[sclug] Promoting linux

[John Barron]

Entertaining meeting on Wednesday as usual, and good to see new attendees, if 
we can manage to avoid scaring them off :-)

Something I started to put together a while ago is a kind of easy intro/quick 
FAQ, aimed at being clear and readable by anyone encountering Linux for the 
first time. The idea being that when I give away MEPIS, Knoppix, or Ubuntu 
disks, as I frequently do, I can also provide a little introduction (quite 
simply printed on both sides of an A4 page, folded into an A5 leaflet) to 
take away with it.

If you want to have a look at the FAQ, and/or offer criticism[1], you can find 
a .PDF of the document so far at:
http://www.europa.demon.co.uk/linux
[1] preferably *constructive* criticism :-) !!!

Took delivery of twenty sets of Ubuntu disks from shipit over the weekend 
(hooray!), so I've now got those in reserve for distribution to prospective 
Linux users, as well as any others I burn and label myself. 

At present my favoured distributions to give away to novice Linux users are:
SimplyMEPIS 
(because it's one-CD combined Live and Install CD designed to be easy to setup 
and use)
Knoppix
(because it's one-CD with great h/w detection and a wide range of applications 
good for showcasing Linux to more knowledgeable computer users encountering 
Linux for the first time)
Ubuntu
(third on my list just because it's two CDs to burn, and I currently use MEPIS 
myself so don't know it quite so well. I shall certainly make use of the 
pressed CDs Ubuntu sent me, though, which comes in a nice cardboard case with 
good "getting started" info on it) 

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John Barron