Interview with Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical & Founder of Ubuntu

https://youtu.be/3XLBo_OhUN0

Mark Shuttleworth joins us on the Destination Linux podcast for an in-depth interview. Mark Shuttleworth is the Founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.

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Chapters:

00:00 Interview with Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical / Ubuntu

00:26 Mark's Origin Story of His Journey into Linux

03:08 The Founding of Canonical & Ubuntu

06:44 What Is Most Exciting To You About The Growth Of Open Source?

08:21 Do You Have Any Concerns About The Growth Of Open Source?

09:55 What Role Does Ubuntu Community Play With Shaping Canonical?

12:06 How Do You Deal With The Harsh Criticisms?

15:21 Speaking of Unity DL Crew Share Unity Nostalgia

16:15 Canonical's Key Focus Areas

16:29 Importance of Internet of Things (IOT)

17:52 Details on Canonical's Hardware Partnerships (maybe Framework?)

20:53 Snap Format & The Criticism Around Snaps

25:07 Why Is The Snap Store Closed Source?

28:50 Plans To Improve The Snaps Format

30:03 Mark Learns About Michael's Aversion to Updates

32:02 The Motivation Behind Creating Snaps & Snapd

33:35 Michael Shares The Value of Multi-Distro Packages

34:09 Michael Clarifies His Update Aversion

34:35 Adding BTRFS Support In Ubuntu?

39:06 Mark's Thoughts On AI & Will AI Be Leveraged At Canonical

43:13 The Ethics of AI & Some Experts Wanting AI Expansion Paused

47:06 What Are You Most Proud Of About Canonical?

51:40 What Is It Like To Be In Space?!!

54:34 Lightning Round

56:20 Interview Wrapup