I'll post feedback on how it goes on Saturday evening/Sunday morning.
Rob
Cool, good luck mate :-)
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Hi folks,
On Saturday I will have a stand for the local Linux User Group at a
Hospital Radio Fun Day in Exeter. We will be giving out copies of
Ubuntu and Kubuntu and also copies of a custom version of The Open CD
7.04 (which has been customised with the branding of the Devon
Cornwall
Chris Rowson wrote:
Now I was wondering if any of the leaflets which have been worked on
in this list are ready for public consumption?
I ask because we only have a limited supply of Ubuntu/Kubuntu CDs but
I am hoping to be able to print off a few leaflets (around 50 to 100)
to distibute on
I went to a local free open air music event yesterday and was talking
at an environment related stand when I got chatting to another
bystander about computers recycling and - Ubuntu. He had made a start
on an old PC and talked a lot about it. As we were about to part I
mentioned keeping in
:o) wow nice one!
On 08/07/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I went to a local free open air music event yesterday and was talking
at an environment related stand when I got chatting to another
bystander about computers recycling and - Ubuntu. He had made a start
on an old PC and talked
From the Ubuntu marketing list I am reminded that there are existing
leaflets and related material at
http://diy.devubuntu.com/repo/spreadubuntu/
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Hi all
Further update on the leaflets
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
I think the leaflet is pretty much complete now, so with the
communities blessing I would like to declare it as: Ubuntu-UK Had
Enough Leaflet BETA
I think its time to move along with getting the thing finished now,
Matthew Larsen wrote:
Hi all
Further update on the leaflets
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
I think the leaflet is pretty much complete now, so with the
communities blessing I would like to declare it as: Ubuntu-UK Had
Enough Leaflet BETA
I think its time to move along with
Hi Alan/Matthew,
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:02:02PM +0100, alan c wrote:
Matthew Larsen wrote:
Hi all
Further update on the leaflets
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
I think the leaflet is pretty much complete now, so with the
communities blessing I would like to
Matthew Larsen wrote:
:) Thanks for the welcomes.
I have had feedback (on a leaflet of mine) suggesting that for
real windows-only users, a FOSS leaflet by itself would be
useful. The first stage concept for them is - Open Source
software - is free and can be good quality - and there is a
peter.beattie2 wrote:
Please do not send I am UNSCUBSCRIBED
You clearly are not... so, in the interests of everybody else's sanity,
rather than send this quite incorrect statement in reply to every single
e-mail the group sends you please visit the page below where, at its
base, you will
alan c wrote:
I see it has been put onto the wiki
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
as
leaflet1_alan_cocks.odt
(this leaflet got a strong reaction from a Windows-only marketing
professional that it covered too *many* significant points)
I think it has a lot of words... could also,
On Friday 29 June 2007 08:30, Sean Miller wrote:
alan c wrote:
I see it has been put onto the wiki
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
as
leaflet1_alan_cocks.odt
(this leaflet got a strong reaction from a Windows-only marketing
professional that it covered too *many* significant
Alan i like your leaflets a lot. They are very informational and I
think we should definitely base the FOSS leaflet on the one you just
uploaded. The wording is great however I think it could be 'toned
down' a bit in parts.
If your product is kept proprietary (secret protected contents) then
you
On Saturday 30 June 2007 00:38, Kirrus wrote:
- Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan i like your leaflets a lot. They are very informational and I
think we should definitely base the FOSS leaflet on the one you just
uploaded. The wording is great however I think it could be
Hey all
Back in the most merry of kingdoms, ready to progress on the leaflet
As far as I can see there are 3 things to sort out:
1) The content of the leaflet
2) Layout of the leaflet
3) Do we need more leaflets
Regards,
On 21/06/07, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all
I am
Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Hey all
Back in the most merry of kingdoms, ready to progress on the leaflet
As far as I can see there are 3 things to sort out:
1) The content of the leaflet
2) Layout of the leaflet
3) Do we need more leaflets
Regards,
On 21/06/07, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
:) Thanks for the welcomes.
