OpenSourcery

Not long after OpenSourcery and the Linux Foundation launched the new Linux Foundation Video Site, news of their "I'm Linux" video contest appeared on Slashdot.

We're excited because the site itself is elegant, clean, and easy to use. The video upload module and social networking tools are a perfect match. We think the Linux Foundation will have a lot of fun promoting user-generated content and sharing internally produced videos and interviews with their community. But for now, the contest's the thing.

Basically, the Linux Foundation has joined Apple and Microsoft in promoting their operating system through humorous videos. Instead of top-down production (Apple) or faux user-generated videos (Microsoft), the Linux Foundation is gunning for the real deal. Actual users uploading their own videos enumerating the joys of Linux. The winner gets a trip to next year's Japan Linux Symposium held in Tokyo and, according to LF itself, "some serious geek cred."

Please read more about OpenSourcery's work on the Linux Foundation Video Site here, and then write yourself a reminder to submit a video on January 26, the day "I'm Linux" begins.

Thank you for reading.