Michael Harold wrote: > Greetings to Melissa and List Members, > > If you would care to look up http://www.tact.org.au you will see where I > am at! > > Having been one of the tutors for Absolute Beginners and a Committee > member for over a year, and enjoyed it, I have suggested to the > Committee that the Club should offer guidance to its members on the > installation and use of Ubuntu. > > The Club uses and distributes OpenOffice.org Writer and other freeware > already as standard teaching aids, so why not go "the whole hog" and add > Ubuntu? > > As most of the members are of retiring age with the associated > restraints on spending, but still want to be able to store and organise > family photos, write and receive e-mails - even have a go at keeping up > with the grand kids, Linux and particularly Ubuntu has distinct > financial advantages to say the least! > > The Club is holding its AGM on the first of July at which I hope to have > a running slide presentation going, plus a static display with handouts > advertising Ubuntu and its advantages. > > To that end I feel certain that there are at least sources of material > that could be of interest to the Club Members and maybe someone who has > "Bin-there-done-that" whose experience would be invaluable to us. > > Please note the rather short time for replies and required activities. > > Hopefully, > > Mike H. > > > Mike, Great job you guys do! I would love to help but am in Wamuran (near Caboolture) I am doing something similar at out local Show Society. What I have found with our bunch is they take to Kubuntu easier as at least the taskbar is in the same place. One of the advantages of *buntu is the myriad of applications they can install & play with once they get there heads around the package management. Some of the favourites are cooking & genealogy programs.
Keep up the good work! Cary Bielenberg -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
