Quoting Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > People have heard of Windows but that's where it ends. They don't know > better. However we had a lady come in a few weeks ago who came in with > a Windows 2000 CD and asked us to install it and didn't even want to > hear about Ubuntu. > > A couple which has mixed results. The wife is really eager to learn > Ubuntu and has fully customized her desktop (different panels, > rearranged icons, background wallpaper etc). She even found out how to > install the necessary things to playback DVDs on the machine without > asking us through the Internet! Little things, but I think it's > amazing. The husband on the other hand! You can tell he just wants > Windows on the machine and to forget about all about Ubuntu. =( > > Once they take their machines away we do say that they are more than > welcome to pop into the shop every Wednesday and ask anything they > want. So far, we haven't had anyone do that (as far as I know). > > We will be conducting a survey soon to find out exactly how well they > are getting on with their boxes. The results will be interesting to > say the least. As we don't know if they have completely removed our > hard work that has gone into the boxes and whacked on Windows or just > don't use the computers. >
That's really interesting, just had a look at the site, I could think of a couple of areas in Devon which would possibly benefit from a scheme like this, the only problem we have is finding a local supply of old machines. Is the free wireless internet access provided by those Locustworld Mesh boxes? (sorry not really clued up on these Mesh networks). Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
