by Jono Bacon | Mar 2, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
[Speaking](https://www.jonobacon.com/2012/03/02/ubuntu-global-jam-the-dashboard/) of the [Ubuntu Global Jam](http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/globaljam/), if you are in Northern California, you should come and hangout with us fun Ubuntu folks in sunny, beautiful, Walnut...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 2, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
This weekend is the [Ubuntu Global Jam](http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/globaljam/) happening all over the world with **31** LoCo Teams participating across **22** countries. Be sure to [find an event near you](http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/globaljam/)! Much of the fun...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 27, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
I just wanted to offer my thanks to the [LibreOffice](http://www.libreoffice.org) team for their continued efforts in slimming down, refining, and bringing new features to the office suite. People sometimes talk a bit of smack about LibreOffice, but the team has been...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 31, 2012 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Severed Fifth
*Can’t see the video? Watch it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u2WzyHlV2c).* Just a quick note to let you know that this Friday, **3rd February** in San Francisco we will be having the [Severed Fifth](http://www.severedfifth.com) CD Release Party. The new...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 28, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
After my [recent blog post](https://www.jonobacon.com/2012/01/24/from-old-to-new-python-gtk/) about the lack of Python GTK documentation since the new era of GIR bindings, I was delighted to find [this awesome online...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 27, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
The [Ubuntu Developer Summit](http://uds.ubuntu.com/) (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10 release. The next UDS takes place at...