[Ubuntu-SG] Speaker Request for NUS SFD, 19 Sept 2008 @ NUS

[ThanhSon.Dang]

Hi,

And I wonder if NUS got services to help the students to load 
linux/ubuntu on their thumbdrive on that day. If there is it'll be good 
using this, http://klik.atekon.de/liveusb/ <-- Unfortunately we don't 
have this service. However if you want, you can provide on the day.

regards,

Thanh Son

John Thng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's good someone get windows applications preinstalled on WINE first 
> on the demo set or so.
> The steps to get some prominent stuff on WINE will turn people off on 
> first run.
>
> Examples:
> World of Warcraft
> Office 2007
> utorrent
>
> And others.
> Just don't focus too much on WINE ...
>
> And also intro some cross-platform tools to ease the difficulty of 
> switching to linux.
>
> And I wonder if NUS got services to help the students to load 
> linux/ubuntu on their thumbdrive on that day. If there is it'll be 
> good using this, http://klik.atekon.de/liveusb/ .
> As for Wubi, it'll be great if there is a working demo set to show, it 
> can boot out, appeared in the control panel so they can remove it.
>
> Regards
> John
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Chew EK <chew4097 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chew4097 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     We got one hour presentation.  It's not a lot of time, but also
>     can be too long.  The presentation must be convincing in getting
>     people to try Ubuntu.  Yet, it mustn't be too anti Windows, to
>     avoid misleading the audience (one of the complaints from newbies
>     in the ubuntuforums ;-p ).
>
>     It would be great if we can share the presentations among a few
>     people, each talking about different areas.  For instance, I knows
>     only a little about wine and even less about wubi, so it would be
>     tough to talk about them.
>
>     Let me throw out a list of topics.  I know it's a long list and
>     might not be able to cover all; anyone want to have their 15
>     minutes of fame :-), please volunteer.
>
>     -----
>
>     What is Ubuntu?  Just a short intro about alternative OS to set
>     the stage.
>
>     Applications demo for normal computing
>
>     Community service
>     Ubuntu philosophy "Humanity towards others"
>     The Ubuntu promise
>     This part is talking about sharing and collaboration, rather than
>     "me me me" philosophy, should be attractive to the young crowd?
>
>     More demos
>     Free games
>     Compiz Fusion
>
>     How to get Ubuntu, two ways to install: single/multi boot, wubi
>
>     Two ways to install anything in Ubuntu: Add/Remove, Synaptics
>
>     Switching from Windows issues
>     Finding equivalent alternative software
>     Install Windows application with wine
>
>     Extras:
>     Free and legal internet video, music.
>
>     Joining Team Ubuntu Singapore
>
>     -----
>
>     regards
>     Chew
>
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