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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > A couple of us from the LUG (Tom Brough, Paul Sutton, myself and Tom > Potts) have been looking into promoting Open Source software in Devon > and trying to come up with ways of getting people to look at Open > Source software. So far things are going slowly, I guess because of > our other commitments. > > I've been looking around the Ubuntu site and found a link to a site > promoting the "Software Freedom Day". URL: > http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide > > It seems the Software Freedom day will be held on 16th September 2006. > They have information about starting local teams. > > I thought with the delays with Vista, maybe we should start actively > pushing Linux. A good start I figured would be to order a load of > Ubuntu CDs (I was thinking at least about 1,000) and then distributing > them around newsagents, charity shops, computer shops and amongst > friends, family and work colleagues. > > Anyway, I thought the Software Freedom Day would be a good target date > to have some sort of event. It gives us about 3 months to get > something organised and promoted. > > Is anyone else interested in something like this? > > Regards, > > Rob > Me :-) I'm always up for this kind of thing. Might be an idea to use Knoppix or similar, as nothing gets installed. I can get large (A0) posters made up, and I have the ability to create CD's at a fairly high rate. Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEhSriz3Av8JKgzxQRAtN8AJ946TNKbFxsNnB+OO2wtcoAjr2dywCfW5at GkJb9OLLkawKOGT+asrLtIo= =MYzV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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