[Ubuntu-SG] Hi all ubuntu fans

[Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint]

On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 12:09 +0800, John Thng wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint
> <billy at ubuntu.sg> wrote:
> 
>         Thats one of the main problem with Windows users jumping to
>         Linux , look
>         at what was said "I know for consumers, they want to get
>         things up
>         pretty fast and do not want to go from beginning of maze to
>         the end."
>         But trying a new tool mean there will be some changes and
>         there will be
>         some new things to learn. Remember , people complaint about
>         driving test
>         cars using manuals while most cars come with auto??? These are
>         the kind
>         of people we are dealing here.
>         That is unlikely to happen ... teaching people Ubuntu will
>         makes people
>         get confused with Linux and Ubuntu.. remember , these are the
>         people who
>         doesn't know windows , they just know where is start button.
>         We can't help there , blame education system for teaching
>         facts not
>         teaching how to learn.
>         still got printer drivers..
>         Its been up for a long time now... btw when you get slow
>         download ,
>         check the link , it may be not from NUS ... I usually get slow
>         updates
>         from security.ubuntu.com not NUS mirror. NUS mirror is usually
>         blazing.
>         yah ... its been empty since it was registered :P
>         It will be ... worse come to worse , I will wear Ubuntu
>         t-shirt...
>         anyone know where can I get my hand on one of them?
> 
> 
> That's some might prefer pre-configured ones. Or that's why Eee choose
> Xandros ... I'm not sure is it really legal to bundle those
> proprietary codecs inside Ubuntu Linux/Linux Mint in Singapore. Of
> cos, with pure ubuntu, we can have another objective. To promote free
> and open source, as we all know here, people get educated on
> proprietary drivers when they want to install it. We need to educate
> them what's really wrong with using the number one IM in Singapore,
> which everyone know.
> 
> And another thing, they still have the dated mindset and thought
> terminal is ms-dos.
> 
> I think that adapting to changes, is one of the problem that some
> people are avoiding mac also. But still there are people who have
> changed and like mac. We need to do that. Make people like Ubuntu
> Linux. We would need to learn to market well. Ubuntu stands for
> humanity. :) One good thing over mac, is ubuntu has livecd and works
> on pc more than those hacked mac os x does. And also it shoul runs
> pretty well on old hardware. 
> 
> NUS is fast download, but fast till it break connection when I tried
> last time, and I keep resetting the updating procedure to download
> again. It's up, but whether it's fixed I do not know. Anyway, I'm
> happy with Taiwan's one, I would get 1 megabyte per second during
> certain time.
> 
> If the irc channel is empty, might as well don't put reference to it.
> I went in there and found no one there ...

(usually empty) is written besides that though .. but yes it should be
removed. thanks :P

> 
> 
> The Canonical Store got sell but not sure whether it shipped here or
> not. Oh can we make our own Ubuntu T-Shirt here? Maybe can put
> "Singapore" or "Ubuntu-SG" word in :) It'll be nice and better.
> 
> Printers in Linux is based on CUPS ya? Mac OS X uses CUPS too. Hmm ...
> anyway, my Brother Printer and my Mustek Scanner works fine :)
> 
> I'm not sure how many people use MultiSync, luckily my phone can sync
> Contacts/Tasks/Appointments. It's one of the thing that needs to be
> improved for some people who depend on Sync.
> 
> I'm not sure whether this year's Software Freedom Day, are there any
> distribution points for Ubuntu Cds? Hopefully there is.

There will be , actually this year we are planning to have a linux conf
in Singapore. Everything is still in planning stage and nothing concrete
but if there is CD booth , there will be Ubuntu CDs ... I will make sure
of that.

regards
billy 

> 
> Best Regards
> 
> John
>