Mark Shuttleworth to be Canonical CEO again

Jane Silber, Canonical's CEO since 2010, announced that she would resign from her position to make way for Mark Shuttleworth.

This news should come as no surprise, as Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, surprised the entire Linux community last week when he announced that all development of the Unity 8 user interface for Ubuntu tablets and smartphones would be canceled, and that Ubuntu would adopt the GNOME desktop environment starting next year.

Mark Shuttleworth to resume CEO role at Canonical

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical

“For the next 3 months, I will continue to be the CEO but will begin to transfer all my knowledge and responsibility to other members of the executive team. In July Mark will resume his role as CEO and I will be moving to the Canonical Board of Directors, ”said Jane Silber.

"I am looking forward to spending many more years with Ubuntu from my new positions both on the Canonical board and in the Ubuntu community, " she added.

Ubuntu users will not be affected

Although some might think that Ubuntu is falling apart and that it is time to change the operating system, the truth is that there are many reasons to continue using Ubuntu for years to come.

Ubuntu is still a very active project with a strong community as well as one of the most popular GNU / Linux distributions out there, no matter what its CEO is. However, now that Mark Shuttleworth is back in office, there are bound to be some major changes and other new features for the operating system.

Today, April 13, will be a crowded day for Canonical as the Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) operating system will be officially released. Ubuntu 17.04 will feature the Unity 7 user interface, as well as the latest ecosystem technologies, including Linux kernel 4.10, Mesa 17.0, X.Org Server 1.19.3, and much more.