Jaunty Release Parties

Ubuntu California is hosting a number of events for the release of Jaunty (which is April 23). Events are taking place world wide.

Events

Party in San Francisco

• Event summary

• Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time: 8 til late
• Event URLs:

  • http://modernhacker.com/jaunty/

  • http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2463176

• Location: Caffeine, 835 Geary, San Francisco, CA

• Location URL: http://www.yelp.com/biz/caffeine-san-francisco

• Notes: Please contact Jesse Zbikowski or Grantbow for details

Party(Lunch) in Santa Monica

• Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009
• 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
• Location: 3rd Street Promenade and Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA

• See instructions for normal, weekly ThursdayLunch meetup. We will also celebrate the Jaunty Release this week.

• Thirteen attended, Nine pictured.

Party in Walnut Creek

• Event summary

• Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time: 7 pm - 9 pm
• Location: Caffe La Scala, 1655 N Main St, Walnut Creek, CA

• Location URL: http://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-la-scala-walnut-creek

• Notes: Informal, Free WIFI, contact Grantbow for details

Party in Orange/LA/Anaheim/etc

• Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009

• Location: Pei Wei in Lake Forest (23632 El Toro Road, Lake Forest)

• 7pm (until we're done!) -- They close at 10

• Location URL: http://www.peiwei.com/

• Notes: Food is tasty! (menu)

Party in Felton (Santa Cruz)

• Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
• Location: Felton LUG meeting, Felton Fire Station, 135 Kirby St., Felton
• 2-5 p.m.

• Details to follow. Contact Lcafiero or call 831-335-7303 for details.

General Release Information

• For general Ubuntu information please see www.ubuntu.com or ask in one of Ubuntu's community support areas.

• Ubuntu "Jaunty" 9.04 was announced April 23, 2009. Jaunty Release notes contain important information and should be read before upgrading or installing.

• The Canonical press releases on the desktop, netbook & server versions have helpful Jaunty overviews. For higher level descriptions, the Canonical Tour of new features, technical overview, Ars Technica's Jaunty review and Tux Radar's Ubuntu History might be interesting.

• Ubuntu distributes software created by X.org video and Linux wireless networking projects. Intel video driver users or developers may find this blog post helpful.