There's been a lot of discussion about the role of the Ubuntu Community in the past few hours. Lots of upset feelings bubbling around. I know my previous post came out of venting some of my frustrations.

I think the biggest problem we have in the Ubuntu Community is the …

Q: How do you know when the next Ubuntu is close to release?

A: When the Canonical vs. the community posts hit Planet Ubuntu.

I've joked in the past that every single release of Ubuntu has to have some tempest-in-a-teapot event occur that causes people to get upset over the …

Hello fellow Ubuntu folk,

Once again it's time for Ubuntu Locos across this pale blue dot of ours
to come together and participate in the grand tradition known as the
Global Jam. Initiated by our loco as the Bug Jam, the Global Jam has
grown from our beloved state into …

This morning, I had a problem with my sound not working on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine. Strange, as it usually works. Whenever I'd log out, I'd hear the familiar Ubuntu conga "dadadump", so sound was working, just not for my user account.

So, I rebooted my machine, and reminded …

Recently the Ubuntu Michigan Loco got together as a community both at Ohio Linuxfest and at our recent release party for Ubuntu 12.10. At Ohio Linuxfest we partnered with the Ubuntu Ohio Loco to staff a booth for the show. It was an amazing time, especially since we were …