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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with Ubuntu available (pre-order)

I can finally stop hitting reload.

Dell’s new Inspiron Mini 9 is now available for pre-order in the US.

Ubucon Guatemala on Sunday September 7

Last week I wrote about Ubucon San Salvador coming up this Saturday well guess what!!!

I’ll be stopping for a few days in Guatemala on my way back to Canada and I dropped an email to some ubunteros in Guatemala - it looks like we’re going to have a nice gathering there too! I’ll be presenting but mostly meeting the local community and learning about them. What a weekend!

New Vostro Systems for Emerging Economies: Ubuntu in More Countries

The Direct2Dell blog is a great way to find out about new Ubuntu development and products at Dell from a reliable source one can actually quote publically :)

Massively purchase proprietary software without any invitations to tender: get sued by your local free software association

As per FACIL’s press release:

Massive proprietary software purchases without any invitations to tender
FACIL contests government practices in the Superior Court

Ubucon San Salvador on Saturday Sept. 6th! Save the date!

I am thrilled to announce El Salvador Ubuntu LoCo Team will be hosting an Ubucon El Salvador next Saturday September 6th!

Weekend ? Contribute to Ubuntu Intrepid

If you’re all bored this weekend (or not) and want to contribute to Intrepid, you need to see this post on the Ubuntu Forums!

Thanks to Peng for pointing this out in the Ubuntu Weblogs which is another *huge* source of interesting Ubuntu bits & pieces!

Acer, HP and MSI netbooks seen at Bureau en Gros in Montreal

Netbooks at Bureau en grosToday I went to Bureau en Gros, which is the same as Staples stores in the USA. Think of it as the office supplies and electronics / computing store. Although I knew netbooks were coming “sometime soon” I didn’t expect to see them here in Montreal, particularly at a “mainstream” store like BeG!

Linux Developer Network (Beta) Launched

I had the greatest time 2 weeks ago at Linux World Expo 2008 in San Francisco, USA. Although I had the best intentions and wanted to blog just about everything, I just couldn’t get 5 minutes near a keyboard! I’ll be posting some of it over the next few days.

Ubuntu wins “Best Desktop Solution” at Linux World Expo 2008

I just wanted to extended a huge “thank you!” to all of the Ubuntu community :) Today Ubuntu won the “Best Desktop Solution” Product Excellence Award at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco, California for a second consecutive year.

From the site:

Following up with my last friendly reminder

I still can’t get around the fact my post about being respectful on Planet Ubuntu got so much attention and was hi-jacked for so many different purposes.