I have had
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Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi Matt
Welcome back to the soft
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Hey all
Back in the most merry of kingdoms
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To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Hi Matt
Welcome back to the soft and squishy
OK, I'll byte... :oP
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:57:02 +0100, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
big snip
As no one seems inclined to react to my comments I will respond to
myself. As one of the longest users of Ubuntu in this group I am curious
to know why there is all this activity in wanting
Hi all
I am currently out of the country until next week so I wont be able to
contribute a lot during this period
regards
On 19/06/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I'll byte... :oP
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:57:02 +0100, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
big snip
As no
- Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
E
PS Sorry to read about your septic words Louisa grins, dives behind
sofa
Errr... what do you mean by this?
(Me don't geddit :S)
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big snip
As no one seems inclined to react to my comments I will respond to
myself. As one of the longest users of Ubuntu in this group I am curious
to know why there is all this activity in wanting to produce a leaflet.
Is there anyone prepared to answer a few questions? If so, now is your
Hi Norman,
On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 09:57:02AM +0100, norman wrote:
big snip
As no one seems inclined to react to my comments I will respond to
myself.
Probably because it contained no questions and it was only sent at 5pm last
night.
As one of the longest users of Ubuntu in this group
Is there a real desire to promote the use of Ubuntu and, if so, why?
If there was no desire to use Ubuntu it would be pretty pointless
being subscribed to an Ubuntu mailing list wouldn't it?
Who do you expect to be interested enough to even give Ubuntu a try?
What made you interested enough
hi norman,
Sorry to hear you feel we are ignoring you and your loss of interest
in the project. I did read your original post and would have responded
to any questions raised. I would imagine there were not many responses
because most of the points in your comment had already been addressed
Hello Norman,
I have been lurking and watching the creation of the leaflet I lack the
Creative and Artistic design to produce something of quality such as
this but since theyve not created or said anything wildly irritating or
abusive or just outright rude I stayed queit, sometimes in open
LONG POST ALERT
norman wrote:
As no one seems inclined to react to my comments I will respond to
myself.
I didn't notice them. This is a lively discussion and it probably
slipped by as comments contributing to the discussion rather than an
invitation to respond.
As one of the longest users
Just another thought...
When building the graphics on the leaflet I was thinking about putting
on the logos for Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio. I took
them off in the end because I thought it just over-complicated the
leaflet and would make things even more confused. As they are all
Thanks to all of you for replying to the questions. I applaud what you
are doing and wish you every success. It would be wonderful if you could
achieve what you are aiming for and I hope you will not be too
disappointed. I am sure that, if we all use the facilities we have to
promote Ubuntu,
Matthew Larsen wrote:
Just another thought...
When building the graphics on the leaflet I was thinking about
putting on the logos for Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu and
UbuntuStudio. I took them off in the end because I thought it just
over-complicated the leaflet and would make things even
This sparked off an idea... could we have a version of the leaflet targeted
at being handed out with a live cd included?
Johnathon
I had puzzled that one over myself. Seems to me that if someone
actually had the CD too, it'd be one less excuse!
I did wonder however what the best format
I had a bash with graphics now ;-)
Chris
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Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
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hey thats pretty nifty, definatly getting there. Some of the wording I
feel could be changed however, things like 'The Demo mode' could be
replaced with: What you see is a trial version of ubuntu which lets
you play with it without installing to see if you like it. The bit
about keeping your
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 15:11 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
hey thats pretty nifty, definatly getting there. Some of the wording I
feel could be changed however, things like 'The Demo mode' could be
replaced with: What you see is a trial version of ubuntu which lets
you play with it without
Quoting Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
Damn... that's good.
I agree about the wording points that have been raised, but I'm
printing these for SFD and
Damn... that's good.
I agree about the wording points that have been raised, but I'm
printing these for SFD and using them in Thanet!
Wow thanks :-D
I used OO.org Draw but it was on Windows (I'm at work and the ubuntu
box was in use) so I cheated a bit.
Just go to the leaflets page in
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 14:36 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
Nice. Showed it to a friend whose first reaction was
It needs capital letters.
Also note the URL
Nice. Showed it to a friend whose first reaction was
It needs capital letters.
Yeah, my friend said that too - I was trying to be funky and
unconventional :-P I could put 'em in though!
Also note the URL broken over two lines. URLs could legitimately be in a
smaller font I suspect, and you
Hi Chris (and since it's my first post to the list, a general hello to
all too)
I like your pretty version but have a few very minor (proofreading-y)
niggles.
