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[Bradly J. McConnell]

N. Thompson wrote:
> Does anyone here know if distributions have online videos of special 
> events? I'm specifically looking for ones where they would show off new 
> features in upcoming releases of their distributions.
> 
> A while ago an apple user sent me a link to the Apple 2004 expo keynote 
> and I watched that, it was over an hour on the features of the upcoming 
> Mac OS X but it wasn't hard to watch at all, I found the entire thing 
> very interesting and even went searching for the 2005 expo keynote 
> video. I would like to know if any Linux distributions to something 
> similar, after all Apple has a real smart thing going here, if its a 
> simple video more than just Apple users might be interested in watching 
> it and would then realize just how nice the operating system is contrary 
> to their former impressions. Something similar would be great for Linux 
> distributors since it would help existing users feel proud of their 
> distribution and it would lure other in to consider it, it would also 
> help to inform people better as to which distribution is right for them.
> 
> Anyway it was just a thought.
> 
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There is actually a pretty interesting video of Looking Glass on the Sun 
site.  Can't find my old link for it, but it was during one of their big 
announcement/conventions.

Brad