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Since the inception of Gnome, there seems to have been a never ending flame war about desktops in the FLOSS community. I am really getting tired of it, because it not only is boring, but also continuously diverts us from being productive.

During a presentation about the Ubuntu Canada LoCo, and an ensuing unconference session at a conference this weekend, valuable time that could have been used trying to discuss ways how the Ubuntu LoCo can be more effective to promote Ubuntu, was instead lost by arguments about Unity and its direction.

After having run several Ubuntu global jams in the last couple of years, I would like to try something new this year.

Global Jams so far have been a lot around bug triage and educating new members on how to get involved with the Ubuntu community, This year, I would like to start a development project that has the aim to create another tool that could allow more people to get involved with the community.

It is almost the time again. Less than on week left for the newest Ubuntu release. As every year, lots of work has been put into the release. Not only directly by the Ubuntu community, but also by the Debian community and all the upstream projects.

After all this work, it will be time to celebrate the fruits of the work that has been achieved. In the Ubuntu community we traditionally do this by having release parties all over the world. The official Ubuntu Loco in Canada also participates with several such parties in Ontario and Quebec.

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On Saturday, March 12 at Kwartzlab in Kitchener, the inaugural open data code fest for the Region of Waterloo will commence, from 11am to whenever. Bring a laptop and your enthusiasm to do interesting things with open data.

The Open Data Waterloo Region web site announces the following about this event:

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The Canadian Ubuntu LoCo Team has moved its website to a new server. This allows more flexibility for the future of what the website will be able to offer to Canadian Ubuntu users and other interested parties.

The move has also allowed the transfer to drupal 6 (drupal 7 upgrade is pending) and the usage of a new theme leaning on the official Ubuntu theme.