[ubuntu-za] Marketing pamphlet for HardyH Ubuntu 1b

[rusty beukes]

Hi
An idea for a marketing pamphlet for HardyH to use during April 2008 (- in a
South/ern African context where the fact that Ubuntu is also legal software
is important for many people who cannot afford the legal software of MS) but
who do have access to a computer or own a lower end computer).  The
Shuttleworth name also rings a bell for many in an African context and could
thus be used as handy advertising as done here.

After April the wording can be changed slightly to reflect that Hardy H is
already available and can be grabbed on the go.  Any ideas welcome.
Greetings
Rusty
rustypc1 at gmail.com


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Launching UBUNTU 8.04

Pamphlet for Africa r1b

UBUNTU 8.04 IS COMING

UBUNTU 8.04 is coming *to your city*

UBUNTU 8.04 is flying *to your workplace, your school, your village*

UBUNTU 8.04 is coming *to YOU!*


 UBUNTU 8.04, called Hardy Heron, has been released by Mark Shuttleworth and
his computer company, Canonical.

UBUNTU 8.04 is a stable computer environment in Linux, for everyday use at
work, at home and school, useful also for networking with the Internet.

It is available in a large number of languages, including Punjabi, Swedish,
Arabic, Xhosa and Afrikaans.


 UBUNTU 8.04, launched at the end of April 2008, is a LTR or Long Term
Release project of the Ubuntu series. The Ubuntu project as part of the
bigger Linux family, has been created by Mark Shuttleworth and his team in
2004 and has seen various releases, culminating in the current sturdy 8.04
long term release of Hardy Heron. Linux uses OSC or Open Source Code and is
part of the Open Source environment. Since 2007 Linux has become the
computing system of choice for the French parlement. Even NASA uses open
source code. After intensive study the South African government decided in
2006 to make open source software of which Ubuntu is part, its preferencial
software. Currently Ubuntu is even available as basic operating system on
some Dell computers and laptops.


 But the best news of all is that Ubuntu 8.04 is totally FREE OF CHARGE.


 It is also LEGAL SOFTWARE. No longer do you have to worry about someone
accousing you that you have illegal software on your computer or network or
on your workstations. It is all legal, even if it is free of any costs.


 The UBUNTU 8.04 launch takes place worldwide on 24 April with launch
parties in Europe, the Americas, India, Australia and the Far East.

Everyone with Internet access and with some bandwidth available, can
download UBUNTU 8.04 from the Ubuntu website, which can easily be found by
for instance googling it. For everybody else, there are CDs available which
can be ordered free of charge from Canonical (detail on the Ubuntu website)
or from various people in Southern Africa. For people in a hurry with little
or no internet access, it can also be ordered from specific suppliers in SA
at a small cost (between R60 to R250 depending on the supplier).


 *UBUNTU 8.04* is available in its origional form, or as *KUBUNTU* in the
KDE format or as *EDUBUNTU* for schools and as *XBUNTU* for older computers
in a very basic format.


 *GRAB IT ON THE GO!*
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