[ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu & Unity to new people

[Alan Pope]

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Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?".

Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them - maybe 5 to
10 minutes - you don't want to spend all day boring them and you don't
want to eat up your/their family/work time.

Leaving aside the explanation of what Free Software is, and what the
Ubuntu project does, but focussing for now on "What it does and how
it's a cool, useful, productive tool", what would you show them? I am
of course assuming Ubuntu and Unity here :)

Here's a few things I'd consider showing them.

* Dash/Launcher - showing how I search for and start apps, and how I
switch between applications and files
* Default apps - show that it comes with office, IM, graphics, CD/DVD
burner, email etc pre-installed
* Software centre - how I can find apps, read reviews and install new
stuff

What about you? What would you show and tell?

Cheers,
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Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

Canonical - Product Strategy
+44 (0) 7973 620 164
alan.pope at canonical.com
http://ubuntu.com/
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