[Liverpool] GNU/Linux Netbook workshops in Liverpool

[Dan Lynch]

Paintball? That'll break the ice :D Nah I'm messing obviously. This is a
good idea. I'm happy to try and help people out and we have to try and be
approachable, I would like to think as a LUG we are. We welcome new folks
but I think perhaps non technical people are worried or scared it'll be too
techy for them. As if we'll all laugh at them for not knowing something.
Netbook workshops could be a good idea. I'd be up for that.

Where would we do it though? We'd need an accessible venue for people and
maybe we could do it like an alternative version of an installfest. People
bring along their netbook and we help them get to grips with Linux, explain
some of the basics they may be missing in a friendly but not cendescending
way if we can. We'll have to try and strike the right balance.

Just some random thoughts on it, not sure how helpful they are but I thought
I'd chip in :)

Cheers

Dan


On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

>
> There has been talk about opening up the Liverpool
> LUG, as well as efforts from GeekUp to reach the
> wider community.
>
> Coming from the other direction, there are NetBook
> users who are curious to find out more about
> other Free Software distros to get more power out
> of their sub-notebooks.
>
> However they see Geek events as too technical
> & jargon-laden (at least that was what came
> out of last week's "Small Steps to Sustainability"
> workshop [1]).
>
> Best way to bring the two sides together? Perhaps
> some sort of open "Get the most from your
> Netbook" workshop.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> I'll promote anything that comes out at next
> Wednesday's "Low Carbon Computing" workshop. [2]
>
>  - Richard
>
> [1] http://www.goodgnus.org/small-steps/
> [2] http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2149511/
>
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>                                              Sustainable 3rd Sector IT
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