Hi Bret, Thanks for replying and sharing your view.
Just to be clear, no one is being asked to move anywhere if they don’t want to. The ubuntu-au mailing list will keep running while it’s available, and you’re welcome to stay here and engage the way you always have. The reason Discourse is being set up is simply because the underlying Ubuntu mailing list and wiki infrastructure is being phased out by Canonical over time. This isn’t about dropping email or cutting people off. Discourse does still support email participation through its mailing list mode, which is there specifically so people don’t have to change how they work if they don’t want to. The aim here is just to keep the community ticking along and accessible as the wider Ubuntu infrastructure changes, while giving people options rather than forcing anything. I’ll keep posting major updates to the list while it’s still active. Cheers, Tim On Tue, 13 Jan 2026, at 18:19, Bret Busby wrote: > On 13/1/26 14:44, Tim Casey wrote: > > > > > > *We’ve officially moved!* We have now set up an official Ubuntu > > Australia category on Discourse. This will be our main hub for > > discussion and coordination as we reboot for 2026. > > > > 👉 *Come say hello in our Welcome Thread! <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/ > > t/ubuntu-australia-loco-reboot-getting-started-for-2026/>* > > > > *Why the switch?* Moving to Discourse is where the wider Ubuntu > > community is heading. Canonical has indicated that their mailing list > > and wiki will be winding down over the next year, so this is the perfect > > time to make the move. > > > > Okay - so Canonical is going the way of MicroS### and disenfranchising > people. > > " > Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It is > often described as reminding us that ‘I am what I am because of who we > all are’. We bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers and > software. The Ubuntu distribution represents the best of what the > world’s software community has shared with the world. > " > - https://ubuntu.com/about > > > Canonical and ubuntu appear to now be mutually exclusive, like when the > snap stuff was imposed. > > When mailing list support is not the medium, then support is no longer > available. > > "help is available to only our servants and sycophants". > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .............. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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