UNE *nix User Group

We ran a stall at the Sunday Markets.

We started late due to having to seek out Matthew Gilbert from the PCYC in order to find out where our stall was to be, and the Markets were unusually quiet being held on a day outside the normal routine (Last Sunday of the month).

We had printed some brochures for the occasion, telling about Linux, the Linux User Group, and Free Software in general. We had a quick overview of Ubuntu, some stuff about OpenOffice.org, and the ‘What is Free Software’ article by the FSF. Also, between us, our laptop batteries lasted longer than we needed them to.

There was quite a lot of interest, by both curious individuals and those in-the-know so to speak, and we even managed to give away 1 Ubuntu CD (Gutsy). ie, I got no homework done…

I hereby declare this day a success, and hope the stalls at the market will continue into the future.

Thanks to Eve for the table, Tommy for the food, and my aunt for the fold-out chairs. We had a lot of fun.

David.

I have prepared and given a few howtos to the UNE ITD in order to help those that use Linux, well at least Ubuntu anyway. They are available (upon request) from the ITD.

They are:
How to find the Hardware Address of a network card
How to connect to metz
How to set Firefox to use the UNE proxy
How to set Thunderbird to use your UNE email account
How to set Ubuntu to use the UNE Wireless Network

I will upload them to the lugune website - done (They are under Multimedia)