Just to share a small experience: As you may have read in the blog the Germans had an annual Linux event at technical university in Chemnitz (east part of Germany). This event is a real Linux event without much business but a large amount of visitors from the user level. Almost all well-known projects were there, not only the large ones but also such as Yazy (search machine), video and audio projects, open street map, etc.
We had a Mageia stand there, showing the current alpha2, displaying a large (A0) poster about Mageia and answering all kinds of questions. Although we were placed not at the perfect place in the exhibition we attracted some attention. Many people had heard about Mageia, many were also interested in Mandriva (sharing our stand) and so they also looked at our part of the stand. Most of the people were either new to Linux or current Mandriva users or just curious. Unfortunately we only sold 3 Mageia shirts :( but that was not our primary goal anyway. Important points: 1. We succeeded in spreading information about "What is Mageia", people noted our web addresses for later research, people were informed about our next appearance in Berlin (May). 2. The chief editor of a leading print magazine (LinuxUser) took his time (almost 2 hour) to talk with me and learn all there is to say about Mageia. he confirmed that Mageia 1 Final will be distributed on a cover DVD in the July issue of the magazine, along with a lengthy review, written by me or obgr_seneca or both. So, it was a first step in making Mageia known in Germany with options to be continued. URL of picture gallery will follow soon... -- wobo
