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

[C David Rigby]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Muhammad Heidir <dave33bravo at yahoo.com.sg>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> We got 1 hour presentation. We can't cover all topics within that time. We
> have to choose the best topic to talk about to the newbies. Importantly,
> make them interesting, without going through the technicalities.
>
> Let's make a list of interested speakers. From here, decide which topic you
> wanna cover. Let's keep the presentation to about 10mins each, so we could
> have about 5-6 topics.
>
> 1) Chew - (Insert the presentation topic here)
> 2) Heidir - What is Ubuntu? A short introduction.
>
> We will also need contributors for our booth. (If we decide to have one).
>
> All contributions are welcome.
>
> Heidir
>
>
Good Morning everyone,

Has everyone seen this video already? It might be a good intro, or something
to leave looping on a computer in the demonstrations area:

http://www.gnu.org/fry

Cheers
CDR


> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 22:19 +0800, Chew EK 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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