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You gotta fight, for your right, to partaaaaay

by | Wed 10 Oct 2007

*(unashamed Beastie Boys reference for the title of this post)*

Well, we are steaming ahead to the Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon release, and I am hoping that each of you, my special Internet friends, are testing the beta and submitting your bugs. If not, [read this](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1042).

In the meantime, it is also full-steam ahead in terms of organising release parties around the world. So far we have **34 parties** organised, which is awesome, but we need *more, more, more*! Organising a party is simple – find a place to hold it (a university room, pub, house, restaurant etc), promote it and have a great time. You can find a simple guide to how to get started [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/RunningReleaseParty) and when you make the big-party-love happen, add it to [this page](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyReleaseParties).

So, lets have a look at the current party list (details of venues and dates [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyReleaseParties)):

## USA

* New Mexico
* Ohio
* Louisiana
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Missouri
* Indiana
* South Dakota
* Georgia
* Colorado
* Michigan
* Oregon

## Canada

* Quebec

## Europe

* Belgium (Flanders)
* Catalan Countries
* Croatia (Zagreb)
* Denmark (København)
* Netherlands {nl}
* Germany (Berlin)
* Germany (Köln)
* Serbia (Belgrade)
* France (Paris)
* France (Lille)
* Ukraine (Kiev)

## Australia

* Adelaide
* Sydney

## Asia

* Iran (Tehran)
* Vietnam (Hanoi)
* Thailand (Bangkok)

## South America

* Nicaragua
* Venezuela
* Costa Rica
* Brazil (Recife)

## Africa

* Egypt (Cairo)

Lets make it happen folks – go and organise a party in your area and celebrate yet another Ubuntu release. 🙂

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