Panel 2 'why bother?'
- point 3 - there seems to be a comma issue here - I'd either add one
after run on it (ubuntu, and the programs
Quoting Louisa Parry [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
snip /
Also I couldn't help but notice that the word 'linux' isn't used at all
in the leaflet. Is this intentional because it's a bit too scary/geeky
sounding? Personally I would think it would be more important to
mention that in the 'why is it
On 18/06/07, Louisa Parry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Chris (and since it's my first post to the list, a general hello to
all too)
I like your pretty version but have a few very minor (proofreading-y)
niggles.
Thanks :-)
Hi Louisa, I'll go through it when I get home and make some
Hi there, welcome to the list :-)
Firstly thanks for the spelling mistake point-outs, however we are
only at the initial stages of making this thing and havn't even
decided on its content yet so I am personally forgiving any mistakes
like that until we have a final draft.
About linux not being
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 16:24 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
Over the last few years, I've discovered that many people get confused
if I mention Linux as they want to know what it is and why it is
owned by a large number of companies but mainly by people who make
very little (if
Chris Rowson wrote:
Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
Brilliant!
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On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 16:46 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
Firstly thanks for the spelling mistake point-outs, however we are
only at the initial stages of making this thing and havn't even
decided on its content yet so I am personally forgiving any mistakes
like that until we have a final
I have kept out of the way for a long time but I have now reached the
point where I must say something. Several years ago attempts were made
to get me interested in Linux with no success. After all, Linux was a
very complicated business, worse than DOS, well I thought so, which I
had left for
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
Quoting Louisa Parry [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
snip /
Also I couldn't help but notice that the word 'linux' isn't used
at all in the leaflet. Is this intentional because it's a bit
too scary/geeky sounding? Personally I would think it would be
more
Louisa Parry wrote:
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 16:24 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
[...]
If *I* was reading it, I would prefer just something more along the
lines of the last paragraph - thousands of people around the world,
including us at ubuntu-uk.org, give their time
free, as
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 14:36 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
Another link you might want to add is http://screencasts.ubuntu.com -
Alan Pope's Ubuntu
Chris Rowson wrote:
Oh yeah - sorry heres a link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_chris_rowson.pdf
I like the graphics on that one. Just out of interest, where did you
get the picture of the field from? (I'm assuming not that
I like the graphics on that one. Just out of interest, where did you
get the picture of the field from? (I'm assuming not that other OS
beginning with W?)
Rob
I was waiting for someone to ask that :-P
I got it from a stock photo site http://www.sxc.hu
Chris
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Latest revision with grammar, spelling, capitalisation and context
changes as discussed on the list:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_0.1_chris_rowson.pdf
Chris
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Chris Rowson wrote:
I like the graphics on that one. Just out of interest, where did you
get the picture of the field from? (I'm assuming not that other OS
beginning with W?)
Rob
I was waiting for someone to ask that :-P
I got it from a stock photo site http://www.sxc.hu
Chris
Here is my idea for the graphics and title page of the leaflet, I
based it on your's Chris. I didnt change any of the text (apart from
the title)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_matthewgraphicsversion.pdf
Regards,
Chris
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On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 20:42 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Latest revision with grammar, spelling, capitalisation and context
changes as discussed on the list:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=leaflet2_withgraphics_0.1_chris_rowson.pdf
This gets better with
Don't worry about CMYK or that stuff for now, I have a bit of
experience with it so can deal with it when the need arises.
Good point though :)
Something to bear in mind is that it should look good in Gray scale
and colour. Easier to photocopy gray scale en-masse.
Regards.
On 18/06/07, Alan
Hi Rob,
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:16 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
Ahh thats good. When I saw it I thought... hmmm, that looks like Telly
Tubby land on XP. I'm sure lots of people will see that and think
Windows XP. In fact I tested it on my other half. I asked her what
computer related thing
Hi Matthew,
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:25 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote:
Here is my idea for the graphics and title page of the leaflet, I
based it on your's Chris. I didnt change any of the text (apart from
the title)
Wherever it comes from it needs to be licensed in such a way that we can
redistribute it freely of course :)
Licensing for the tellytubby image... (seems OK to me)
We hereby grant to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to
use the Image on the terms and conditions explained in this
Nice. I love the fact that this is a real collaborative effort. With
input from multiple community members.
