The following press release regarding Ubuntu Live was released today:

Ubuntu Live Conference: Taking it Further in 2008

Interesting comments on Ubuntu’s adoption…

Earlier this summer, I was at O’Reilly’s Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, and the Ubuntu tribe were almost all using the GUI interface.

This is a nice blog mention from Andrew Binstock about Ubuntu Live, that addresses the “down to earth” approachable vibe Mark Shuttleworth and his team managed to convey:

The conference was especially enjoyable because of the lack of zealotry

This is short, but I particularly love this part:

Portland / Ubuntu Live / OSCON. Really good times.
LinuxWorld — Weird times.

For the whole post visit:

What Andy’s been up to

Catch the podcast from Ubuntu:

THEN - We share our coverage of the Ubuntu Live conference, plus so much more!

Here is the final “wrap-up” release for Ubuntu Live 2007:

Ubuntu Live Press Release

A blog entry about attending both events, Ubuntu Live and OSCON:

Ubuntu Live and OSCON were awesome. Eric and I got a bunch of good hacking done during the sessions.

Mark Hall covers Ubuntu Live:

Ubuntu is revered among Linux devotees as a desktop operating system.

This piece was published in New Delhi, India:

The developers behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has said that they would be coming out with the next long term support (LTS) edition of the popular Linux distribution in April 2008.

This article covers Canonical’s LTS release:

Ubuntu will release its next long term support (LTS) edition of the popular Linux distribution in April 2008. This is according to Mark Shuttleworth who was speaking at the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Oregon yesterday.

Another comprehensive blog from Matt:

I was fortunate to keynote this year’s Ubuntu Live conference.

Computerworld at Ubuntu covers the roll outs expected from Canonical over the next year:

It plans to bolster server software, offer regular ‘enterprise releases’

More Ubuntu Live coverage:

The first ever Ubuntu Live conference, running concurrently with the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland

Computerworld covers Ubuntu, specifically Canonical’s roll out plans for the year:

The Ubuntu distribution of Linux is widely appreciated by open-source supporters for its emphasis on integrating many elements of free software that appeal to desktop users. However, in the coming months, Canonical Ltd., the London-based commercial backer of Ubuntu, plans to focus on its server software for many of its system improvements.

Coverage of Ubuntu news:

From the Innnnno-va-tion time, C’Mon! dept.: Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced on July 22 at the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Ore., the availability of Landscape, its Web-based systems management program for Ubuntu servers and desktops.

Here’s a podcast of a nice interview with Mark Shuttleworth, Jono Bacon and Gerry Carr, all of Canonical:

I attended the Ubuntu Live conference in the beautiful city of Portland Oregon and had the good fortune of interviewing Jono Bacon the “Community Manager” for Ubuntu, Gerry Carr, the Marketing Manager for Canonical, and none other than Mark Shuttleworth.

This article discusses a presentation made by Marten Mickos at Ubuntu:

MySQL chief executive Marten Mickos recently told the Ubuntu Live Conference in Portland, Oregon that despite the efforts of big companies like Microsoft to discourage the use of open source software, the ‘open source movement is so strong that nothing can stop it any more’, reports PC World magazine.

This is an article covering Canonical’s news at Ubuntu:

During the Ubuntu Live Conference in Portland, Ore., Canonical announced the beta release of its Launchpad PPA (Personal Package Archive) service, a new way for developers to build and publish packages of their code, documentation, artwork, themes and other contributions to free software.

Nice Ubuntu Live coverage from Ryan Paul:

The Ubuntu community has assembled in Portland, Oregon for the very first Ubuntu Live conference.

Matt has been covering open source technology for some time, this article is an interesting perspective
on the growth in the market:

Tim O’Reilly is giving a keynote speech at the Ubuntu Live conference, even as I type. I spoke just before him, and he’s now throwing out much of what I said. :-) (I argued that we need to be more religious about open source, not less, by which I meant “filled with passion,” not “filled with fury toward unbelievers,” which is not a religion that I’ve seen much of here.)

Harlem is having a good time at the show, he’s what he said about day two:

Well, my “technical executive” made it to the Ubuntu Live conference and we are currently just settling in before the speakers start.

This was an interesting presentation, Todd Weiss reports:

Marten Mickos knows the role open source software can play in business and personal computing.

Mark Hall writes about the true work ethic that drives Open Source:

Sunday is no longer a day of rest for the open-source crowd — at least not for those true believers in the Ubuntu distribution of Linux and other open-source tools.

Intel invited me to attend their super seekrit media event (read: booze &amp food) this evening. They didn’t tell us anything about the topic of the event, so I decided to go check it out and see what sorts of food/drinks Intel had to offer. I wasn’t thinking that their event would really get my attention and have me writing another blog entry this evening. But, I was wrong.

Turns out the majority of the presentation was a rehash from the earlier session (”Exploiting Parallelism in Multicore“). However, towards the end of the presentation James went into a little more detail and also started heavily focusing on the Threading Building Blocks Toolkit (TBB) that I mentioned earlier today.

I’m excited to be back in Portland for O’Reilly’s Ubuntu Live and OSCON conferences! Today I’m covering the Ubuntu Live conference that focuses on the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Ubuntu has clearly taken the Linux world by storm and having a conference dedicated to Ubuntu sounds like a great idea. O’Reilly enjoys a long history of bringing together developers from all corners of globe and this new conference promises do that for Ubuntu.

