On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 12:44 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > > Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business > maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you > know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?". > > Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them - maybe 5 to > 10 minutes - you don't want to spend all day boring them and you don't > want to eat up your/their family/work time. > > Leaving aside the explanation of what Free Software is, and what the > Ubuntu project does, but focussing for now on "What it does and how > it's a cool, useful, productive tool", what would you show them? I am > of course assuming Ubuntu and Unity here :) > > Here's a few things I'd consider showing them. > > * Dash/Launcher - showing how I search for and start apps, and how I > switch between applications and files > * Default apps - show that it comes with office, IM, graphics, CD/DVD > burner, email etc pre-installed > * Software centre - how I can find apps, read reviews and install new > stuff > > What about you? What would you show and tell? > > Cheers, > - -- > Alan Pope > Engineering Manager > > Canonical - Product Strategy > +44 (0) 7973 620 164 > alan.p...@canonical.com > http://ubuntu.com/
I'd have a [verified/praised] list of Windows apps -> Ubuntu/Linux equivalents ready to show as well.... and for the really stuck in a block of Windows concrete types I'd have Wine installed as well - or least a readiness to explain if needed. I'd also be carrying a netbook with me wherever I go - just to prove to them how much faster life can be! - ooo - just thought - I do ;) Regards, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] ------------------------------ -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -----Free as in Freedom------ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
