[sllug-members]: How Do You Handle GNU+Linux Advocacy Opportunities?

[Justin Brinkerhoff]

That is a tough one.

Bring a live cd of Ubuntu or Knoppix or something, and show him what
it can do out of box.

Explain to him that when changes are wanted/needed to an app, you
don't have to pay for it; just let the developers know, and they'll
usually help if your not a programmer yourself.

Open source usually provides for expandability. Applications you'd
typically use can be used traditionally without half the hassle,
things like that.

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Christian Horne
<blendmaster1024 at gmail.com> wrote:
> that's really funny - I didn't know Linus wanted tux to play ice
> hockey with the freebsd demon! lol...
>
>
> how would I present open-source to someone who has decided that free
> can not possibly be better that paid creations?
> of course we all need to know this...
>
> he wants proof that free is better. what do I do?
>
> On 5/8/09, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  NOW comes the hard part. With this image firmly etched on your eyeballs,
>> you
>> then scetch a stylizied version of it. Not a lot of detail - just a black
>> brush-type outline (you know the effect you get with a brush where the
>> thickness of the line varies). THAT requires talent. Give people the
>> outline, and they should say [ sickly sweet voice, babytalk almost ]"Ooh,
>> what a cuddly penguin, I bet he is just _stuffed_ with herring", and small
>> children will jump up and down and scream "mommy mommy, can I have one
>> too?". [1]
>>
>> 1 - http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9605/0855.html
>>
>>
>> For any of you who know my daugher, Hannah (3 years old), she has many times
>> said:
>>
>> "daddy daddy, can I have a tux?"
>>
>> I couldn't be more proud!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Thad Van Ry <tvanry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Aaron Toponce
>>> <aaron.toponce at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:25:14PM -0600, Doran L. Fozz Barton wrote:
>>>> > I gotta hand it to the BSD camp, though... they've got much sexier
>>>> mascots.
>>>>
>>>> <rant>
>>>>
>>>> Tux has to be one of the worst mascots on the Internet. Not only is it a
>>>> horrid rendition of a penguin, but it doesn't inspire what made Linus
>>>> want to use nte penguin for in the first place. The logo is very juvenile
>>>> and just can't be taken seriously.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you actually read what Linus wanted in the mascot? To quote him:
>>>
>>> "Ok, so we should be thinking of a lovable, cuddly, stuffed penguin
>>> sitting down after having gorged itself on herring." [1]
>>>
>>> How does the current incarnation of Tux not fit with that description?
>>>
>>> Thad
>>>
>>> 1 - http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9605/0855.html
>>>
>>>
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