[ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

[Ian Pascoe]

Hi Matt

Welcome back to the soft and squishy embrace of the United Kingdons of
England and it's principalities!

Well I hope you're feeling well rested and rareing to go .... the style of
leaflets that you and Chris have done seem fine so far.  I do think that we
need a few more though and we need to get ourselves a "style".  My
additional leaflets would be, and in no particular order:

* equivalent Ubuntu alternatives to Windows (maybe further split into those
that are available on both OS's and those that aren't)

* A simple guide to Linux, FOS and The Community

* Possible ways to migrate from Windows to Linux and Ubuntu.

There's been quite a lot of discussion and some really good ideas on the
postings on this topic in the past.

E





-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Larsen
Sent: 28 June 2007 13:04
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets


Hey all

Back in the most merry of kingdoms, ready to progress on the leaflet

As far as I can see there are 3 things to sort out:

1) The content of the leaflet
2) Layout of the leaflet
3) Do we need more leaflets

Regards,

On 21/06/07, Matthew Larsen <mat.larsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am currently out of the country until next week so I wont be able to
> contribute a lot during this period
>
> regards
>
> On 19/06/07, matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
> <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > OK, I'll byte... :oP
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:57:02 +0100, norman <norman at littletank.org>
wrote:
> > > < big snip >
> > >
> > > As no one seems inclined to react to my comments I will respond to
> > > myself. As one of the longest users of Ubuntu in this group I am
curious
> > > to know why there is all this activity in wanting to produce a
leaflet.
> > > Is there anyone prepared to answer a few questions? If so, now is your
> > > chance.
> > >
> > > Is there a real desire to promote the use of Ubuntu and, if so, why?
> >
> > Because it "just works".  I have witnessed people with absolutely no
idea about computers (including one user who "tidied up her hard disk" only
to find that half her programs didn't work because she'd moved stuff in
"Program Files") install Ubuntu without any issues, configure a Sagem
Speed-Touch 800 USB ADSL Modem and get connected to the internet without
even blinking.  I am not aware of any other distros that do this.
> >
> > > Who do you expect to be interested enough to even give Ubuntu a try?
> >
> > Well, people who have seen Vista and Office 2007 are asking me about
alternatives, people who want continued support for their OS but don't want
to upgrade to Vista, people who are fed up with viruses and spam that have
approached me about switching, the list goes on and on ad. nauseum.
> >
> > > What is your personal motive in all this activity to produce a
leaflet?
> >
> > To produce publicity for a product that I have faith in and that will
continue even if Canonical collapses (which I don't think will ahppen any
time soon) - Ubuntu works as a product and it has been instrumental in
helping others to save money by switching to Ubuntu from windows.
> >
> > > How, why and when did you start using Ubuntu and which operating
system
> > > were you using before conversion?
> >
> > Immediately before Ubuntu, I was using Gentoo.  I've also used Suse,
Redhat, Fedora, Slackware and Debian.  I still run Gentoo on my servers
because I can customise the compilation right down to the flags for the GCC
compiler and it runs incredibly fast!  At work (up until the end of this
week) I have used exclusively windows on my desktop since I started (I've
got a new job with a company selling F/OSS solutions that starts next
month!!!)
> > >
> > > What makes you believe that your knowledge and experience qualifies
you
> > > to produce a leaflet?
> >
> > What makes you think that I lack these skills? ;o)
> >
> > > There is no compulsion, of course, for you to respond to the above and
I
> > > shall not feel hurt if you don't. Unless there is a good reason for me
> > > to say more I am now finished with the subject. The best of luck and
> > > stick with it if it makes you feel good.
> >
> > And here where I try to remain professional and fail miserably.
> >
> > I have only seen a few posts from you on this list over the last few
months, admittedly I haven't searched the archives, however I would be
inclined to count you as a less than active member of this list.  The few
posts that you have made have not been the most positive and I truly believe
that this is more to do with you trying to be a realist than trying to apply
a negative slant to this project. I hope that I am correct on my
assumptions.
> >
> > This leaflet is a chance for the entire community to pull together and
say "Linux is ready for the desktop and for the home - it now works, it will
connect to your active directories and your windows shares, it will talk to
your Macs and your TiVO, it is free and it is good, there now really is such
a thing as a free lunch."
> >
> > Personally, I will be using this leaflet for SFD 2007 in Thanet, I don't
have the skills to produce the artwork or anything else, however I do have
the skills to "sell" ubuntu using the community generated resources that are
available to me and I will continue to do so.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Matt.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
>
>
> --
> Matthew G Larsen
>    > mat.larsen at gmail.com
>    > +44(0)7739 785 249
>


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