Hi, I am very glad to have been told about the marketing team. I am one of the uk Infopoint (note1) volunteers, and display as much as I can at a local computer fair (Bracknell uk), monthly. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are popular distros to newcomers. This is partly because the shipit packs are very attractive (well done!)
I recently took a kubuntu Desktop CD pack into a local high street PC store (Dixons uk) and asked if the manager was available, or someone who was good with PCs to talk about different systems. The guy came, and I asked if anyone used Linux - no. But he had heard of it and he was a bit interested in knowing. I showed him the kubuntu pack and said it was a live CD - Linux - and it would install if he wanted it to. He gladly took it and when his current panic was over (!) he would try it. I was delighted. As an aside - I am now right out of Kubuntu packs from Shipit, and my recent requests are not being approved. I am quite concerned because I dont even have one example left of a Kubuntu pack to 'demonstrate'. I have no objection at all to making CDs myself but the CD covers are the ideal vehicle for peoples interest. Anyone know what is happening for shipit? It is hard to plan my displays if I dont know what I can receive. Is it maybe because I have had a number of CDs sent to me over the last several months and I cannot be sent more? Note 1: http://infopointproject.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page tia -- alan c -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
