Everyone is talking about the latest Ubuntu release. We've heard that even the Berlin subway info system has got in on the act.
The text of the announcement says:
The free OS Ubuntu is available in version 7.04 from April 19th. For more information: http://www.ubuntuusers.de
Berlin metro system is now officially our favourite!
If you have more great marketing stories about Ubuntu, tell us about them at fridge-devel@lists.ubuntu.com.
The first of a series of courses to be launched in 2007 will be released in May.
Whilst the Ubuntu Certified Professional certification has been available for almost a year now, as of May, two five day courses, Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2, will assist System Administrators to pass the required LPI 101, LPI 102 and the Ubuntu 199 exams and achieve the Ubuntu Certified Professional certification.
The courses will be provided through Authorised Training Partners in a number of locations; the first courses will be held in Montreal, Canada on the 14th May and Stuttgart, Germany on 21st May. For full details regarding the course and availability, check out:
www.ubuntu.com/partners/training
If you would like to receive updates regarding what’s new in the world of Ubuntu training and/or be involved in developing new courses, please see: www.ubuntu.com/partners/training/contact.
Involvement could include translation, proof reading, participation pilot runs and much more.
Issue #37 of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, covering the week of April 15th – 21st, 2007, is now available. In this issue you can find these stories:
If you have a story idea for the Weekly News please submit it via email or on the wiki!
The Weekly News is brought to you by the Marketing Team.
Due to some Kubuntu gremlins from Chicago, the stories for the Ubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu 7.04 releases was slightly delayed. However, this problem has now been dealt with and us such, we are proud to publish, a few hours late, the release announcements for Ubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu 7.04. You can read more about Ubuntu 7.04 (and see all the new features), Edubuntu 7.04 and Xubuntu 7.04.
Want to celebrate the Feisty release in style, have some fun and possibly win some great prizes as well? Well, you need to read on … this is going to be fun. 🙂
The competition is open to both individuals and teams.
For individuals:
The task is simple – upload a picture of yourself with a logo from one of the Ubuntu family of distributions that has had a Feisty release.
Be inventive! How about a picture of you in front of a famous landmark? Maybe be in the fancy dress of a well known Ubuntu contributor? Use your imagination – the most interesting pictures win!
In this competition the first prize wins $500USD, signed Feisty CD by Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu t-shirt, Ubuntu book and the runner-up wins $250, Ubuntu t-shirt, Ubuntu book so get snapping!
And for groups:
The task is simple – upload a picture of your group recreating one of the logos from the Ubuntu family of distributions that has had a Feisty release.
Be inventive! Why not recreate the Ubuntu logo with a number of people laid on a large playing field? Why not recreate the Kubuntu logo with playing cards? Why not recreate the Edubuntu logo with school books? Use your imagination – the most interesting pictures win!
In this competition the first prize wins $500USD, signed Feisty CD by Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu t-shirt, Ubuntu book and the runner-up wins $250, Ubuntu t-shirt, Ubuntu book so get snapping!
Go and see The Funky Feisty Competition website to see how to get involved!