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Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > One of the guys on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list e-mailed about something > he is involved with at his local computer fair (in Bracknell). It's > basically a table called an Infopoint. > > What he does is hires a table at a low cost from the computer fair > organisers and has flyers and CDs of FLOSS software. He provides CDs of > FLOSS software for a suggested donation of £1 to cover his costs > (presumably media, duplication and packaging) which seems fair. He said > that if someone asks he will give them a CD for free. > > There's more on the Infopoint web site at http://infopointproject.org > > I couldn't find any pictures of the Infopoint in Bracknell but I did > find some from the Hants LUG here which gives a better idea of what they > do: http://hants.lug.org.uk/gallery/InfoPoint_11_2005 > > Now I think something like this would be a great idea no matter if we > end up holding our own computer fair or find another computer or amateur > radio event to get a table at. > > Rob > > > I think it would be good to have a proper stall selling stuff (or a number of them) but, demonstrate the products using Linux rather than Windows. I am not sure it matters which flavour of Linux - personally, I prefer Mandriva as it is the least painless to install and everything just worked immediately. However, there are many different ones that have their merits. Viv -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html