[Ubuntu Chicago] Hello, new to team

Eddie Martinez eddiemartinez at gmail.com
Sun Apr 6 22:30:46 BST 2008


Welcome James, it's good to have you aboard.

-eddie m.

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM, James Murray <jmurrayil at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I just joined the Chicago Ubuntu team and I am interested in
> participating, if possible.
>
> I now have Ubuntu 7.10 installed on four of our five notebooks at home
> (HP, Sharp, Acer, and an eeePC; left my son's Gateway with Vista for now).
> Installation was easy for most PCs; some work to get the eeePC proper (LOVE
> the eeePC).  Found out about Ubuntu after getting the eeePC (about a month
> ago) and I am fully behind Ubuntu, Open Source, and FSF.  Love Ubuntu; tried
> Xandros on the eeePC and one notebook first, but switched to Ubuntu.
>
> I am now promoting Ubuntu to whomever I can.  I have been passing out
> Ubuntu 7.10 Live CDs and just started passing out USB bootable memory sticks
> with Ubuntu 7.10 (I have to sell some sticks on eBay to pay for the free
> give-aways).
>
> I am interested in how I/we are or can promote Ubuntu/Linux to the
> everyday PC user.  I am considering many avenues and will be :
> 1.  Passing out LiveCDs and boot sticks (in process).
> 2.  Moving children from windows to Linux (-- get them when they're young,
> McyD's phil.)
> 3.  Seminars/training within the community (using Library meeting rooms,
> etc.)
> 4.  Install Ubuntu on old, free (or very low cost) PCs for donation.
> 5.  Others ??? (suggestions?)
>
> Personally, my background is an EE in R&D and Advanced Development for
> consumer products; 30+ years in the same industry.  I currently hold about
> 22 US patents. Started programming in the early/mid 70s, with first computer
> being the TI-99A.  Have done some webpage creation in the past, much
> assembly programming, and project/product management/development.  Moved to
> Chicago early 2007.
>
> Again, hello to all.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jim Murray
>
> =======
> The manual read "Install Windows or better".  So I did; I installed
> Ubuntu.
>
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