Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Rob Beard wrote: HI folks, Further to Paul Sutton's comments about posters, would it be worth getting some Ubuntu posters professionally printed from somewhere like VistaPrint? As happy as I would be to print A4 posters out at home on photo paper or at work on the Xerox printer, sometimes I can't help but think maybe a glossy A3 poster would look really good. Something like this one which appears someone was selling... http://diy.devubuntu.com/repo/spreadubuntu/DIY%20Material/Batch%201,%20Posters/HanZo/poster-layout.jpg (of course we'd have to try and get higher quality artwork for printing). Rob Doh, just had a look at the link that Alan posted. Got some good posters on there. I could only find PNG and JPG formats though, not anything in either OpenOffice, SVG or Scribus format :-( I might have to print off some Ubuntu fridge magnets though. I've often thought that my fridge should be powered by Ubuntu ;-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
2008/11/14 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I might have to print off some Ubuntu fridge magnets though. I've often thought that my fridge should be powered by Ubuntu ;-) I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Alan Pope wrote: 2008/11/14 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I might have to print off some Ubuntu fridge magnets though. I've often thought that my fridge should be powered by Ubuntu ;-) I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. Never thought of that. Anyone got a brown mini with an Ubuntu logo stuck to it? :-) Other option I guess is some car window stickers. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Alan Pope wrote: I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for cost, or a slight mark-up. If so, what happens with the money? Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Dave Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for cost, or a slight mark-up. If so, what happens with the money? Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Maybe this should be put as a suggestion to the people who run the canonical ubuntu store, especially on the sticker front. Mj -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
I would suggest that if such a poster was being used in the UK, that the spelling be changed to British spelling instead of American. David King Rob Beard wrote: HI folks, Further to Paul Sutton's comments about posters, would it be worth getting some Ubuntu posters professionally printed from somewhere like VistaPrint? As happy as I would be to print A4 posters out at home on photo paper or at work on the Xerox printer, sometimes I can't help but think maybe a glossy A3 poster would look really good. Something like this one which appears someone was selling... http://diy.devubuntu.com/repo/spreadubuntu/DIY%20Material/Batch%201,%20Posters/HanZo/poster-layout.jpg (of course we'd have to try and get higher quality artwork for printing). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
David King wrote: I would suggest that if such a poster was being used in the UK, that the spelling be changed to British spelling instead of American. David King Yep, hence needing the original artwork and not just a JPG/PNG image. I'm sure it's out there on the net somewhere. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 17:35 +, Dave Walker wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for cost, or a slight mark-up. If so, what happens with the money? Kind Regards, Dave Walker A bumper sticker has a very limited audience and the item itself conjures up some mental pictures stereotypes i.e. one ventriloquists characters specifically ... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4GI9NZKxM :-D Note for those like myself that don't use flash. You can use http://mux.am to convert it to theora. ;-) Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 18:17 +, Rob Beard wrote: David King wrote: I would suggest that if such a poster was being used in the UK, that the spelling be changed to British spelling instead of American. David King Yep, hence needing the original artwork and not just a JPG/PNG image. I'm sure it's out there on the net somewhere. Rob As a group we can accomplish these things and create a good promo stuff for the UK that maybe generic enough for others to use and be pushed into the spread ubuntu arena. We can create some good print quality stuff and I would love to have us do this. As an example. An Ubuntu CD wrap is good but we should have a nice insert for us as the UK team to point people to the mailing and IRC etc. Keep to the branding but we add an avenue to the UK community for support. These things we can put up for discussion at upcoming team meetings, a call for artists and interested writers etc. Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters - cafe press
Matt Jones wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Dave Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for cost, or a slight mark-up. If so, what happens with the money? Kind Regards, Dave Walker I am sure cafe press do stuff like thism if you give them art work they will transfer on to all sorts of stuff, stickers, car stickers, bumper stickers etc etc, at leat with that perhaps we can set up a general ubuntu-uk shop, We can then raise funds for stuff like this, and also sell things that will more to the genral public and kids (like ubuntu teddy bears - start em early eh), this may be the way forward, they have the resouces to create the items in house, and sell them via the site, all we would need is a link to our shop on their site the various team pages, funds raised can perhaps go towards more advocacy etc, for ubuntu generally I think we need the backing of canonical for this, and work with them to make it all work, i agree however that doing these posters your self the cost builds up, i have just downloaded some a5 posters, and am about to laminate them, i also downloaded a flyer with pull off tabs at the bottom which I have perforated (as my cutter does that), this looks fine, but posters and things to be displayed must look professional, we are up against Microsoft on this and we need to be able to at least try to compete with regard to poster quality. You never know if we had the funds we could advertise on a bus, Paignton RFC sell banners for 200 quid including the banner and site hire for a year, (i think or could be season september to may), but it would be good exposure, which is what we need, as people have mentioned COmputer = microsoft = windows, this needs to change and will change if people start seeing Linux / Ubuntu etc etc all over the place, it will take time but should have the desired effect. Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Rob Beard wrote: David King wrote: I would suggest that if such a poster was being used in the UK, that the spelling be changed to British spelling instead of American. David King Not mention grammar, spelling and lack of proof reading the poster I have here says Thousands of free and legal software are available with the click of a button, (see link to resources for this poster), i don't think i will bother printing them now due to the errors, they just look bad, this should read software titles, or something surely. I think it also says wtithin but again its cut off, part the issue is its using US paper sizes, I don't have any, can't afford to buy it, and it should really be in A4, which is international, and still prints on US letter paper. Paul Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format DCLUG - chat http://www.zleap.net/chat -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Alan Pope wrote: 2008/11/14 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I might have to print off some Ubuntu fridge magnets though. I've often thought that my fridge should be powered by Ubuntu ;-) I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I have just printed off a sheet of avery j8160 labels, with a pic of tux on, these go down great with kids, they love stickers, i need some more labels so I can print some with the ubuntu circle of friends and perhaps the website if space permits, then we can start really doing stuff, these are idea at events etc. ideally however they would be professionally printed, cheap in quantity like its £1.70 for 40 ubuntu stickers from canonical, this is my sort of price range, on the subject of car stickers they already do stickers which are clear, so a car sticker is the same but the printed side is reversed or something so it can be seen from the out side, Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format DCLUG - chat http://www.zleap.net/chat -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
I think Paul has hit on something important here. A lot of software, including FOSS, likes to default to US Letter size, a size which is alien to people outside of North America. And considering Ubuntu is from South Africa (not the USA, like Microsoft), we really need to have any posters, etc., using the international standard paper sizes like A4, A3, A2, etc. With some distros (I forget which), despite selecting my location as London, UK, when installing, I still find that some software defaults to things like US Letter size and inches, instead of A4 and millimetres (including Firefox 2 on Linux, but not in Windows; Firefox 3 works with the proper UK settings). David King Paul Sutton wrote: ... part the issue is its using US paper sizes, I don't have any, can't afford to buy it, and it should really be in A4, which is international, and still prints on US letter paper. Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Dave Walker wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an upgrade. Cheers, Al. I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps raising it's head when this is discussed - Should they be sold for cost, or a slight mark-up. If so, what happens with the money? I really like the idea of bumper stickers! Bumper stickers of any reasonable quality - with some water and UV resistance - are not particularly cheap. I have modified oval stickers for my bumpers, and they are still fading. In fact the standard gloss paper Ubuntu Sticker is surprisingly good if you dont mind keeping an occasional eye on it for replacement. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
2008/11/14 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I really like the idea of bumper stickers! Bumper stickers of any reasonable quality - with some water and UV resistance - are not particularly cheap. I have modified oval stickers for my bumpers, and they are still fading. In fact the standard gloss paper Ubuntu Sticker is surprisingly good if you dont mind keeping an occasional eye on it for replacement. Mine:- http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/v/bbq3/Img_309.jpg.html It's lasted quite well actually. Starting to fade a bit though. Although of course mine is not strictly a car sticker because it's on the outside. I guess ones on the inside would weather better but would certainly fade in the sun. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/14 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I really like the idea of bumper stickers! Bumper stickers of any reasonable quality - with some water and UV resistance - are not particularly cheap. I have modified oval stickers for my bumpers, and they are still fading. In fact the standard gloss paper Ubuntu Sticker is surprisingly good if you dont mind keeping an occasional eye on it for replacement. Mine:- http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/v/bbq3/Img_309.jpg.html It's lasted quite well actually. Starting to fade a bit though. Although of course mine is not strictly a car sticker because it's on the outside. I guess ones on the inside would weather better but would certainly fade in the sun. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ For DIY stickers, this stuff http://linkpot.net/odious/ is fantastic, although expensive. I used it for the ORG laptop skin I made, it prints just like glossy photo paper but it has a microfibre surface so it is basically waterproof.(I left a freshly printed strip in a jar of water and over about 4 hours it did bleed a bit but this was probably an extreme example). If anyone could let me know of somewhere cheaper than just under £1 a sheet then it would be handy! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
Matt Jones wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/14 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I really like the idea of bumper stickers! Bumper stickers of any reasonable quality - with some water and UV resistance - are not particularly cheap. I have modified oval stickers for my bumpers, and they are still fading. In fact the standard gloss paper Ubuntu Sticker is surprisingly good if you dont mind keeping an occasional eye on it for replacement. http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/ubuntu-sticker-bumper/158648386 $4.49 Not sure what the current exchange rate is, Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Posters
2008/11/14 Paul Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/ubuntu-sticker-bumper/158648386 $4.49 Not sure what the current exchange rate is, Cafepress says £3.03 here. Mike -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
