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New LinuxQuestions.org Contest - Win a Free LQ T-Shirt
It's time for another LinuxQuestions.org Contest! This is your chance to win a free LQ T-shirt. The shirt in question is not one from the LQ store, but one that was only available as a *very* select giveaway at the LQ LinuxWorld booth. So, how do you participate and win this great prize? Simply by spreading the word about LQ. The 2 members who refer the most members between now and May 14th (midnight LQ time) will each win a prize. There are a couple simple rules. Any form of cheating will disqualify you. This includes signing up for multiple accounts, having people signup for accounts they knowingly won't use, etc. We do have measures in place to help detect this. Also *any* form of spamming for this will *immediately* disqualify you from this and every contest we ever have (really, please - don't spam. The problem is big enough and no one likes a spammer). Those unpleasantries aside, start spreading the word
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LQ ISO has been updated. As the title indicates, it's now GeoIP aware. What does this mean for you? When browsing LQ ISO for mirrors, ones that are in the same country as you will now appear first. Additionally, the main link which was random before, will now be randomly selected only from the country you are in. Of course, the full list of mirrors is still available so you retain the choice to pick whichever mirror you'd like. Thanks again goes to david_ross who has been helping more and more with the coding around here.
As you probably know, we recently had a nice push on cutting down on the number of 0 reply threads. That push is something I'd like to see continue indefinitely. Seeing how well that worked however, it might not be bad to have a single short term initiative from time to time that focuses on different parts of the site. This blog entry details what I'd like the first short term initiative to be. Let's see how fast we can get the LQ Wiki to 3,000 legitimate articles. Participating in the LQ Wiki is extremely easy and allows you to help us build the largest general Linux knowledgebase on the web. If you'd like to help but don't know where to start, here is a list of Most Wanted Pages. Thanks!
I am happy to announce that another distribution has joined LinuxQuestions.org. Please welcome Ubuntu. Participating in the Ubuntu forum will be ubuntu-geek and linuxpeach. I'd like to thank Mako and Ryan for working with me to make this happen. Welcome to LQ!
Since it recently hit half a million downloads, I figured I'd remind everyone about LQ ISO. LQ ISO now has over 115 distribution versions available from over 350 mirrors. If you're looking for a place to find fast Linux download mirrors, LQ ISO is for you. Don't forget to tell others who you recommend Linux to about LQ ISO. If you see your favorite distribution version or mirror missing, please use the suggest feature. Thanks.
Just a reminder to all the members who like getting stuck into a problem. You can instantly hit a search of all threads which have not yet recieved any response. It'd be great to be able to see the number of pages freeze in it's steps with all the avid members of LQ.org having a bash at a thread that they might otherwise have not answered. Answering zero reply threads can be a great way to learn about new parts of linux. Instead of reading a post and maybe thinking "I don't know anything about that." and moving on, if the question seems reasonable, it can be good to take the initiative to do a little research. Not just to help someone else out, but to increase your own knowledge of something you'd not touched before.
Just wanted to let everyone know that we've posted the first in a series of audio clips that were recorded at the SCALE 3X conference. Thanks to Harold, who recorded these. Stay tuned for the rest, which we'll be posting over the coming days.
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