What's New?

Welcome to the Ubuntu GNU/Linux DC LoCo Team

What's New?

  • June 28-July 1, 2009: A splendid time was had in the Open Source Pavilion at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). This year the conference took place in Washington, DC at the Convention Center. About 200 Jaunty CDs were passed out. The pavilion, sponsored by Asus, and Révolution Linux featured 60 Eee Boxes being used as thin clients driven from a server running Edubuntu. Also tabling there was the OLPC Learning Club DC / Sugar Labs DC and Curriki. New alliances forged...

  • Ubuntu Training Partner, Bridge Education, now has a PDF schedule of training classes in the US available. Arlington, VA and Columbia, MD are on the list...

  • April 24, 2009 18:30-22:00 EDT: Ubuntu Jaunty/9.04 Release Party @ Taste of India

    With the development of {[KX],U}buntu Jaunty wrapping up, the DC Loco Team invites everyone to celebrate the release by joining us on the evening of 24 April 2009 from 18:30 EDT until 22:00 EDT at Taste of India (http://www.toidc.com/). There will be free WiFi, free CDs of {[KX],U}buntu Jaunty, free USB thumb drives of Ubuntu Jaunty Netbook Remix (UNR), and plenty of tasty food and beverage. Hope to see you there!

  • March 10-12, 2009: Tux.org and the area's LUGs will be at FOSE again this year! And so will we. ;-) The official blurb from Tux.org:

    FOSE is the premier meeting and solutions marketplace for government technology today. FOSE features groundbreaking education, smart solutions and unparalleled networking events and programs. Discover what FOSE is all about at www.FOSE.com.

    Tux.org is currently looking for volunteers (http://cyberigor.com/fose) to help make this another success! Even if you can't join us in the booth, be sure to plan a trip to FOSE and drop by to say hello!

  • We have regained access to the server so we can start updating the site again! Yay! Just in time to announce that we will be participating in the Global Bug Jam by having our own Bug Jam on Saturday, February 21 at Gallaudet University.

  • The calendar is now available on this site. Note the subscription information at the top of that page.

  • The Tutorials are available again.

About Us

Welcome fellow Ubuntites, Ubuntunistas, Ubunturists("Ubunt-tourist"), etc! The DC LoCo Team serves the Washington, DC metropolitan area, which includes parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia. We focus our efforts on advocating the use of Edubuntu in K-12 schools, libraries, and community centers, but we are the proper place to come for all things Ubuntu.

We had an active and exciting first year. Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia has been established as an Edubuntu testing site. We joined forces with the Friends of the Mount Rainier Library in Mount Rainier, Maryland for an event celebrating Software Freedom Day. We have been working with Tenants and Workers United in Alexandria, Virginia supporting their Edubuntu Center.

How to participate

We would love to have you involved in our ongoing projects and upcoming events. The best way to get started is to sign up on Launchpad and let us know a bit about yourself and describing your interest in Ubuntu in your profile. Then join the team. If you have troubles getting started, send an email to our team leader, Kevin Cole at <kjcole@ubuntu.com>. You can also check out our forum.