[HLUG] Linux presentation day Apr 30

[Julian Robbins]

Hi Gordon

Sounds good . I've played with Elementary Linux and was quite impressed.
Showing folk this who are new to Linux would be exactly the sort of thing
we can do well , especially with easy to use, free applications

Julian
On 5 Feb 2016 22:42, "Gordon Stevens" <gordon at softspoke.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> Would be prepared to attend and demo Elementary with Wine if you decide to
> go ahead.
>
> Gordon
>
> On 5 February 2016 at 17:54, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ann
> >
> > Nice idea but the idea is that all these events are held on the same day
> to
> > create an 'event' to create more publicity ..
> >
> > JUlian
> >
> >
> > On 5 February 2016 at 16:13, Ann Tether <catether at talktalk.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe we could do something in Grange Court in the summer, it might
> > > encourage young people to come along as well. I am sure Dick Ellison
> > would
> > > be supportive as it would be a community event and something different.
> > As
> > > long as we were not too techie it would be an interesting day.
> > > Ann
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 05/02/16 12:50, Julian Robbins wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi
> > >>
> > >> I mentioned at last meeting briefly.
> > >>
> > >> There is a new event in the Linux calendar very popular in Germany
> > Austria
> > >> and Switzerland and growing. They want to increase the global reach
> and
> > >> want uk lugs to get involved.
> > >>
> > >> The event Linux-presentation-day.org offers a general introduction to
> > the
> > >> general public and open source.
> > >>
> > >> Perhaps we can do an event ie demoing Linux on lots of platforms or
> > >> chromebooks raspberry pi. skipware builds etc
> > >>
> > >> The idea is to simply introduce folk to Linux and open source and help
> > >> support them on their journey.
> > >>
> > >> Might be good to have a different event but only if we can get enough
> > >> people on board for the event to run and promote it properly ...
> > >>
> > >> What do the group think ? Are we up for this ?
> > >>
> > >> Julian
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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