Jon is VP Engineering at Canonical, where he leads the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Foundations, and Debcrafters teams. He conceived and led the "Oxidizing Ubuntu" initiative, making Ubuntu 25.10 the first major Linux distro to replace its coreutils and sudo implementations with Rust-based alternatives from the uutils project and the Trifecta Tech Foundation. Outside of Canonical, Jon is an active NixOS contributor and writes about Ubuntu, NixOS, and home automation at
jnsgr.uk. He's also a devoted pour-over coffee enthusiast and mountain biker.
