On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, MJ Ray wrote:
It may be even better to call it "Linux day" to just raise profile and
I agree with Adam's comment above. For the average Windows user, they perceive no reason to change. However if we explain the benefits of using free software and the benefits of linux in general this would be better. Perhaps a schedule like the following would be useful:
* Every 2 hours, 15 min talk introducing linux and free software * Demo of useful apps on linux ('useful' needs to be defined here) * round table discussion of linux (1 in morning, 1 in afternoon) to allow future linux people to ask questions in a structured manner * 5 minute talks (scattered during day) from ALUG members about their experiences of linux and how it has helped them
with: * ongoing demos of linux applications * installs for the 'brave'
and the usual collection of people playing with their linux boxes.
Oh, and we will need to promote it this time - offline and online. And we need handouts for the day, along with someone geeting new people who come along.
Useful? If so I will add requests for assistance wrt this on the ALUG website.
WRT to venue, I think a presence at UEA is required (could be in combination with other locations). This is because the location of UEA is well known.
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