Ubuntu Year in Review 2008
I did a 2007 Year in Review post last year. I remember it being lots of fun looking back and thinking about all the awesome work that the community did. Good thing I only remembered the fun part, and forgot how hard it is to just pick a few things to write about, or I wouldn’t have started this post!
Community Happenings
As usual, LoCos continued their hard work promoting and supporting users in their areas. The Community Council delegated LoCo-related duties to the newly formed LoCo Council. Over the year, the US Maryland Team, Colombian Team, US Indiana Team, El Salvador Team, Peruvian Team, US Arizona Team, Ecuador Team, Lithuanian Team, Tunisian Team, Greek Team, Romania Team, and Hungarian Team became approved LoCos.
Many, many release parties were held for the 8.04 and 8.10 releases. Over 60 were planned for 8.04, and over 70 were planned for 8.10. Early reports from some release parties can be found in the UWN. The German Team held their annual UbuCon (pictures). The French Team 8.10 release party was attended by 4000 people! If you ever hear Christophe Sauthier, leader of the French Team, being called 4K, now you know why
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