The GNOME Asia 2024 conference was held from 6th to 8th December in Bengaluru, India. This year’s event coincided with two significant milestones: the release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) featuring GNOME 47 and the celebration of Ubuntu’s 20th anniversary. These occasions provided the perfect opportunity to host a vibrant release party alongside the GNOME community.
I also gave a talk there just before the release party on the topic “Linux in India: A perspective of how it is and what we can do to improve it.”
Where we discussed all the challenges faced by us in boosting marketshare of Linux and open source in India and what all measures we could take to improve the situation.
We also glimpsed over the state of Ubuntu India LoCo and the actions we are taking to reboot it, with multiple events like the one we just conducted.
My talk can be viewed at - https://www.youtube.com/live/t3s40xWldKg?si=uFJd1lbayU8C3qjc&t=7473
After the talk, we quickly moved with the attendees to the party venue.
The party was conducted at a different venue due to not being able to get permits at the conference venue.
Nevertheless, we chose the closest venue with some of the best environments and were happy to see nearly all attendees attending the party.
To celebrate we cut cake and gave out some Ubuntu flavours stickers, Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole stickers and UbuCon Asia 2024 stickers followed by a delicious mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian pizzas.
Cake cutting by me, @fenris and @jipangmenjerit
Despite the short duration of just one hour during lunch, the event created a warm and welcoming space for attendees, encapsulating Ubuntu’s philosophy: “Making technology human” and “Linux for human beings.”
The event was then again followed by GNOME Asia proceedings.
On the last day, the UbuCon Asia 2025 organising team members planned our own day trip, exploring the Technology Museum, Beautiful Cubbon Park, and the magnificent Vidhana Soudha of Karnataka.
The 3 day event was made extremely joyful due to meeting old friends and colleagues. It reminded me of why we have such events so that we can group the community together more than ever and celebrate the very ethos of FOSS.
Special thanks to Canonical for their CDA funding , which made it possible for me to attend in person and handle all arrangements on very short notice. 
Also, big thanks to @younggunner14 @jipangmenjerit @fenris @ilvipero Ananthu CV, Siddhartha Sitaula and more for helping organise the whole thing!
