[Gloucs] Install day ideas

[Tom Walker]

Hi All,
Here is a link to a short account of an install that has some 
similarities to the questions posed by the Install day.

http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3213&page=2
Quote "I debated with myself which version of Linux to install for them".
Charles Williams

To get the casual reader going I have skipped to page two as it seems 
most relevant.

Cheers
Tom



Simon Porter wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I was just thinking what might be useful for people coming along to the
> install day is some sort of help with how to do common tasks in an open
> source equivilent program. This could be in the form of a handout or
> perhaps in a discussion.
> 
> All too often I've had friends dismiss other programs without thought
> because it doesn't work exactly like the program they are used to. I
> find this is particularly evident in students at universities. Students,
> and also other people who have been trained (i.e. office workers), seem
> to be thought only how to do things parrot fashion. Because of this I
> would argue such institutions are in a way excluding other applications.
> 
> The idea of something like a 'how to do top 10 tasks' say in Gimp for
> example would help get over the reluctance of some people who a perhaps
> looking for an alternative, whatever their reasons be. It may well
> already exist online in which case it would make things a bit easier.
> 
> Any feedback on the idea would be cool. Also any suggestions for
> applications apart from OpenOffice and Gimp? I'm not sure about Linux
> distros itself, or what you could cover.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
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