People in lincolnshite are genrally pretty thick (my opinion after working in a computer shop). We had sold a few machines with linux on. ink2print - spalding<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/11 Iain Baker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iain.dbaker@gmail.com">iain.dbaker@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">hey all...<br>
just a quick check - does anybody know a good retailer in lincolnshire<br>
for Linux? someone that sells hardware that is guaranteed Linux<br>
Compatible, sells software for Linux, sells computers with Linux<br>
pre-installed, sells Linux Distro's, or at least recognises Linux as<br>
existing, and understands what it is??<br>
<br>
this may be an even more stupid question... but if you don't, do you<br>
think there should be one... can you see an advantage.<br>
<br>
I am going to be unemployed in about 18 months - and i was thinking<br>
that Linux Friendly Computing Shops aren't existent, and should be...<br>
lets face it, sometimes you like to go into a shop and speak to<br>
someone, and buy a product without having to trail the net trying to<br>
find it, download it, burn it, find out it downloaded wrongly and cry<br>
in the corner...<br>
<br>
as such i was considering starting a Computer shop that did all the<br>
things listed in my opening paragraph... selling Linux games, FOSS<br>
software (with money from the sale of products going back into the<br>
projects to keep them free and keep them healthy), and selling Linux<br>
compatible hardware, and building Linux Boxes...<br>
<br>
i realise as members of a LUG you are all pro Linux... but i am also<br>
aware there are a lot of different skill levels, so i thought it would<br>
be interesting to see if it was a service that more than just me would<br>
like to see on the highstreet.<br>
<br>
Do the new linux users think it would make it easier to grow within<br>
the user comunity to have such a place... do the novice users think it<br>
would be beneficial for 'lazy moments' where you just want to buy<br>
something and know it will work without the research... and to experts<br>
think it would be useful for 'lazy moments' and as a place to point<br>
'converts'... or do you all think its a waste of time when you can<br>
just download everything you need of the web??<br>
<br>
thanks for your input<br>
<br>
iain<br>
<br>
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