https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

Ubuntu Open Week

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Jono Bacon writes “Next week (Mon 27th Nov 2006 – Sat 2nd Dec 2006) the Ubuntu community hold their Ubuntu Open Week – a week of IRC tutorials and sessions designed to encourage more and more people to join their diverse community. In just two years, Ubuntu has grown to a user base of over 6 million and a worldwide community spanning many different disciplines.

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A good free intro and online support. If it’s a dead week, what better time to dip a toe into Linux.