This is the project page for an introductory session taking place Monday, Feb 22nd from 7 PM - 9 PM at the UC Berkeley [[http://universityvillage.berkeley.edu/|University Village]] residential computer lab [[http://universityvillage.berkeley.edu/SupportingFiles/Villagemap0808.pdf|located at]] 1101 Jackson St, Albany, CA.  The goal is to help the international family residents install and use Linux on their home computers.  A follow up session will be held Monday, March 1st.

We will give a presentation for 30-45 minutes followed by an installfest where residents are invited to bring their laptops and install Linux with the assistance of user group volunteers from the Berkeley Linux User's Group,  [[http://www.berkeleylug.com|BerkeleyLUG]].

=== Some links from the first session ===

[[http://www.redhat.com/videos/truth_happens.html|Red Hat Video, Truth Happens]]

[[http://www.berkeleylug.com]]

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system|Wikipedia, OS]]

[[http://distrowatch.com]]

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29|Wikipedia, Ubuntu]]

[[http://ubuntuforums.org|Ubuntu Forums]]

[[https://launchpad.net/]]

[[http://www.theopendisc.com/|The OpenDisc - Quality Open Source Software DVD for Windows]]

[[http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd/|Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society's Open Source Software CD for Windows]]

=== Some links from the second session ===

[[http://www.archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers|The Codebreakers]] 2006 BBC broadcast

[[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=did+you+know&search_type=&aq=f|Did You Know?]] youtube videos including v.2 and v.4

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version_timeline|Ubuntu Version Timeline]] with code names

[[http://creativecommons.org/videos/mayer-and-bettle|Creative Commons Video, Mayer & Bettle]]

=== Some more links ===

Feature list of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview|Technical Overview]]

To run DVDs, flash and other media install ubuntu-restricted-extras

[[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5071?page=0,0|Linux in Higher Education]], [[http://www.linuxjournal.com/|LJ]] article from 2000

[[http://ubuntu.mirocommunity.com/video/142/ubuntu-release-schedule|Ubuntu Versions]] by Alan Pope

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=EwL0G9wK8j4|youtube, IBM ad, Prodigy]]

[[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation#p/u/6/qWEIQIv8zvY|youtube, Linux Foundation most viewed, Freedom]]

[[http://www.redhat.com/videos/licensing_explained.html|Red Hat Video, Licensing exlained]]

[[http://wireless.kernel.org/]]

[[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation#p/u/2/Yq_qQgER3O8|youtube, Mark Shuttleworth interview]]

[[http://ubuntu.mirocommunity.com/|Ubuntu Developer Summit videos]]

[[http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html|Smart Questions]] - Hacker perspective on asking questions

[[http://www.securitybsides.org/BSidesSanFrancisco|BSidesSanFrancisco Security Event]] - Cool Downtown SF event Tuesday and Wednesday, March 2nd-3rd, 2010