[Ubuntu-be] Ostend computer fair report

[Peter Dedecker]

Wonderfull!

Jan Claeys schreef:
> Mark "looksaus" Van den Borre and me manned the Ubuntu stand at the
> Micro Mega Market fair in Ostend.
> 
> Everything started with a major problem: Mark's laptop has a crashed
> hard disk, so it looked like only my laptop was left as a CD-burning &
> demo machine.  (Side-note: burning went too slow, we need to pre-burn a
> pile of disks next time.)
> 
> Of course, Mark persuaded some 2nd-hand computer stands to lend us some
> equipment (old P3 Compaq) and we attached my 20" TFT display, keyboard &
> mouse to it.  Then he asked a novice from the public to install Ubuntu
> on it (someone who had never installed Windows either!).  Everything
> went fine and people were impressed.  :-)
> 
> I guess the fair went on about as usual, with both experienced people
> and newbies, as well as nice and annoying people, those who are
> interested in new stuff and those who prefer to keep their personal
> favourite forever.  Etc.
> 
> Around 16h we finally found some time to eat some rather expensive &
> greasy Belgian fries.
> 
> Finally, the fair ended around 17h and, last but not least, while
> breaking up the stand, we got a visit from a computer reseller who
> offered to lend us a brand-new PC as a demo machine at every Dipro fair
> where we and he both are.  Nice detail: he sells all his computers there
> with (K)ubuntu pre-installed anyway!
> 
> Oh, and I almost forgot: our "gift box" had 24 euros in it after the
> fair.  Thank you to all the people that voluntarily gave us some money;
> that way we can recoup at least some of the money that the volunteers
> spend on flyers, CD-Rs, banners, etc.!  :-D
> 
> Afterwards we went to Bruges to have a drink (well, actually, three
> drinks ;-) ) and talk about the fair and about ubuntu-be.
> And no, we didn't spend the 24 euros there...  ;-)
> 
> 

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Peter Dedecker
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