Some thoughts... 4) Give out cards or flyers with contact & meeting info for LUGs in the region, URLs for resources such as Linux.org. The idea is give encouragement for
5) Present some examples of how Linux has been successfully used in the workplaces and its payoff in reliability and economy. 6) Maybe have a sheet and/or presentation on how to co-exist with the need to handle Excel spreadsheets, Word docs, etc. (or why you are not locked into Windows to deal with those who are). 7) Optional: The Linux Matchmaker -- Q&A for matching people's needs with various distros and packages. This can people acting as adivisors or it can be presentation or handout with common scenarios: gamer, home user, small office, e-commerce, graphic designer, etc. For books in a drawing, I'd recommend inclusion of the User Friendly comic strip books from O'Reilley. Even though they don't deal with the tech how-to, they are a nice cultural intro to open source mindset. Some things to steer away form at TCF 2002 or similar general venues: * heavy duty bashing of you know what. Yes, "In a World Without Fences, There's No Need for Gates" <g> and gentle <nudge><nudge> prodding if fine, but heavy ripping into MS and all that can backfire. It can make Linux supporters look like whiners and bad sports (like a certain vendor <g>) There are venues for a knock down fight but at TCF, it can also rankle the vendors at the show without gaining much for Linux and open source. * (This is maybe more for me than for others in HamLUG), the strong hint that Linux is great tool for bypassing many restrictions and covert routines being slipped into closed source products. Better to state this in the positive: open source lets everybody know what goes into the system. No hidden additives or fillers. <g> Why this caution? Some advocates of closed source proprietary software are likely to try to make Linux users look like anti-social anarchists out to destroy businesses. push Mom into her apple pie, and stampede the cattle. <g> * A minor point but still important to keep clear: open source doesn't always mean totally free of costs. Most of the time, there is no financial cost. But some software for Linux has a price tag. (E.g.; the Maya software for Linux used recently for many movie special effects carries a hefty price tag but is a bargain for what it does in comparison with anything else that does the same.) One of the great things about Linux is that there are decent choices and alternatives. At 11:19 PM 1/18/02 -0500, Jeffrey Yep wrote: > 1) Offer installation help > 2) Drawings for set of Linux-related books and CDs > 3) Give freebies such as different Linux flavor OS CDs, stickers etc. > > Please addon to the list............