Yeah, I gotta agree with you there Alan, I'm also liking this
community working vibe :-D
Chris
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PROTECTED] Behalf Of alan c
Sent: 18 June 2007 17:55
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
Quoting Louisa Parry [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
snip /
Also I couldn't help but notice that the word 'linux' isn't used
at all in the leaflet
that the
text and background colours are so close together that it's a real struggle
to read.
E
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope
Sent: 18 June 2007 21:50
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Hi Matthew,
On Mon, 2007-06
close together that it's a real struggle
to read.
E
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope
Sent: 18 June 2007 21:50
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Hi Matthew,
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:25 +0100, Matthew
My thoughts:
I like the personal touch (go make a cuppa) :-)
It seems more of an install guide rather than an introduction guide,
possibly more information could be put on. Ie 1/3 could be about FOSS,
1/3 about Ubuntu compatibility and 1/3 can be installation.
For some reason I can imagine it
I'm gonna knock up my own prototype in the next few days, definitely
stealing the cuppa line.
Heheheh - Glad you like it ;-)
I think as regards the leaflet project, the more examples we can get
the better - taking the bits of other people's leaflets that you like,
and adding your own
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Rowson
Sent: 17 June 2007 19:13
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
I'm gonna knock up my own prototype in the next few days, definitely
stealing the cuppa line.
Heheheh - Glad you like
I'm not sure about adding a footer, it just seems like we are 'trying
to hard' if we do that. What might be better is putting that info in
the FOSS section ie: To demonstrate how good FOSS software is, this
leaflet you are reading was made using OpenOffice, a piece of OSS
software! -- maybe
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets for example - click more actions
-- Attachments and add yours.
'Tis done !
I would also strongly urge you not to link to ubuntuguide.org, but
instead only link to official sites such as those within the *ubuntu.com
domain like wiki.ubuntu.com and
Hi Chris,
On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 08:41 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets for example - click more actions
-- Attachments and add yours.
'Tis done !
Yay, excellent. Making it available in open formats on that site means
others can download and change it to
Chris Rowson wrote:
I created my concept of a friendly non-techie Ubuntu promotion leaflet
incorporating some of the ideas I liked on the list.
It's here if anyone would like to check it out - suggestions welcome
http://justuber.com/projects:ubuntu_leaflets
Chris
Good Chris. I wonder
I've uploaded a new revision - This one changes the links to the
getting started page to official ubuntu ones as suggested by Alan P.
Hey Alan - thanks for replying :-D
Personally I find fancy fonts slower to read, so my inclination would
be to use the layout and content to grab attention
Personally I find fancy fonts slower to read, so my inclination
would
be to use the layout and content to grab attention rather than the
font, but it is a matter of taste.
snip
If you like the text, feel free to use it in a different style of
leaflet, you could then change the fonts and
Also, how about some graphics? Doesn't have to be overstated, but the Ubuntu
logo would be nice. Possibly also a watermark-style image in the back of each
segment, relating to the content of the segment (e.g. for burn, you'd have a
image
of a CD)
Yeah - I did think about that, if the text
Hi Robert,
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 00:27 +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:23:32 +0100
alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Robert - email and attachment on its way to you, the wiki is
fine if you or someone could put it up please, and or your site -
thanks again
I created my concept of a friendly non-techie Ubuntu promotion leaflet
incorporating some of the ideas I liked on the list.
It's here if anyone would like to check it out - suggestions welcome
http://justuber.com/projects:ubuntu_leaflets
Chris
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On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 23:30 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
I created my concept of a friendly non-techie Ubuntu promotion leaflet
incorporating some of the ideas I liked on the list.
It's here if anyone would like to check it out - suggestions welcome
This is a superb idea :-D
Chris
It could be like a 3 step leaflet: Download, Burn, Install. Put
another page full of 'myth-busters' (ie no it wont wreck your windows
install, you wont lose data if you partition right, etc.
Couple of screenshots and performance comparisons, quick explanation
+1
M.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:03:08 +0100, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a superb idea :-D
Chris
It could be like a 3 step leaflet: Download, Burn, Install. Put
another page full of 'myth-busters' (ie no it wont wreck your windows
install, you wont lose data if you
Does it have a GUI similar to Windows or do I need to learn code?
