Ubuntu Podcast Episode #9

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Show Notes:

• Ubuntu Georgia LoCo Install Fest
  • Saturday, November 8th @ Emory Law
  • More details to be posted later.

• Wikipedia switches over to Ubuntu from various Red Hat and Fedora editions
  • On Fedora mailing lists, some people are asking about a Fedora LTS version
    • Some mentioned Brazilian government moving away from Fedora to Ubuntu LTS
  • Fedora is fast moving, cutting edge, thats its focus

• Ubuntu Wanted project under way
  • Within the Ubuntu community, a place to ask for help, and a place for volunteers to find projects they can contribute to.
  • For beginners, can be hard to figure out where to contribute
  • Some projects might lack man power
  • No paid work allowed.

• Appnr - webpage that lists applications that are available in the repos
  • Hit install and apt-get runs and installs apps from the repos (the repos that are already in your source.list).
  • Nice tools for new users

• Open Source Musician Podcast
  • Plugs Ubuntu Studio in their latest podcast

• Pre-installed Linux netbooks get returned a lot more than Windows netbooks
  • According to MSI Director of US sales, buyers don't know what they are getting till they take it home.
  • Confirmed by Canonical: http://blog.laptopmag.com/ubuntu-confirms-linux-netbook-returns-higher-than-anticpated
  • A lot probably depends on the distro installed

• Lotta Linux Links - Josh got interviewed by Dave Yates after Atlanta Linux Fest

• Song of the Week by: J.Lang

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bored and blogging » Ubuntu Podcast #9 on October 13, 2008 at 21:31

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