[ubuntu-uk] Post-LinuxWorld thoughts

[Stuart Parkington]

Although overall I thought the organisation prior to and during the 
LinuxWorld Expo last week was very good indeed, with most requirements 
covered, I wonder if we should document any lessons collectively learnt, 
things that went well and things that didn't go so well?

To start the ball rolling:

1. As many people I spoke with didn't realise that the ubuntu-uk group 
existed I wrote the URL down many times, on leaflets, on delegate badges 
and random scraps of paper. Small stickers, business cards or complement 
slips with details of the web page, irc channel, etc. would have been 
really useful. If we had stickers I guess we could have pre-attached 
them to CD's and leaflets. It would probably be good to have the Shipit 
and GetUbuntu URLs also listed.

2. IMO, Alan Cocks' multi-boot laptop proved to be great asset for 
showing different versions during the show. Is it worth considering 
pre-preparing virtual machines (either VMWare or Xen I suspect) of the 
all available version (U, K, X and Edu), of the latest release, so all 
volunteers could demonstrate any versions easily without having to 
re-partition, rebuild or amend their current build. I don't suggest that 
VM's  should be used in place of real installs, showing cool features 
(such as Alan Popes 3D goodies/multimedia demo's) but I think they could 
be a useful easily deployed tool.

Just a couple of ideas following what I thought was a throughly 
enjoyable and memorable Expo.

Regards,
Stuart

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