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Introduction

Welcome to the Ubuntu California wiki!

Ubuntu California is a group of volunteers who advocate and promote Ubuntu and Free Software in California. We attend and plan events statewide, contact and work with LUGs and other local groups, and act as the public face of the Ubuntu community in California. The group is open to everybody in the state with an interest in spreading and discussing Ubuntu.

Headlines

• We had Karmic Release parties in several places around North California. There's a party in Orange on November 21st.

• California participated in Ubuntu Global Jam!

• We submitted our approval application and got accepted as an approved LoCo team by the LoCo Council

• We had a booth at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Jose on July 23 & 24th. For more information, and to see pictures and videos from the conference, visit our OSCON project page.

Projects

• We hold meetings every other Sunday in the #ubuntu-california channel on Freenode IRC. Our IRC Meetings page has more information and dates. All interested people are welcome to join us!

• See our Projects page for a list of current and past activities.

• Help us put together our page of LUGs and other groups in California!

• Join the development on our CD-burning app, 'Buntu Stand.

Goals

• Meet with and join up with local LUGs (Linux User Groups), like this one in Silicon Valley, or these around Los Angeles.

• Have a presence at conferences and events such as Southern California Linux Expo 2008 and Ubuntu Live.

• Advocate, advocate, and advocate!

• Coordinate with mentors

Current Ubuntu Release

• Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" was announced as Ubuntu's stable release October 29th, 2009. Release notes contain important information and should be read before should be read before upgrading or installing. The Canonical press releases for the desktop & server versions have helpful Karmic overviews. For higher level descriptions, the Canonical Tour of new features and others might be interesting.

• When downloading Karmic, please use the *.torrent files whenever possible.

• For general Ubuntu information please see www.ubuntu.com If you encounter a technical problem please first try using your favorite search engine to find a solution or begin in one of Ubuntu's many community support areas.

• The Ubuntu Developer Summit for Karmic Koala 9.10 was held Monday 25 May - Friday 29 May 2009, in Barcelona, Spain. A Technical Overview and Blueprints were used as guides for producing this release.

Sub Pages

• Members Meetings Projects Archive

CategoryLoCoTeams