by Jono Bacon | Feb 27, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
I just wanted to offer my thanks to the [LibreOffice](https://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](https://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](https://www.severedfifth.com) CD Release Party. The...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 28, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
After my [recent blog post](https://archivedblog.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](https://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...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 24, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, QA, Ubuntu
Today we announced the HUD that is landing in Unity. This is an awesome new feature. See [Mark’s blog post](https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/939), the [coverage on PC Pro](https://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/372385/ubuntu-rips-up-drop-down-menus), and the...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 24, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
I am a pretty terrible programmer. Anyone who has read my code can see that. Unfortunately, I tend to have lots of ideas about how we can use technology in different ways, hence why I write some code. Examples of this have included Lernid, Acire, RaccoonShow, and...
