On Monday 06 June 2011 06:25 PM, satyaakam goswami wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Hardik Dalwadi > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:23 PM, Prakash Advani wrote: > > Those based in Delhi, if you happen to go to Nehru Place, do > check out > > the Asus Store.. they have Ubuntu Demo. > > @ All, > > Here is Ubuntu Certified ASUS Machines [1] > > [1] > > http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search > > <http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search> > > > My colleague Hardik did the setup for them. > > > > Any constructive feedback would be useful.. > > > > On 06/02/2011 09:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >> > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a > >> store in Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu. > >> > >> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think. > >> > >> * Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu. > >> * Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be > >> professional. > >> * Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional > >> services. This should compare with other services in Nehru > >> Place, where I believe you can go to a store and they will > >> fill your hard drive with all windows software :) > >> * If the customer wants training then this can be offered at > >> their home at a fee. > >> > >> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are > >> used to in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very > >> comforting for some of us, but thats what people are used to ;-) > >> > >> > >> Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like > DebBundle > > > > Since there was no clue given about which store is The ASUS store , so i > tried my luck with at least three different places where the name of > ASUS was mentioned ,one of them prominently only dealt in ASUS so i > presumed this to be the store Ubuntu folks have mentioned , this store > did not have Ubuntu based Netbooks at all also he tried to lure me into > giving discounts on Windows pieces and offered me some DOS based > versions but No Ubuntu was available with him, there were two other > stores which had ASUS displayed only one of them agreed and offered > Ubuntu based Netbooks .
@ Mr. Satyaakam, Sorry, we could not share the store address. We are talking about ASUS Exclusive store @ Nehru Place. You can ask Sales Person to supply Eee PC Netbook with pre-installed Ubuntu, if it is not there. Here is the address. Eurotech Communication:- G-3,Raja House,30-31 Nehru Place Here is further info from tech news sites. [1], [2], [1] http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2075819/asus-preload-ubuntu-linux-eee-pcs [2] http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/03/1917243/Asus-To-Ship-Ubuntu-1010-On-Three-Eee-PC-Netbooks > curiously found a Compaq desktop bundled with Red Flag Linux :-) > > overall my experience not a good one like other Distro's in past so i > will let this case too for rest now. > > > -Satya > fossevents.in <http://fossevents.in/> -- Hardik Dalwadi person@Canonical http://www.hardik.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
