Chris Del Checcolo and Ricky Hussmann from the West Virginia University Student Chapter of the ACM have put together an awesome set of instructional videos that feature Ubuntu.
Warning: Soundtrack contains gratuitous use of Survivor and Styx.
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The inimitable Daniel Holbach has posted the latest status report from the MOTU team. Highlights include merge updates from Dapper, a new logo contest, and a look at the MOTU Science team. The ranks continue to swell with the announcement of four newly minted MOTUs: Benjamin Montgomery, Zak B. Elep (zakame), Loic Pefferkorn (pef), and Benjamin Mako Hill (mako).
In related news, Stephann Hermann has announced the Ubuntu MOTU School, a virtual “how to get started” educational program where prospective packagers can learn the intricacies of maintaining the ever growing library of software in Universe. Visit #ubuntu-motu-school on irc.freenode.net for more information.
Dennis Kaarsemaker has posted the Community Council Summary for the week of November 22nd. The Council, which acts as the the primary community governance body for the Ubuntu project, discussed various topics including a report from the Chilean Local Team and approved 3 new Ubuntu Members; Julius Bloch, Armin Ronacher, and Bhuvaneswaran.
To continue a tradition started last year, members of the Ubuntu Community have created a Holiday Give Away wiki page. The goal of that effort is to try to provide people with Ubuntu CDs in time for the Holidays in December. Other ideas of things that can be shared within the community are personalized CDs with extra packages not usually found on the official CDs, and unwanted hardware looking for a new home.
azz from the forum explains how he started the project:
Last year, I offered to send out Ubuntu CDs to people who had not ordered through shipit early enough to receive them before the holidays. People answered and I sent some out. This year, I would like to do that again.
Visit the page to submit your name and how many CDs you can send to fellow Ubunteros in need.
