Leaving Novell
Today is my last day working for Novell. They say we shouldn’t focus on the past, but I do have to look back a little.
Novell has allowed me to take part in some really awesome projects. Going back to Ximian, I was lucky to be part of the Linux desktop revolution (this year will totally be the year!). I helped to shape the aesthetics of Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE and most importantly SUSE Studio.
I won’t forget Novell for making many opensource projects such as Evolution, Mono, F-Spot, Banshee, Tango and many others possible.
Some really good stuff is about to happen with Studio, but for obvious reasons can’t spoil it by telling you. Soon SUSE Meego will bring what I think is the best netbook ui design to a wider audience and the last openSUSE I was involved in, 11.2, will come out in just a few days.
I will also miss the upcoming hackweek, which is something I recommend to any company. People will do awesome things for you if you let them do their little pet project. I would never be brave enough to dive into type design if it wasn’t for hackweek.
As for what I’m up to, stay tuned for an upcoming entry 
June 4th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hah, now I know where does the design on Hackweek t-shirts come from
Will miss you. I wish I was as good designer as you are
June 4th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
We’ll really miss you :/ I’m sure you’ll have fun in your next adventure, though!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Good luck in your next thing!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I can’t wait to hear what you’re going to next. A man with your talents will never lack for interesting work. I just hope you’ll be working with the open source community in some capacity, I love seeing your work!
SUSE will never look the same. Best of luck with whatever you take on next.
June 4th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Working with you is one of my favorite things, Jakub! Good luck!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Good luck in your future ventures!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
It was great working with you man! All the best and hope we will cross paths again in future.
June 4th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I hope you will stay in FOSS business and we’ll be able to see each other again. Also many thanks for what you have done for openSUSE and other SUSE projects as well!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Oh, that comes as a surprise, jimmac! I’m curious where you’ll show up next
Good luck!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Yes, we’re curious about your new destiny. Believe me, I don’t really like these news, I think Novel OSes need your hand, but…
Anyway, best of luck!
June 4th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
It was fantastic officially working with you over these past 6 years.
I guess we’ll soon be back to the unofficial open source cross-company bouncing-random-ideas sort of thing, most likely.
Also, we have to find games to play on the PS3. If you’re getting RDR, it’s a good start. And, I guess, if you’re getting that, perhaps I should get BC2 too to be fair? (:
June 4th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
It was great working with you, good luck wherever you go (not that you’ll need it
Hope we meet again!
June 4th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
It was a pleasure, Jakub! Good luck with what’s next!
June 4th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Two days dammit!!!.
That’s all the time we had working for the same company.
As soon as i reach Cz you’ll probably announce you’re shifting hemispheres too.
Do I really smell that bad?
But no matter… You’re still going to be making everything you touch aesthetically awesome wherever you end up and that’s good enough for me.
Have fun mate!
June 4th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
one great thing about the open source industry:
You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!!!!!
June 4th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Andy: You work for Novell now?
Jakub: Good luck with your future adventures, I’m certain it will be something amazing.
Is it the chemical factory place again?
June 4th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Jimmac, it was great working with you – thanks a lot! Have a lot of fun – with your family and at work!
AJ
June 4th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
i hope you’ll stay involved in open source. original gnome icon theme, tango, the suse themes, gimp icons.. i think your influence on gnome and free software in general is really huge. you achieved a lot, i hope you go on like that!
June 4th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Good luck for the future!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
You did a great work in the past and I believe you will do in the future.
Good Luck
Marcus
June 4th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I wish you the best.
Good luck in your next projects!
Salu2 de jEsuSdA
June 5th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Thanks everyone! And yes, I intend to stay around in the OSS world.
June 5th, 2010 at 7:46 am
Hi Jimmac,
Thank you for a great aesthetic design for openSUSE so far. Sad to heard that you leave the Novell. Hope you will still in charge with openSUSE.
Wish you all the best.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Best of luck Jimmac – hope to cross path professionally with you some day (and privately, well, you will hear from me soon
June 7th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Best of luck for a more enjoyable, profitable career. It was great working with you.
June 7th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Thanks for making openSUSE the most professional/polished looking distribution, not sure it can keep up that reputation without you.
Good luck for everything you do in future.
Jigish
June 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Thanks for all the great artwork throughout openSUSE and SUSE Studio. Especially loved the artwork in openSUSE 11.2 . All the best for times ahead!
June 11th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Clovece a kdo bude teraz robit tak super artwork pre openSUSE?
June 12th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Laco: musis zpracovat Andyho
June 12th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Mam lepsi napad cece… Pridaj sa k artwork teamu Canonical a rob pre Ubuntu
June 13th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Working with you has been awesome. I wish you all the best!
July 7th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Smart move, leaving Novell for Red Hat. Best of luck at the new job.