Ello all It could be like a 3 step leaflet: Download, Burn, Install. Put another page full of 'myth-busters' (ie no it wont wreck your windows install, you wont lose data if you partition right, etc.
Couple of screenshots and performance comparisons, quick explanation of the FOSS movement and bang :) you have a leaflet. Maybe you could bundle a CD with it. My 2 pennies Regards, On 13/06/07, Darren Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to linux. I have just built my first system and decided to give > linux a go. I installed the latest version of ubuntu and was really > impressed; I already prefer it to windows. Your idea sounds really good and > if people become more aware of what it is really about more people will > switch. > > Darren. > > On 12/06/07, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've been a bit quiet of late, but I have been lurking. One of the > > topics that caught my eye on the UK list was Popey's suggestion about > > leaflets [0]. There was a lot of discussion on the topic, then it just > > seemed to fizzle out. I'd like to resurrect the topic. > > > > I'm batting about some ideas at the moment for raising awareness of the > > Ubuntu name, so "normal" people (you know, Linux for Human Beings and > > all that?) can start to absorb it into their subconscious and eventually > > start to ask "So what is this Ubuntu thing anyway?" I've put a couple > > of the stickers I got with my ShipIt CDs at eye level in the local park, > > for example. > > > > (There's also a graffiti wall there that I think would look great with > > the Ubuntu logo splashed all over it, but I'm not sure that sends out > > the right message!) > > > > I intend to put a couple of post cards in the local supermarkets as well > > with specific messages targeting different audiences -- students, those > > people who copied Windows from a mate, those whose machines always seem > > to be virus-ridden, and so on. > > > > I think it would be a good idea to involved the Marketing Team on this > > (I'm not sure what the current status is with the DIY Marketing effort) > > to get their input and possibly re-use some of their existing work. > > > > Having asked a few people to ask me about Ubuntu, I got the following > > questions to add to the (already pretty long) list already raised in the > > thread: > > > > > What does the word Ubuntu mean? > > > What support would I get if I needed help? > > > Does it have a GUI similar to Windows or do I need to learn code? > > > How secure is it? > > > Is Linux a passing fad? > > > > Cheers, > > > > JT > > > > [0] > http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=10284127&framed=y > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- > > James Tait, BSc | > xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Programmer and Free Software advocate | VoIP: +44 (0)870 490 2407 > > > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +44(0)7739 785 249 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
