The Linux Foundation Wants Your "We're Linux" Contest Videos

by Lisa Hoover - Apr. 06, 2010Comments (0)

We've covered the Linux Foundation's "We're Linux" video contests before, and there's another underway right now. This year's prizes include a trip to LinuxCon in Boston later this year, a chance to win a fully-loaded Linux laptop, and bragging rights for submitting the best "We're Linux" video from all the entries.

The best video will be chosen by a panel of judges as well as online community rankings. Judges will be looking for creative and thought-provoking submissions that inspire people to give Linux a try. The foundation says rather than offer the community boiler-plate guidelines for what constitutes a "good submission," they're leaving that decision up to the the entrants in the spirit of true open source collaboration.

Although any individual, project team, or company is welcome to submit a video, organizers say they're particularly lookingg forward to what Linux users and developers can come up with. "We also want to invite some healthy competition from Linux users and developers who are passionate about the best Linux distro. Everyone has their favorite - whether that's Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, Fedora, Linux Mint or another one. Show us what makes it the best in 60 seconds or less and your distro will win the promotion it deserves," says the foundation's Jennifer Cloer, Director, Communications & Community.

All videos will be features on the Linux Foundation's Web site and on its YouTube channel. If you have what you think is the winning idea, read up on the contest rules then start recording. You'd better hurry up, the deadline for submission is April 11, 2010 at midnight.