Re: [ubuntu-uk] Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff
Hi Caroline, /me awaits inevitable comments about booth babes . what? *Bewildered* I think he meant the modern-day equivalent of a scantily-clad girl in a fur coat draped across the bonnet of a Ford Capri at a 1970's car show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_babe Cheers, Ralph. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 23:06 +0100, ana wrote: Hi Adam Bagnall wrote: I was thinking earlier that as far as I'm aware the LoCoTeam has no female members. There must be some women in the UK who use Ubuntu? Of course there are - I am another one. I found out about this unfortunately high traffic list via Jono Bacon's blog post which appeared on Ubuntu planet. I don't have very good internet access (long story) so can't use irc and keep my email subscriptions to a minimum. Yes there are ... we are probably not often following this list? I've posted in the Ubuntu women section on the Ubuntu forums to see if I can generate any interest. Any luck? I'm sure some of you have converted wives/friends/sisters/girlfriends/daughters etc. who could get involved. No, i'm none of those. Me neither! I'm sure that if there are women who need support for Ubuntu they would feel more comfortable meeting up with another woman. Women who can offer support for Ubuntu also feel more comfortable meeting u pwith other women if that is what it takes to meet with people who do not automatically assume we need support :-p I get all my linux support online - of course I choose whether to declare myself as female - if I don't tell you you'd (hopefully) never know.. I've never had face to face linux support to know whether I'd feel more comfortable with a guy or a girl - I generally go on expertise etc. I doesn't bother me but I can imagine helping a woman could intimidate some young boys. I was also thinking that maybe it would be good to have a woman or 2 at the LinuxWorld booth to show that it's not just geeky men who use linux? I could be there if you say where it is and if I feel invited enough ... /me awaits inevitable comments about booth babes . what? Well quite.. I've posted on Jono's blog that I'll muck in with stalls etc if needed. Caroline -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff
On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 15:38 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Caroline, /me awaits inevitable comments about booth babes . what? *Bewildered* I think he meant the modern-day equivalent of a scantily-clad girl in a fur coat draped across the bonnet of a Ford Capri at a 1970's car show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_babe Cheers, Ralph. I have google too - it was more of a WTF? than anything else.. Caroline -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 19:47 +0100, Adam Bagnall wrote: I was thinking earlier that as far as I'm aware the LoCoTeam has no female members. There must be some women in the UK who use Ubuntu? Oh of course there are, but using it is one thing, spending time advocating the use of it is another. I'll speak to my wife who uses Ubuntu on her computer, but I suspect that given she gave birth to our son under a week ago, I'd be willing to bet her answer is no, not right now darling or words to that effect :). I've posted in the Ubuntu women section on the Ubuntu forums to see if I can generate any interest. I'm sure some of you have converted wives/friends/sisters/girlfriends/daughters etc. Yes, under some small duress I converted my wife's computer from XP to Debian some time ago then more recently to Ubuntu (for consistency across all our machines). who could get involved. Again, not sure she would be willing to get involved. I have been meaning to write an article for some time about how we converted her from XP to Linux and what obstacles were encountered. Unfortunately it's so long ago now I've almost forgotten the early ones. I'm sure that if there are women who need support for Ubuntu they would feel more comfortable meeting up with another woman. Definately. We (Hampshire Linux User Group) have run a number of InfoPoints and two women in the LUG have attended and helped run many of them. (as a side note I know one runs Suse and the other runs Ubuntu). I understand from speaking to them that they do indeed find people (of both sexes) often find the women more approachable. We actually also have some very approachable guys in the team too, but preconceptions of visitors often means they go to the women first I guess. I was also thinking that maybe it would be good to have a woman or 2 at the LinuxWorld booth to show that it's not just geeky men who use linux? I'll ask on my local LUG to see if any women are willing to help. /me awaits inevitable comments about booth babes . I'd stay well clear of comments about booth babes. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 20:21 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 19:47 +0100, Adam Bagnall wrote: I was thinking earlier that as far as I'm aware the LoCoTeam has no female members. There must be some women in the UK who use Ubuntu? Oh of course there are, but using it is one thing, spending time advocating the use of it is another. I'll speak to my wife who uses Ubuntu on her computer, but I suspect that given she gave birth to our son under a week ago, I'd be willing to bet her answer is no, not right now darling or words to that effect :). I've posted in the Ubuntu women section on the Ubuntu forums to see if I can generate any interest. I'm sure some of you have converted wives/friends/sisters/girlfriends/daughters etc. Yes, under some small duress I converted my wife's computer from XP to Debian some time ago then more recently to Ubuntu (for consistency across all our machines). who could get involved. Again, not sure she would be willing to get involved. I have been meaning to write an article for some time about how we converted her from XP to Linux and what obstacles were encountered. Unfortunately it's so long ago now I've almost forgotten the early ones. I'm sure that if there are women who need support for Ubuntu they would feel more comfortable meeting up with another woman. Definately. We (Hampshire Linux User Group) have run a number of InfoPoints and two women in the LUG have attended and helped run many of them. (as a side note I know one runs Suse and the other runs Ubuntu). I understand from speaking to them that they do indeed find people (of both sexes) often find the women more approachable. We actually also have some very approachable guys in the team too, but preconceptions of visitors often means they go to the women first I guess. I was also thinking that maybe it would be good to have a woman or 2 at the LinuxWorld booth to show that it's not just geeky men who use linux? I'll ask on my local LUG to see if any women are willing to help. /me awaits inevitable comments about booth babes . I'd stay well clear of comments about booth babes. Cheers, Al. If no ladies can attend, maybe a few who use Ubuntu could write some form of short testimonials that could be available for viewing on the UK team web page. I'm sure I could work with my better half and get her to put something together. She was my tester of 6.06 in order to give me an idea of Ubuntu stability before I made the switch on my laptop and other machines from RH based distributions. She is quite vocal about how much faster Ubuntu is over XP on the same PC and how GNU Linux provides her with the daily peace of mind because of it's security so she can just get on with what she wants to do. It also really helps that she loves the Same Gnome game. :-D Regards Phil -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
