how not to Ubuntu?

[Liam Proven]

On 11 October 2012 19:03, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11 October 2012 18:29, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've seen some hype coming through here about "how to Ubuntu".  It
>>> calls it an event, as if one should attend, but I could not figure out
>>> what that really means, so I guess I did not attend.
>>>
>>> I looked at the site though, and I'm not sure any of that applies to
>>> me now that I'm running xfce4.  Entirely KDE-less, and I think only
>>> minimally gnomeified by some support libraries.  Anyway, I see mostly
>>> blues, not the ubuntu browns.  So I'm a bit leery of follwing those
>>> directions.
>>>
>>> Any wisdom out there?
>>
>> No idea what you mean. I've not seen any mention of this. Is it a
>> document, a web site, an event, or what? Can you provide some links or
>> other context?
>
> It came to me somewhat mysteriously, I think through google+.
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/117279225305045556184
>
> The indicates sites are http://whyubuntu.org and http://howtoubuntu.org

[Shrug]

Just looks like someone's been plugging the launch of their website. Big deal.

The first one is riddled with spelling mistakes, which pretty much
destroys my confidence in it off the bat. I would not show that to
anyone as advocacy; it is amateurish in the extreme.

The second has a large intrusive banner about ad-blocking, rather than
a subtle or polite request as some other sites do.

Overall: not impressed.

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