Release party..

[Paul Schulz]

Greetings,

Given that the Launch Parties are part of a world wide event, I though
I might see if I could generate some press interest and have sent the
following to the Adelaide Advertiser.

Feel free to use..  thanks to jdub for the 'Rock On!' theme.

Cheers,
Paul

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Schulz <pschulz01 at gmail.com>
Date: Jun 1, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Throwing Rocks at Windows
To: tiser at adv.newsltd.com.au


World Party organised to Celebrate Software Release
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseParties
http://www.ubuntu.com

To celebrate the launch, Adelaide Ubuntu Users and Developers will be meeting
at the Belgian Beer Cafe from 6pm on 1 May 2006.

The Ubuntu Australia Team would like to invite you to come and hear about
how Ubuntu and Linux is being used to solve real problems for real people
in Adelaide.

See: http://www.mawsonlakes.org/community/dapper-party.html

* Throwing Rocks at Windows

On 1 May Ubuntu will be releasing their latest version of their
GNU/Linux operating system, 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake).

This release is the forth for Ubuntu, and can be used on Intel (32 and
64 bit) and Mac (Intel and PowerPC) systems, and comes with versions
for Education, Servers, as well as two desktop varieties. All the
software is freely available with 3 years of security support and
updates.

The system includes a fully functional office suite (Open Office)
along with all of the familar free Internet software available under
Microsift Windows (FireFox,Thunderbird).

It is supplied on a downloadable LiveCD which will allow anyone to run
the software on their  computer without affecting any pre-existing
system.

Available for download from www.ubuntu.com or a local computer group
near you.

Rock On!

Paul Schulz <paul at mawsonlakes.org>
Ubuntero - AustralianTeam
Mb: 0424 370 891

Notes:
LTS - Long Term Support Version, providing 3 years of free security updates.