I suspect that many Windows users won't know what the word GUI means.
I'd suggest:
Q: Does it look like Windows (TM) or an Apple (TM)?
A: A bit like both - if you want a straightforward, easy to use, system,
then the defaults
I see there is a thread with the subject of Leaflets. I have been away
until recently so please forgive me if I am not dovetailing into the
existing discussion well.
I am an 'Infopoint' (note 1) volunteer - FOSS information at events
and particularly Computer Fairs. I am lucky in having one
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:11:44 +0100
alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not using my own web pages yet (I have a couple of virtually
unused empty sites), so if somebody will volunteer, I will happily
email them the leaflet (with only my own contact details edited out)
for downloading by
alan c wrote:
I see there is a thread with the subject of Leaflets. I have been away
until recently so please forgive me if I am not dovetailing into the
existing discussion well.
I am an 'Infopoint' (note 1) volunteer - FOSS information at events
and particularly Computer Fairs. I am
Robert McWilliam wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:11:44 +0100 alan c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not using my own web pages yet (I have a couple of virtually
unused empty sites), so if somebody will volunteer, I will
happily email them the leaflet (with only my own contact details
edited
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:23:32 +0100
alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Robert - email and attachment on its way to you, the wiki is
fine if you or someone could put it up please, and or your site -
thanks again
I'm too lazy to try and figure out where in the wiki would be
appropriate:
The worst thing you can do is patronise people. I'm not saying what
you wrote is patronising, I just think it needs to be rephrased.
A lot of people treat their computers like cars: As long as it goes
forwards, backwards and turns left and right - no-one cares how it
works. The idea of the
Wasn't someone somewhere meant to be designing a mock up for viewing?
E
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Sent: 12 June 2007 15:41
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Andy wrote:
On 12/06/07, James Tait
Hi,
I am new to linux. I have just built my first system and decided to give
linux a go. I installed the latest version of ubuntu and was really
impressed; I already prefer it to windows. Your idea sounds really good and
if people become more aware of what it is really about more people will
Ello all
It could be like a 3 step leaflet: Download, Burn, Install. Put
another page full of 'myth-busters' (ie no it wont wreck your windows
install, you wont lose data if you partition right, etc.
Couple of screenshots and performance comparisons, quick explanation
of the FOSS movement and
Hi all,
I've been a bit quiet of late, but I have been lurking. One of the
topics that caught my eye on the UK list was Popey's suggestion about
leaflets [0]. There was a lot of discussion on the topic, then it just
seemed to fizzle out. I'd like to resurrect the topic.
I'm batting about some
On 12/06/07, James Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having asked a few people to ask me about Ubuntu, I got the following
questions to add to the (already pretty long) list already raised in the
thread:
I shall attempt to answer some of them ;)
What does the word Ubuntu mean?
From the FAQ
Andy wrote:
On 12/06/07, James Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having asked a few people to ask me about Ubuntu, I got the following
questions to add to the (already pretty long) list already raised in the
thread:
I shall attempt to answer some of them ;)
Perhaps I should have included the
Morning,
I thought that I would add my own 2p into the discussion.
The current consensus seems to be that we all think it's a good idea
but agreeing on content is what's slowing us down. I'd like to make a
suggestion that we take a leaf out of apples books.
They have their I'm a Mac, I'm a PC
They have their I'm a Mac, I'm a PC adds, each one is short and
addresses a specific problem with PC's that Mac's don't. I'm not
saying we all put millions in to a TV campaign and hiring comedians.
Rather I suggest that rather than producing one almighty leaflet that
we make a small series of
Chris Rowson wrote:
Hey Nik,
I don't dispute savings in the SME arena mate. But I'm more interested
in the processes by which large, corporate and public sector
organisations can save money.
I work in public sector IT, and I feel somewhat like I'm banging my
head against a brick wall
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/04/tory_opensource/
This is pretty interesting though...
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On 5/5/07, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To keep the discussion alive, here is an example of why I should use
windows and not Ubuntu (not that I will). My grandson, a windows user,
bought a Freecom Digital TV DVB-T USB Stick Freeview receiver, plugged
it in and off he went, no problem. Now,
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