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Ubuntu Community Considers a Crowd-Sourced Promo Video (ubuntu.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the you-and-Ubuntu dept.

Slashdot reader Beacon11 writes that "Alan Pope, a community advocate for Ubuntu, has requested comments and ideas regarding the creation of a crowd-sourced promo video that, in 30 seconds, conveys that Ubuntu is for everyone." Alan Pope writes: So for example you might see a woman on a train typing an article, a guy in an office creating a presentation, a kid on the sofa playing a game with a controller on their TV, someone watching a film, someone developing code, kids playing with robots, a farmer planning animal feeding. You get the idea...

So I'd really like to do this as a shared community project, with video clips submitted by Ubuntu users from around the world, perhaps even taking in a landmark or two here and there. I'd expect the video to represent the diversity of users, and variety of activities people are able to do with Ubuntu.
Though they're currently just discussing its feasibility, Alan writes that "I think if we work together we could make something amazing."

5 of 40 comments (clear)

  1. It'd be a hit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    A crowd sourced porno video with a Linux/Ubuntu theme would be wonderful!

  2. I have an idea by slashmydots · · Score: 3, Funny

    Light your hair on fire, jump off a roof, and somehow involve cute cats in the video. BOOM, 10 million views easy.

  3. Things people can already do by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So for example you might see a woman on a train typing an article, a guy in an office creating a presentation, a kid on the sofa playing a game with a controller on their TV, someone watching a film, someone developing code, kids playing with robots, a farmer planning animal feeding.

    Well, those are things Windows users can already do. Adopting a new system takes a lot of effort, so you better give people a good reason: how is your system better than Windows?

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  4. Idea: by rainer_d · · Score: 2

    Use the money to get the documentation in order.

    It's currently non-existent, as far as I can see.

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  5. Re:err no... by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 2

    Well yeah the problem would be that Ubuntu has an identity crisis.
    Whatever innovation they did with Unity Mir and phone/tablet has been tossed. Now just a poor man's Fedora for dpkg.
    Ubuntu is ancient African word for can't install Debian.