ubuntu founder and former Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth, Bacon was one of the leading figures in the Ubuntu ecosystem since the project's earlier days. Bacon was arguably even more influential in shaping many aspects of Ubuntu than Jane Silber, who has been Canonical's CEO since 2010, but whose public presence has generally been limited.

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