[Ubuntu-be] install parties

[Jan Claeys]

Op vrijdag 27-04-2007 om 09:44 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Bruno De
Bondt:
> Our first install party was great fun. There were about 20 people, most
> of them came to install, some of them to test (live cd) or to have a
> chat about Ubuntu / Linux / Foss. You can find a short report (in Dutch)
> and pictures on http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/8973 .
> 
> We discussed this afterwards within Indymedia.be. We are planning to do
> an install party with every new Ubuntu release, since it's relatively
> easy to organise and a nice way to help people to get started with
> Ubuntu. People who came on Sunday said they really like the 'Linux
> afternoon', and where enthousiastic about the idea to attend more
> parties.

Thanks for organising this, and maybe another time I'll be there to help
too...

> Nice for us also was that we reached people who we didn't know yet.

Yeah, that's always nice, and is something that I like at the Dipro
computer fairs too.

> Also the support map is a good tool for reaching new people: several
> questions came in already, and people will start coming by for help with
> installations, demo's etc.

I think the support map designers & developers will be happy to hear this!  :-)


-- 
Jan Claeys