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Last week we ran a 5-day competition on our Facebook page, where fans were invited to submit a screenshot of their pimped Ubuntu desktop. We got over 500 submissions throughout the week, and it was certainly a tough decision to pick only 5 winners out of so many.
Last weekend I posted a status update on our OMG! Ubuntu! Facebook page asking our fans to leave a comment with their Ubuntu success stories. A few dozen comments later and we had a nice collection of some stories, everything from people converting their parents to also people replacing Windows XP with Ubuntu on aging school computers in their local community.
The folks over at Unigine sent me over a sneak preview for their upcoming game Oil Rush, based on their new next-generation multi platform Unigine engine. The game is a self-described naval real-time-strategy with stunning graphics and an interesting take on the original RTS feel with the majority of gameplay taking place over water.
This week we are running a desktop screenshot competition on our Facebook page. The top five desktops as chosen by our panel of judges will be published in an article on OMG! Ubuntu! for all the world to see. Hit up the break for details on how to enter.
On behalf of Ohso, I'm proud to announce the launch of a new startup, Project Bossanova.
Linus Torvalds has probably done more for the world than many know, and his influence stretches far and wide throughout all corners of the globe with a variety of amazing implementations of his original vision that started almost two decades ago. Whether you know it or not, at some stage in your day-to-day life you probably come into contact with Torvalds' work. Without him, many wouldn't be where they are today, Ubuntu wouldn't exist and Free Software wouldn't be such a prevalent mainstream ideology used by millions. I caught up with Linus for a chat in Brisbane to get his opinion on Ubuntu, Linux in the mobile space and find out what new stuff is happening in the kernel this year.
The location for Linux.conf.au 2012 has been announced as Ballarat, Victoria. The conference will run early next year and have a similar format to the LCAs we have become used to over the past ten years - a week long Open Source conference boasting a variety of keynote speakers, talks, tutorials and sessions that makes LCA what it is.
Days three and four of LCA2011 have passed, and now we are almost halfway through the fifth day, Friday. The past couple of days have been quite interesting, with many very cool talks, two social events in the evenings and I got lucky enough to spend some time with Linus Torvalds!
Yesterday I got a chance to sit down for an interview over lunch with one of the original founders of Ubuntu: ex-GNOME Release Manager and past Canonical employee Jeff Waugh.
Day two of Linux.conf.au has been and gone, with highlights for me being Vint Cerf's keynote, the RoboCup talk and a 40 minute interview with Jeff Waugh over lunch. Click through for day two's gallery of photos from LCA2011.
I'm currently sitting in a very interesting and unique talk about the University of New South Wales and their Computer Science RoboCup team. Robocup, which you may have heard of, is an international competition where teams build and program fully autonomous robots to play a game of soccer.