Ubuntu 9.04 Free Culture Showcase Winners!

Jono Bacon announced the winners of the Ubuntu 9.04 Free Culture Showcase today. Although my contribution (The Mark Shuttleworth beat) wasn't selected, I think the community judging panel has done a great job (much better than last time!) picking the winners.

Audio: Jean Francois Marais - WINNING ENTRY: Invocation

Video Category: Robbie Ferguson - WINNING ENTRY: Spirit Of Ubuntu

Graphic/Photo: William J McKee Jr - WINNING ENTRY: Canadian Clouds

Jono wrote:

Ladies and Gents, I am pleased to announce the results of the Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. This is the competition in which creative types can submit their work for inclusion in the Examples/ folder of the next edition of Ubuntu. In this competition we expanded the Audio and Video categories to also include a Graphic/Photo category too. We netted a fantastic range of entries and many great submissions!

Our submissions list was then assessed by our esteemed community judging panel and they made selections from each category. This final set of selections was then voted on by the Ubuntu Community Council to find our winners. I would like to thank everyone for participating and congratulate each of the winners for having their work about to be delivered to millions of Jaunty desktops.

Read more at: www.jonobacon.org/

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Deadline

Just a quick reminder to let everyone know that Friday 6th February 2009 is the deadline for the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase submissions.

If you want a shot at getting you music, video or imagery installed and enjoyed on millions of Ubuntu desktops all around the world, now is the time. Head over and join in the competition!

The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is an opportunity to show off high quality free culture content in Ubuntu. At the heart of Ubuntu's ethos is a belief in showcasing free software and free culture, and with each development cycle we open the opportunity for any Free Culture artist to put their work in front of millions of Ubuntu users around the world. Although the space restrictions are tight, and we are limited to how much content we can include, this is an excellent opportunity for artists everywhere.

As mentioned earlier, I've submitted an audio piece titled "Mark".

Music: The Mark Shuttleworth beat

I did a few suggestion for the Ubuntu free culture showcase. I realize now
that the music I uploaded didn't have that much to do with Ubuntu.
I know this is early, but I just wanted to try out a new idea that I
want to submit next time (if there will be a next time).

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175241/wanted/Mark.mp3 (1,6 MB)