by Jono Bacon | Jan 16, 2009 | Ubuntu
Just wanted to share a little story about the [Dutch Ubuntu LoCo Team](https://www.ubuntu-nl.org/). A while back I had an email from Jan Stedehouder about asking for help with a Dutch computer fair, the HCC dagen. Jan was attending to advocate Ubuntu and spread the...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 12, 2009 | Community, Ubuntu
I just want to say a big *well done!* to our friends in the [Ubuntu Forums](https://ubuntuforums.org/) for bagging the *Best Support Resource* in the [Linux Format](https://www.linuxformat.co.uk/) awards in issue LXF115. The forums community managed to beat the mighty...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 8, 2009 | Article, Community, Ubuntu
A while back I [asked you to all re-connect with the Ubuntu ethos](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2008/12/19/the-ubuntu-ethos/). I asked for your stories of how you define your Ubuntu ethos, and there were some wonderful responses. Thank you everyone. Ethos is...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 6, 2009 | Advocacy, Article, Community, Ubuntu
Years ago when I was at [OpenAdvantage](https://www.openadvantage.org/), I worked closely with a group called Access To Recycled Technology. Formed by two salt-of-the-earth students called Steve and Vinnie, they secured what they referred to as “access...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 6, 2009 | Ubuntu
I am pleased to announce that James Westby is the new [Featured Contributor on the Ubuntu Hall Of Fame](https://hall-of-fame.ubuntu.com/). We already knew that James rocked the house with his Ubuntu work, but the new *Nominate somebody!* feature in the Hall Of Fame...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2008 | Ubuntu
A few weeks ago at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Mountain View we had many interesting discussions around [Ubuntu LoCo Teams](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams). We have so much potential with our LoCo community, and much of the discussions were based around...