I first attended James Reinders “Exploiting Parallelism with Multicore” talk where James covered the background and pitfalls of moving from a single core to a multi-core world. James set the stage nicely when he talked about Moore’s Law and why we’re moving to a multi-core world and not keeping our age old focus on making faster and faster processors. As Moore originally stated, the density of transistors on silicon keeps doubling every 18 months, even today. But three unvoidable pitfalls exist that prevent Intel from cranking out faster and faster processors:

More information from our friend Joe Panettieri:

Mini VAR Case Study: Ubuntu Linux in K-12 School

50 Things You Need to Know About Ubuntu (40-31)

Mitch Kapor: Open Source Meets Harry Potter

Brief, but nice mention of Ubuntu Live’s schedule:

The first ever Ubuntu Live Conference kicks off today, 7/22/07, in Portland.

Brian Broffitt’s take on the news from Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote:

In this morning’s first keynote of the Ubuntu Live conference here, Canonical Ltd. founder Mark Shuttleworth announced the next Long Term Support release of Ubuntu.

Michael covers keynotes at Ubuntu:

His (Mark Shuttleworth) talk centered around how the free operating system his company funds and supports is capable of bringing the same values it brings to the desktop — ease of use, performance and compatibility — to the server.

Stephen O’Grady “Ubuntu Must ‘Play To Its Strengths” to Beat Microsoft”

Another announcement from Canoncial:

UBUNTU LIVE, Portland, OR, July 22, 2007 - Canonical announced today the availability of Landscape, its web-based systems management tool for Ubuntu servers and desktops.

Event co-sponsor, Canonical is the first out of the gate with an announcement:

UBUNTU LIVE, Portland, OR, July 22, 2007 - Canonical today announced the beta release of the Launchpad Personal Package Archive (PPA) service, a new way for developers to build and publish packages of their code, documentation, artwork, themes and other contributions to free software.

Joe Panettieri is covering Ubuntu Live, here are a few posts on TechIQ:

Ubuntu Linux: 6 Million to 12 Million Users

Ubuntu Preparing Managed Services, Small Business Server for VARs

Ubuntu Creator Reaches Out to Novell, Red Hat

And one more, this time in MuniWireless:

Ubuntu Linux emerges for digital inclusion, mobile devices.

I happened to be right behind this blogger as Mark Shuttleworth gave his Keynote presentation. It’s in Italian but it’s fun to see the international coverage:

Ubuntu Keynotes

Joe writes a nice blog entry about Ubuntu…

I’m packing my bags and plan to attend a new open source event — Ubuntu LIVE

A blog from exhibitor Phoronix:

The Ubuntu Live conference is coming up later this month.

Someone will snap up this free pass:

I’m happy to announce that as a Media Sponsor I’ve just been informed that LQ is able to give away one full Ubuntu Live Conference pass absolutely free of charge.

This article does a good job of getting the word out about the conference:

This will be the first official conference dedicated to Ubuntu.

TechIQ is covering conferences coming up, here’s what they had to say about Ubuntu:

Ubuntu coverage

Winner of a ticket to Ubuntu, blogger “psyopper” is pretty excited about which sessions to attend:

Woohoo! I just found out that I won a pass to the Ubuntu Live 2007 Conference!

Media partner Phoronix News announces the following:

Ubuntu Live is taking place during this year’s OSCON

Good news if you’ve been meaning to sign up but haven’t had the chance: the early registration discount for Ubuntu Live has been extended to Monday, June 18. Visit the registration page to sign up and to find out about other discounts you can use during the early registration period to save even more. It’s (at least!) $150 well saved.

And if you haven’t looked at the program yet, you might want to mosey over and peruse the schedule–it’s loaded with lots of important info and interesting speakers, just the ticket for anyone in the Ubuntu trenches.

Blogger Corey spreads the good news about Ubuntu registration:

The wonderful people at O’Reilly and I have cooked up a little scheme

Registration is open and the program set for this premier event

Sebastopol, CA — Registration is now open for Ubuntu Live, the first official conference dedicated to Ubuntu, the Linux-based operating system that’s gaining momentum and notoriety in the worldwide technical industry. The conference will showcase a wide-ranging program of expert-led sessions and tutorials to inform and inspire the growing Ubuntu community, from power users to the Ubuntu-curious. The three-day conference launches July 22-24, 2007 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, in conjunction with the O’Reilly 2007 Open Source Convention (OSCON).

Co-produced by Canonical, the official commercial sponsor and distributor of Ubuntu and related projects, and O’Reilly Media, Inc., a longtime champion of and participant in the open source community, Ubuntu Live will provide an interactive, in-depth, and comprehensive educational experience for all participants. Attendees will include IT professionals, government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, and enterprise users.

Read the full announcement on O’Reilly.com.

Three days in Portland–July 22-24–will be the center of the Ubuntu world, as Ubuntu Live convenes at the Oregon Convention Center. Register before June 4 and you’ll save $150.

Co-sponsored by O’Reilly Media and Ubuntu parent company Canonical Ltd., this inaugural conference will provide a meeting place for Ubuntu users, contributors, and partners, as well as the Ubuntu-curious. Learn how Ubuntu can make a critical difference in your business or project, as you meet and mingle with the global open source community at the largest Ubuntu gathering yet.