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As OSCON (Open Source Convention) gets set to start July 19 in Portland, Oregon, I'm reminded of an Ubuntu-centric conference that once showed great promise. The event, called Ubuntu Live, was co-located at OSCON in 2007. But it no longer exists. Here's why it's time for Canonical to revive Ubuntu Live for partners and customers.
Back in 2007, Canonical launched Ubuntu Live - a one-time conference hosted in Portland, Ore. Since that time I've been looking for another Ubuntu-centric conference where I can meet key sources from across the Ubuntu ecosystem. Fast forward to September 2009, and I think there might finally be a conference that fulfills my Ubuntu educational needs.
It's called Atlanta Linux Fest.
A kind chap in the audience at LUGRadio Live 2007 filmed LUGRadio Live And Unleashed 2007 (our live show at LUGRadio Live) in its entirety and has uploaded it to blip.tv. It is great fun, and filled to the brim with discussion and amusing bits.
The first ever Ubuntu Live conference, running concurrently with the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, ran for three days starting on Sunday, and crammed in as many keynotes, sessions, and tutorials as anyone could possibly want.
Yesterday I presented on 'Open Sourcing Education in South Africa' at the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland. The main idea was to start making links between that Shuttleworth Foundation and the Ubuntu community. I also wanted to test out some language from the Foundation's emerging theory of change. Some quick learnings:
When Canonical canceled its Ubuntu Live conference — which had been scheduled to coincide with OSCON in Portland, Oregon — I was deeply disappointed. But in retrospect, here’s why canceling Ubuntu Live — and focusing more resources on August’s LinuxWorld Expo — was a very smart move by Canonical.
"The FSFE is organising the Free Software Conference Scandinavia (FSCONS), taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden on the 7th and 8th of December 2007. It is the first in its kind event in the region, inspired by the growing momentum around Free Software."
Mandriva announces a similar program for the GNOME conference, GUADEC 2007, which is taking place in Birmingham from July 15th to July 21st. Again, as well as sponsoring the conference, Mandriva is arranging to provide special edition Mandriva Flash USB keys to developers attending the conference as a token of appreciation for their work.
