[ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

[Rob Beard]

Quoting Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com>:

>> Nik Butler wrote:
>>> Okay So ,  A little late but not out of time here is the link to the
>>> little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo .
>>>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt
>>>
>>
>> Cool,
>> I've submitted a quick story to the fridge about this, so hopefully
>> we'll get some wider coverage of the auction.
>
> We've just put this live. Sorry, didn't see it earlier. Hopefully there
> will be some good publicity for it now, increasing the bids!
>
> I've cleaned up the wiki page a bit too.
>
> M
>

Wow, looks like there certainly is some interest there.  Not sure if 
any of you folks remember but I was holding a Children In Need event in 
South Devon last weekend.  Although it could have done with a bit more 
planning and we didn't get that many visitors we did manage to raise 
£54 and managed to get 5 people on to Ubuntu, 4 of which are solely on 
Ubuntu and one who is dual booting with XP Home as his printer/scanner 
combo machine (Lexmark X1270)and USB ADSL modem (AOL USB modem) don't 
work under Ubuntu but the guy said he would get a wireless router and 
just use Windows for printing.  He also said that he would install 
Ubuntu on another PC for his kids.

Rob