Check me out, I made a little video with me in it and I’m putting it here.
I installed Ubuntu on two of the donated PCs at my library yesterday. It took less than an hour. In fact, if I hadn’t been making the little movie at the same time [with my laptop and my little Canon digital Elph; I don’t have a video camera] it would have taken me even less time. Ubuntu comes bundled with a lot of the popular Open Source software titles like OpenOffice, Gimp and Firefox. The Calef Library has two Windows PCs already so if people need specific software that doesn’t run on Ubuntu, they can use those. I’d like to get them a Mac as well and then they can be the only library (to my knowledge) that is triple platform in the entire state of Vermont.
Note: I have not connected these machines to the Internet or the printer yet, so I’m sure there may be pitfalls waiting for me along the way, but I think that would be true no matter what platform I was using. Ubuntu is free. My install process went like this: download and burn the Ubuntu disk image to a CD. Turn on the computer with the Ubuntu CD in the CD drive. The computer boots Ubuntu from the CD. You have the option to run it this way or install it to the hard drive. You have the option to install it on a partition (and keep Windows also) or just erase the drive and install Ubuntu as the only operating system. You restart the machine and it runs Ubuntu and it Just Works. For the Ubuntu curious (I just like saying ubuntu over and over ubuntu ubuntu ubuntu…) you might enjoy this website How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu. If you’re just Linux curious, you might enjoy this article on how Howard County migrated more than 200 PCs to Linux, and this was in 2004. Hope you like the little movie. Please drop a note in the comments if you’re using Ubuntu at your library.
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For example there is an accessibility rule – that the entry only to people that are at least 18 decades of age.
You are my hero.
Hi, Jessamyn!
A typo in the first sentance makes it unclear whether you _installed_ or _uninstalled_ Ubuntu.
I’m guessing _installed_ … but you never know.
: )
Thanks Silus, fixed it!
Thanks so much. Love it!
I love the video, and I’m in awe of a public library having both Windows and Ubuntu available.
In my own use of Ubuntu, I’ve never had a problem connecting to the internet. Even wifi was easy (although I got my card by asking for help on the Ubuntu forums and buying a recommended card, rather than getting a card first and trying to figure out how to get it to work).
Nice production values! Well done.
Hiya,
MarkPilgrim’s Ubuntu Essentials post was helpful for a recent install (tips how to get the non-default codecs, flash, etc. done quickly).
Hey, is that the Michot Brothers playing in the video??
Hey that was a fantastic video! I want to install Ubuntu at a tiny library now. And if you want to learn to screencast, I hear there was an excellent program at the Mass Library Assn conference last week. Oh wait, you were there … and you missed it! ;-)
I haven’t watched the video yet but let me say it is very refreshing to see someone embrace something different and free, rather than let those machines waste away. Kudos!
Nifty. Was that Michael Doucet/Beausoleil on the soundtrack?
Yeah the song is the Eunice Two-Step by Beausoleil.
I love OpenOffice–very cool! I tell my students about it all the time. Great little video!
Definitely a good idea to check out which sorts of wireless cards are best before trying to connect to wi-fi… I really struggled with this part of the setup.
Nice work – thanks for taking the time to make the video.
Did you create the video on a Ubuntu machine? What did you use? Did you like it? I haven’t found a video editor I like for Linux yet….
Maybe it’s just me, but I think this video could have effects beyond Washington, VT. Nothing like a dead simple and entertaining demo to demystify “exotic” technology. The zydeco helps too.
ugh, ubuntu linux. congratulations on your awesome trend following.
Hey Jessamyn! CitrusFreak12 here. Loved the video! You are my favorite internet folk-hero!
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What a very cool video! Maybe if I play it for some of the more wrongheaded of folks in my office, they will change their minds a bit more about Linux.
Thank you for making it!
While I am no fan of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, all I can say is “great job”!. Not only have you helped out your library, but you have also helped out the Linux community. Ubuntu does have good community
support, with their user forum and wiki.
Great idea, and the vid was put together nicely, too.
Unfortunately the pic they used on boing boing makes it look like someone is goosing you. :P
jm
Great video! You should burn about 10 extra cds and give em out if anyone shows an interest.
Cameron,
Too late. We at Canonical have found Jessamyn’s video, and we’re sending a few hundred officially pressed CDs to our friends in Vermont’s libraries. :)
And if anyone wants officially pressed CDs, just hit https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ and we’ll send you some for free.
The video is quite popular at the Ubuntu Developer’s Summit this week, and we wanted to say “thanks” for making us smile.
Rock on, Jessamyn! Ubuntu loves you!
Writing as a software engineer who recently married a librarian, I’ve believed for years that geeks and librarians are just different clans in the same tribe. Rock On.
Mrs. West, do you use Ubuntu in your laptop? If not, why?
Great video!!! ;-)
Congratulations for choosing freedom by using Linux.
You will discover that is is much less messy (no virus, no spyware, more robust and secure) than windows, so it wont be any problem to connect these machines to the internet.
There is also have free (as in freedom, although it is also costless) software you can use to manage your library:
http://www.koha.org
Regards from a spaniard Linux user
Hey, it seems to be much easier than downloading an audio book from Overdrive ;-)
will you marry me? you probably won’t but i thought i’d ask anyway. thanks for a cool video. yes, i do the ubuntu and a few others as well. love ’em.
note to self: visit the library more often.
:D
Applications->Add/Remove Programs. Search for “Frozen Bubble”.
People will flock to the library just to play. :)
Jessamyn, I love your multimedia
It’s a real good job. Congrats.
Are you Still have troubles with internet conection?
Regards
Jessamyn, great job on the video. It should be an inspiration to a lot of future Ubuntu users. I started using Linux in 2003 and haven’t looked back. I use Ubuntu on my Acer laptop, and it works great. Just remember, there are lots of other great Linux distributions.
As a librarian, you will want to read Glyn Moody’s “Rebel Code” which gives a good account of the birth of the open source movement. Plus check out the documentary film “Revolution OS” by J.T.S. Moore available on DVD. Keep up the good work.
Red