by Jono Bacon | Oct 17, 2007 | Desktop
Adam is [not wrong](https://blog.adamsweet.org/?p=216). The [post](https://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2007/10/15/networkmanager-07-is-the-new-chuck-norris/) is not just a good title though, but a great update on the things that are going on with NetworkManager....
by Jono Bacon | Oct 16, 2007 | Speaking, Ubuntu
This weekend I fly to Portugal for the [Open aLANtejo\07](https://alantejo.uevora.pt/2007/index.php?lang=en) event. Fellow Ubuntu and Canonical bod Mirco Müller will be there, and I am going to hassle him to teach me how to spin upside down. Then, on the 26th October...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 16, 2007 | Desktop
Ever so quick shout out to my French friend and cheese lover, [Edward Hervey](https://blogs.gnome.org/edwardrv/), for releasing 0.11.0 of [PiTiVi](https://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page). I know this release has been a long time coming, and we are starting to see video...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 16, 2007 | Music
A little later than I would have liked due to busyness, but following on from [Matthew](https://matthewhelmke.net/index.php/2007/10/11/7-i-love-my-guitars), [Jorge](https://stompbox.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/here-are-mine.html),...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2007 | Ubuntu
Well, UDS is growing nearer, and I am more excited about this UDS than any other. In fact, I often have to ask close friends to slap me in the face to calm me down. I am looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. In the same tradition as Ubuntu’s open...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2007 | Advocacy, Community, Ubuntu
A few days ago I got an interesting email from a young chap: > hi jono, > my name is David and I am a fan of your website and your work in ubuntu and lugradio (my chin!!!!). i know you are a well known open source guy and community hero, and one day I want to do the...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2007 | Humor
The web is a wonderful invention. A word-wide network of computers that brings knowledge, education, news, new perspectives, experiences, culture and diversity on a global scale, helping to break down the education divide, helping to free people of restrictive...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2007 | Ubuntu
**Mon 22nd Oct – Sat 27th Oct @ #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode** [Digg it!](https://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Open_Week_Announced) With the up-and-coming release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon coming, I am pleased to announce another [Ubuntu Open...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2007 | Random
I love wikipedia. I have always been a pretty curious person, and I have wasted hours learning about all manner of things on there. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly things can get updated there, such as when Chris joined LugRadio – the page was updated...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 10, 2007 | Ubuntu
*(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...