I wrote Mr. Peter Onderschka a mail, more or less translated from your's, Ali. But did not get a reply. I'll try to investigate what is being shipped there in Munich.
Jörn Am 06.09.2013 um 17:05 schrieb "Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <[email protected]>: > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Jop <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> A while ago there was this article on OMG! UBUNTU!: >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/06/germany-to-hand-out-free-ubuntu-cds-on-xps-deat >> It's about that the council of the german city Munich was planning to send >> Lubuntu CD's to citizens to save them from the EOL of Microsoft Windows XP. >> Would be amazing. >> >> Now, I saw this article on the dutch IT news site Webwereld: >> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwebwereld.nl%2Fit-beheer%2F79193-munchen-geeft-gratis-linux-cd-s-aan-xp-gebruikers&act=url >> (Article is in Dutch so it is a Google Translate link. Beware, Google >> Translate is not very good at Dutch<->English so the translation can contain >> errors.). >> >> It is about that Munich is now shipping Ubuntu 12.04 CD's to citizens! >> I really hope the writer of that article has made a mistake as it's a huge >> problem if they are indeed shipping Ubuntu 12.04 CD's. Not to bash Ubuntu, >> but Ubuntu is not designed for such old computers at all, and it runs >> absolutely terrible on those machines. Will probably not help those people >> at all and will be very bad advertisement for Ubuntu. It should have been >> Lubuntu. >> Absolutely great initiative of them, but if it is true they chose Ubuntu, >> they f***ed it up... >> >> What do you think? >> >> - Jop > > Hello Jörn Schönyan, > > As far as I remember, we had a deal to contact the council man after I sent > him a message in English and he didn't reply but we both got busy and it > seems you forgot that matter. Can you please send him in Germany and double > check if this is true or just FUD? > > We have NO idea what kind of hardware they do have? we just assumed that most > of them have 'old' machines and that Lubuntu is the best option. Technically, > it IS the best because if the machine is not old, then Lubuntu still work > work perfectly but if the machine is old, Ubuntu could be a bit of a problem. > HOWEVER, yet again, we have no solid facts/data. > > @Job > PLEASE, do not use "F" word even though you are replacing some letters with > **, please!!! > > Thank you for bringing this to our attention. My life for the last 3 months > was so crazy and I have totally forgot about that. > > -- > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > Best Regards, > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad > > My Projects: IamNewToLinux - StartUbuntu Project - Linux Brainstorming - > Mubuntu >
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