Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-26 Thread Stephen P Rufle
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meh > Please forgive my slowness to get your meaning in this reply. > > What does "meh" mean? I've not seen or heard that term before. > Are you agreeing or disagreeing with Ariel's idea? > --- PLUG-dis

Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-26 Thread Tuna
On 08/26/2010 01:33 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Tuna replied to Ariel (in part - slightly edited): I'd like to set up an install where the distro and a custom screensaver and desktop are installed along with it. I loudly make the utterance, "meh" at that idea. That's like the

Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-26 Thread joe
Tuna replied to Ariel (in part - slightly edited): >> I'd like to set up an install where the distro and a custom >> screensaver and desktop are installed along with it. > I loudly make the utterance, "meh" at that idea. That's like > the vinyl stickers on digital cameras. People are afraid to > r

Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-25 Thread der.hans
Am 25. Aug, 2010 schwätzte Ariel Gold so: moin moin, My dad fixes up old computers and donates them. He's also volunteering with non-profit thrift shops. If the system has a licensed copy of windows he uses that license, otherwise he's loading ubuntu. I've also suggested he look at some other

Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-25 Thread Ted Gould
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 12:07 -0700, Ariel Gold wrote: > Anyways, he says the linux systems are selling slower than the windows > systems. > > I thought it'd be cool for the linux systems to sell themselves > somehow. Maybe a screen saver slideshow that features firefox, how > openoffice is compati

Re: Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-25 Thread Tuna
On 08/25/2010 12:07 PM, Ariel Gold wrote: My dad fixes up old computers and donates them. He's also volunteering with non-profit thrift shops. If the system has a licensed copy of windows he uses that license, otherwise he's loading ubuntu. I've also suggested he look at some other distros lik

Selling Linux on Startup?

2010-08-25 Thread Ariel Gold
My dad fixes up old computers and donates them. He's also volunteering with non-profit thrift shops. If the system has a licensed copy of windows he uses that license, otherwise he's loading ubuntu. I've also suggested he look at some other distros like Puppy for some of the older systems. Anyway