[ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

[Rob Beard]

On 19/07/10 15:39, pmgazz wrote:
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> On 19/07/10 15:24, Dianne Reuby wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
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>>> if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
>>> machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on
>>> them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003 licenses he
>>> wants to give away or he's installing pirate copies of the software,
>>> however good his intentions are I'm sure one day he'll come unstuck).
>>>
>> If that were my Freecycle group I'd contact the mods and ask them to
>> make sure they are legal copies!
>>
>> Dianne
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> Why on earth doesn't he put Ubuntu on them? (I finally remembered to
> bottom post!)
>

Maybe he doesn't know about Ubuntu or isn't used to it.  I'm probably 
going to send him a quick e-mail saying that he's probably better 
putting Ubuntu or something along those lines (even Linux Mint) on there 
and explain that there is a large community out there (the local LUG for 
instance, and if he chooses Ubuntu, the Ubuntu forums and Ubuntu-UK 
mailing list) for support.

Rob