The new Dapper live-cd in fact does have gparted and does enable you to do the partitioning and installation right there!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Barton</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@1it.com.au">
dave@1it.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi All,<br><br>I am president of the Stirling chapter of Toastmasters International and
<br>an enthusiastic Open Source / Ubuntu supporter.<br><br>I gave a talk at my club regarding open source software "The best things<br>in life are free', talking about the power of O/S and the cost savings<br>that can be derived by using it. I used my own company as a sample,
<br>quoting over 100k in savings. At the end of the speech there was a gap<br>for people to ask questions, and I had a lot of people asking me about<br>O/S software. If I'd had an Ubuntu live CDs to give away, I'd probably
<br>have gotten rid of quite a few.<br><br>I would suggest that joining a local chapter provides an opportunity to<br>evangelise a little, but also provides a great forum for personal &<br>professional development.<br>
<br>My understanding is that the Drake live CD will allow the live CD to be<br>tested and then installed (like the Mepis live CD). If this was<br>combined with a GParted CD to allow people to create a little Ubuntu<br>partition, we might have more luck converting people over.
<br><br>I find the biggest obstacle to people adopting Linux is office, so<br>converting people to OO.o is a good start.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>David<br><br>Paul Schulz wrote:<br><br>> Hi Peter,<br>><br>><br>
> On 4/28/06, Peter baker <<a href="mailto:jellyware@gmail.com">jellyware@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> the sending out of the install cd's has slowed down a bit lately. I<br>>> had a<br>>> few people contact me from the post I put on the local wiki, and a
<br>>> few more<br>>> from the bulletin board at my work. nothing in the last week. Seems<br>>> like<br>>> ubuntu will have a good presence at cebit in a couple of weeks.<br>><br>><br>> I have 300 which I will be giving away in Adelaide Monday,Tuesday next
<br>> week at the Connecting Up 06 Conference... I'll let people know how it<br>> goes..<br>><br>>> I have tried distributing ubuntu through the student assoc of my local<br>>> university and was really surprised at the result. I was contacted
<br>>> by their<br>>> marketing manager when I attempted to post on the classified section of<br>>> their website. its ok to sell a computer, fine to flog a desk. but<br>>> giving<br>>> out open source software seems frowned apon. I had my integrity
<br>>> grilled for<br>>> attempting to give out software for free! so much for university<br>>> student<br>>> associations promoting the interests of students!<br>><br>><br>> What was the outcome? Are you still able to place your ad? Would an
<br>> informative phonecall from someone at Linux Australia to the<br>> marketing manager help? (I'm happy to raise it with them.)<br>><br>>> anyone got any good ideas for sharing the love?<br>><br>>
<br>> Maybe we can encourage everyone to place an ad. in their local paper<br>> (simultainiously, Australia wide). I'd be interesed to see if it has<br>> a similar response.. how was your ad worded?<br>><br>> Cheers,
<br>> Paul Schulz<br>><br><br>--<br>David Barton - Business Solutions Adviser<br>1iT Pty Ltd "The Power of One"<br><br>Eml: <a href="mailto:david@1it.com.au">david@1it.com.au</a><br>Mob: 0404 863 671<br>Tel: (08) 9322 5799
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ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards, Martin<br>
<br>Martin Visser