Paul Sutton wrote: > John Matthews wrote: >> I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the >> impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus >> the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my >> little netbook, with Linux Lite on it, that was sold by one of the large >> electronics companies on the high street. The guy there said to me, you >> know you will bring it back dont you. Everybody else has, they cant >> connect to their internet. I heard a lot about Linux computers being >> taken back because people couldnt work out how to use them, the shops >> didnt even ask what was up in the end, they just credited them. That > was last year. > >> Has anybody thought about how they are going to make it so that it can >> be easier to set the machine up, when its first opened? Plus, has >> anybody thought, who and how if there is an increase in Linux users, a >> help format is going to be set up, so that people can get immediate >> help, if needed, because it will be immediate help that people will >> want, not sometime later, but there and then, they wont wait, and its no >> good saying, 'those of us who are on these forums and e-mail groups have >> other jobs and we do this for nothing, that wont be good enough'. people >> wont accept that. You could be doing Ubuntu a world of good, with all >> this new advertising and enthusiasm, but you could ruin it for good, if >> there is no sufficient help after sales. > >> Just a thought. > >> John. > > its a difficult one, big companies can set up use ability studies etc, > manned by paid staff perhaps they pay people to come in and use the > software. > > I can arrange local meets, and get people interested that way now I > have a netbook I can perhaps demo to people, i am reluctant to let it > out of my site and worry if someome starts to use it other than me it > will get broken, > > hopefully once the lighthouse is up and running in Paignton there can be > scope for demonstrations etc,
Be aware that the recent 'Hour Ubuntu' initiative looks like it will be good for local effort event/s, with a lower investment than a LUG, and fully Ubuntu centric, and also without the need to make arrangements for a meeting room. alan (Bracknell) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
