[ubuntu-us-nc] Promo Report

[markthecarp]

Adam Jennings wrote:
> Awesome story Mark, not how the presentation itself went, but with the
> way they received it and with a potential open door.
> 
> As far as to why your dyndns isn't working with opendns, I am not sure. 
> I am using opendns here and I have my wfie's computer and my gma's
> computer set up with my dyndns accounts so that I can ssh in and help
> them with their computers.
> 
> I successfully installed another Intrepid yesterday.  This guys Vista
> kept crashing--just a blank screen and then he'd have to power down.  I
> put Intrepid on there, did the updates, but those damn ATI Radeon x1200
> drivers suck.  I was hoping to give him compiz with the ability to watch
> movies at the same time.  I could get one or the other working, but not
> both.  Overall he is happy with his laptop now and was able to watch a
> full movie without the computer locking up.
> That is the 2nd new install in 2 days and I have a couple more people
> interested but just haven't done the switch yet. 
> 
> So it seems that we both had interesting days that didn't turn out quite
> as good as expected or hoped, but in the end, people are willing to try
> to give it a shot!
> 
> Adam
> 
> 

Adam it was fun winging it! It's a pretty laid back group that has seen
things go wrong at meetings before.

I was quite pleased with my battery life; close to twice what I get
running 8.10. I think using the projector helped since the machine
wasn't powering it's display at the same time.

-mark