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"We're Linux" Finalists Announced

Posted by timothy on from the penguin-suits-get-all-the-hot-girls dept.

Last month, we mentioned the Linux Foundation's contest asking people to illustrate the idea "We're Linux"; Now, ruphus13 writes "Over 90 entries were received, and the finalists are now out. From the article, 'The contest was spawned from the idea that other software companies were paying millions of dollars to celebrities for endorsements, while Linux was promoted and shared by enthusiastic, passionate, actual users. Contestants were given a simple directive: tell the Linux Foundation what Linux is for you, why you use it, and why you'd encourage others to do the same. Humor and professional production quality weren't required — it just had to be genuine.' Details on the finalists can be found on the Linux Foundation Video site here."

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  1. Blog to a Blog to nowhere. by Electrawn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the relevant links from the real source.
    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2009/04/announcing-%E2%80%9Cwe%E2%80%99re-linux%E2%80%9D-video-contest-finalists

    The five finalists are:

    The Future is Open
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1271

    The Origin...
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1262

    Linux AD - What does it mean to be free?
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1106

    Challenges At The Office
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1261

    Linux pub (one video without subtitles, one with)
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1057
    http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1154

    1. Re:Blog to a Blog to nowhere. by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Funny

      On youtube... using FLASH? Isn't this some sort of abomination against FOSS and the Linux Ideals?

      A real "We're Linux" contest would have only released Ogg videos.

    2. Re:Blog to a Blog to nowhere. by extrasolar · · Score: 4, Informative

      See gnash. Flash is actually an open standard.

    3. Re:Blog to a Blog to nowhere. by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Informative

      And FYI, even though their site is down, ALL the videos are hosted on YouTube (and just embedded).

      http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation

  2. Who is going to see these? by Recovering+Hater · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's my understanding that the winner won't be put on television in any way. How is this going to reach anyone besides people that are already interested in Linux? Point being- people that are *already* interested in Linux will probably try it anyway. This is just a feel good about ourselves project but I guess it's a fun one though.

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