A nice idea, I think sessions like that is a great way for people to try out and learn about FLOSS, I would pop alone (Im down in cornwall) but Newton Abbot is a bit too north for me :-P <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 11/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Beard</b> <<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi folks,<br><br>I was wondering if any of the members on here are going to do something<br>Linux related for Children In Need?<br><br>I can't recall who mentioned the idea of doing an install day in aid of<br>Children In Need. I mentioned it to my local LUG although there was
<br>only slight interest.<br><br>Anyway, I decided to persevere with the idea and I have managed to<br>arrange a FLOSS related event in Devon with proceeds going to Children<br>In Need.<br><br>At first I was going to go with the Ubuntu idea although a few of the
<br>LUG members mentioned other distros and considering I couldn't do it<br>all on my own I decided to make it a Linux install day. Then someone<br>else mentioned that some people would find it easier trying some FLOSS<br>
software such as Firefox, Thunderbird and OOo first. With this in mind<br>I have managed to get a small venue in a conference room at a local<br>recording studio. I'm going to be flying the flag for Ubuntu, I will<br>be burning off a whole load of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu CDs and
<br>demonstrating Ubuntu. So far I've mentioned it to two people at work<br>whose PCs were in a bad state (PCs riddled with spyware etc). My dad<br>is also interested in trying it out too.<br><br>The event I am holding will be on Saturday 18th November in Newton
<br>Abbot from 10am at The Music Mill recording studio. If there are any<br>members of the list in Devon then please feel free to come along, the<br>more the merrier :-)<br><br>Hopefully with little events like this we'll be able to spread the word
<br>and do a bit for charity at the same time.<br><br>Rob<br><br><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Greg