Oops, I forgot to include is the Global Jam in March! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
Grant On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Grant Bowman <grant...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Thank you Mark Terranova for presenting on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala > last night at svlug! It was a well attended meeting. The information > you used is a great overview of the new features in this version of > Ubuntu released in October. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview > > Some of the questions last night had to do with Linux adoption in > general. As Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions > right now it's understandable that these questions come up. As > volunteers we tried to field the questions as best we could. > Discussion on these lists is encouraged. Thank you to those from the > audience that helped field some of the questions. > > There was a question about the Ubuntu Philosophy last night, what > makes Ubuntu special or different from other distributions. I wanted > to point out the "Ubuntu Promise" from http://www.ubuntu.com : > > The Ubuntu promise > * Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular > enterprise releases and security updates > * Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and > hundreds of companies from across the world > * Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features > that the free software community has to offer > * Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you > to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on. > > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy > > The Code of Conduct was given as a key component of the approach that > Ubuntu as a project takes to working together. > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct Contributors are required to > cryptographically sign this document. > > Overall, I feel Ubuntu is the most vocal proponent right now for Linux > on the desktop globally. With it's outreach to end users (such as > translations) and contacts with hardware companies Canonical is > playing a key role. Despite advances, we still have few choices to > purchase computers with Linux preinstalled. US companies such as IBM, > HP, Asus and others are fully aware of Linux but respond to customer > demands more than abstract requests. As we are on the west coast of > the US, the wave of Microsoft business and marketing influence is > difficult to combat without significant resources. No one company > alone (for the foreseeable future) will be able to provide a > significant balancing influence even with more technically functional > solutions available as open source software. > > With Ubuntu's roots in South Africa and based the UK the US presence > of Ubuntu has been mostly left to what Ubuntu and Canonical call "the > community" which is much larger in scale and structure compared to > other distributions and follows from Ubuntu's Debian heritage. There > is no US based company backing Ubuntu as there is in the case of > Fedora (Red Hat) and SuSE (Novell). That has effects. The Ubuntu > community has manifested itself in many forms. > > * www.ubuntuforums.org is completely community driven, helping users > help other users. Groups of all sorts use the wiki.ubuntu.com pages > for all kinds of uses. > > * www.launchpad.net (now running completely open source software) > tries to more effectively bridge software project gaps for hosted > projects and for Ubuntu itself. It has expanded in many ways as a key > technical and social advantage. > > * Ubuntu Developer's Summit is a free event for any interested party > to participate. Canonical sponsors a limited number of attendees. It > is held just after each release to plan for the following release in > six months. The Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx release was held in > Dallas, TX from Monday 16 Nov - Friday 20 Nov 2009. All ssessions > have an IRC log and were shoutcasted. Some sessions were video taped. > * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-L > * http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-l/ > * http://ubuntu.mirocommunity.com/ > > * Ubuntu Developer Week - week long IRC event coming up in Feb, 2010 > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek > > * Ubuntu Open Week - end user week long IRC event coming up in May, > 2010 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek > > * Community Governance - While Canonical is a company, Ubuntu is an > open project that anyone can participate in. > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes One important part of this > is welcoming new "Ubuntu Members," recognized contributors. > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember The council > structures are well described in (now) Bay Area resident & Canonical > Community Manager Jono Bacon's book available for download under a > Creative Commons license. http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/ > > Volunteer teams have formed in most US states and many countries world > wide, each with a slightly different focus depending on who's > involved. I think the largest Local Community (or LoCo as they are > called) is in France with legendary launch parties of over 2,000 > attendees. In California the LoCo is found at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam on the web and in > #ubuntu-california on the www.freenode.net IRC network where we hold > our meetings every other week. > > In talking about Ubuntu I find it hard to convey all these unique > aspects of Ubuntu clearly & quickly to people of different levels of > experience and knowledge of Linux in general and specifically Ubuntu. > Comments welcome. > > Regards, > > Grant Bowman, Ubuntu Member > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam > > >> From: Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> >> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:16:35 -0800 >> Subject: [svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG Jan. 6th meeting (Wed.): "Ubuntu >> Linux" >> WHEN: >> >> Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 >> 7pm-9pm >> >> >> >> TOPIC: >> Ubuntu Linux >> >> PRESENTED BY: >> Mark Terranova >> >> TOPIC SUMMARY: >> Mark Terranova will be giving a talk about what is new in Ubuntu >> Linux's newest release - version 9.10 AKA Karmic Koala, and about >> the upcoming 10.4 "Lucid Lynx" release due out in April. He will >> also speak some about his experiences with local tech stuff. >> >> ABOUT THE PRESENTER: >> Mark Terranova (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarkTerranova) is a "West >> Coast Community-Developed-Software guy". Mark has regularly taught >> many types of computer classes, specialising in the benefits of >> Linux and cross-platform software. >> >> He has been involved with spreading Ubuntu for a while, having >> helped organize Ubuntu release parties and other tech events >> that make it fun - using beer, BBQ, and other ways to create a >> fun community - and has spent much time in Portland, Oregon >> working with FreeGeek.org (http://www.freegeek.org/). Their >> unique style helped him learn how to involve more people in >> computing. >> >> This knowledge has helped him in his role as co-founder of >> Gidget Kitchen (GK, http://www.gidgetkitchen.org/): >> "Gidget Kitchen donates computers, generally using Ubuntu, >> to groups and individuals." GK strives to make modern technology >> simple, empowering, and easy for everyone to understand. The only >> requirement is "the ability to play well with others." >> >> Mark blames his interest in technical things and electronics on >> his father Michael: "He gave me a Commodore 64 and helped me get >> my amateur radio license (N6TBD) at an early age". >> >> >> LOCATION: >> >> Symantec >> VCAFE Facility >> 350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road) >> Mountain View, CA 94043 >> >> Directions on how to get there are listed at: >> >> http://www.svlug.org/directions/veritas.php >> >> We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate. >> If you have any improvements to make, please let SVLUG's volunteers know! >> webmaster at svlug.org >> >> POST-MEETING GATHERING: >> >> If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local >> restaurant/diner after the meeting. We'll announce the restaurant >> selection at the meeting. >> >> We look forward to seeing you there! -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
