Rock on! Sounds like a great job and lots of fun too! Bryen M Yunashko
On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 23:29 +0100, Marina Latini wrote: > Hi all! > > From Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th January 2012 has took place the > Cerea fair (VR) in Italy. > I and other members of FSUGItalia have participated at the > “Electronics and amateur radio fair” in Cerea (Verona) presenting > openSUSE to the public. > > We must start by saying that, as is typical of these kind of events, > the fair has been a great success, big participation and queues in > front of the entrance from the early hours of the opening. From > rumours heard during Sunday, overall, there were about 20000 visitors. > > The organization of the fair has given us a great place, the first > booth near the entrance! > > In addition to openSUSE promotional material, we set up the stand with > 4 notebooks and 3 netbooks. The computers were equipped with openSUSE > 12.1 configured with different desktop manager to emphasize the > flexibility and power of a distribution, that can work perfectly on > the newest hardware as well as the oldest. > > A large number of people came to ask us about what openSUSE is. The > computers exhibited have attracted the attention of passers, that, in > many cases, were unaware of the existence of the GNU/Linux operating > systems, and those few who knew them already, usually were familiar > only to Ubuntu. > > Both categories of people were surprised to discover and try openSUSE. > In particular, we noticed that the most interested people in learning > openSUSE were those in the age group of fifty years and older, and > that, in many cases, showed a remarkable familiarity with GNU/Linux.In > detail, many of them have told us that already use Ubuntu, but they > wanted to leave it because they are not comfortable with the Unity > interface. > > The most frequent question was inherent to the differences between > Ubuntu and openSUSE and what are the advantages of this second > operating system. > > Before the event we had contacted representatives of the LUG (Linux > User Group) near Cerea, and during the fair, we have delivered to them > promotional material to distribute. > > Because of the enthusiasm of the audience, we had to ration the > promotional material (promoDVD), because otherwise they would not be > enough for both days. > On Sunday evening we had distributed all the material at our disposal > (300 promo DVD and all flyers) and someone have also asked the > posters! > > An event with such a big audience is definitely challenging and very > tiring but we have got a great success that has rewarded us for all > the efforts made to achieve this participation. > The enthusiasm and interest of the people involved also the > organizers, that have proposed to us to participate in future editions > of this fair. > > > > Here: http://denebinside.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/report-cerea-fair/ > you can find the report (Italian/English) of the Cerea Fair (Italy). > Other useful informations are reachable here: > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Cerea_Fair > > We are editing a video and uploading a photo gallery; as soon as > possible all the materials will be online. > > Regards, > deneb > > -- > Marina Latini > http://www.fsugitalia.org > openSUSE Ambassador: deneb_alpha > http://www.educoo.it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+ow...@opensuse.org
