I attended the Atlanta Linux Fest last Saturday. I only got to stay for two talks, but what I saw was great!

From the Ubuntu Kernel talk given by Pete Graner of Canonical, I learned a couple of interesting things about Ubuntu…

Canonical has teams that work on things other than the ubuntu kernel, including integration for OEMs like Dell and HP, maintaining LaunchPad, and distributing install cds. They are able to maintain a 6 month release cycle for Ubuntu by deciding to only fix those bugs that are truly critical and focusing on the goals decided at the Ubuntu Developer Summit.

Ubuntu One allows you to back up any number of systems into the cloud.

The folks at Canonical have created a version of android that runs on Ubuntu Notebook Remix. It sounded like android uses some of its own version of libraries so a unique version of android had to be compiled to use those libs.

I also saw Kirrily Robert give her Standing Out in the Crowd talk. If you missed OSCon 2009 or the Atlanta Linux Fest, you can check out her talk here.