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Jono Bacon is an established consultant and author, as well as a
regular contributor to the Open Source community. As a consultant at
the UK government funded OpenAdvantage, Bacon works with a range of
organisations in making use of Open Source for a wide range of needs.
As an author, Bacon co-authored Linux Desktop Hacks by O'Reilly, and
is currently finishing his second O'Reilly title. In addition to this
work, Bacon has written over 400 published articles for over 14
publications including Linux Format, Linux User & Developer, Linux
Magazine, PC Plus, IBM developerWorks, O'Reilly Network, Digital Home,
Sitepoint, MacTech, MacUser and more. Bacon has also contributed as a
columnist for Linux Format, Linux User & Developer, PC Plus and soon
for International Developer Magazine. Bacons regular O'Reilly Network
weblog articles regularly feature in the site's Top 10 most read
articles.
In addition to consultancy and writing, Bacon is an active contributor
to Open Source. He built one of the UK's first Linux orientated news
websites in 1998, then went on to be an active contributor to the KDE
project, founding KDE::Enterpise, KDE Usability Study and represented
KDE officially in the UK. Bacon has also founded Wolverhampton Linux
User Group, PHP West Midlands, the Infopoint Project, Free Software
Charities Register and wrote the XAMPP Control Panel, GNOME iRiver,
KwebStat, DevCenter and contributed patches to PiTiVi and KOrganizer.
Bacon has also been recently voted to the OpenDocument Fellowship
committee.
In recent months there has been lots of discussion about the next generation desktop and how the KDE and GNOME projects are re-thinking how their desktops will work. Jono Bacon, an established writer and consultant, has sat down, scribbled some odd looking notes on a piece of paper and is here to discuss what needs to happen for this next generation Linux desktop to become reality. His presentation covers a range of anecdotal and technical issues including:
Presentation Slides: OpenOffice