[sclug] Bracknell Infopoint 12th Feb '06 report

[alan c]

I ran another Infopoint table at Bracknell monthly Computer Fair last 
Sunday, the third time. There was a steady interest from people. A few 
had been thinking of linux for a time and wanted to know more. I was 
single handed and the day was busy.

Several occasions there were a couple of people waiting while an 
existing conversation was dealt with. The PC I use as a demo PC has 
several distros and 'doze, but is very slow (PII, it had been destined 
for the skip) and if a conversation moves towards a reboot and another 
distro, it takes time and patience.

Most interest comes at the extreme newbie or 'want to get away from 
windows' level (which I am very comfortable with). A few people are 
experienced and want to see if I know for example which TV card will 
be linux compatible etc. (I don't). On one occasion I was acting as an 
introduction agency for two who both wanted TV card information......

One person even wanted to know what the difference was between all the 
versions of linux. The world of 'kernel', 'distribution' and apps etc 
took a little gentle explaining. DSL on a usb stick raises eybrows. I 
wish I could demo it but the PC does not boot from usb.

British Computer Fairs seem fairly willing to provide a freebie table 
if they have one spare. OK so far.

Apart from when I am away, I will try to have an event each month, at 
least for a while. (I am away now for about 10 days).

If anyone is interested and available, please consider coming to help? 
Parking is easy and free.
-- 
alan cocks