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F/OSS Marketing: Attracting Users AND Contributors
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| How do I convince my neighbor to switch?
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| Within the F/OSS community we frequently want to tout the virus-
| free nature of Ubuntu and how itâs free. In some ways I believe
| weâve already converted most of the adventurous folks we can
| convert by using these arguments and randomly giving out LiveCDs
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http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2049
Recent:
10 ways to help users transition to Linux
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| Sheer economics are driving the increasingly widespread usage of the Linux
| operating system. Itâs free, itâs reliable, itâs safe, and (did I mention?)
| itâs free! But when adopting a new operating system, there is always a
| learning curve for the user base. Not only that, many users think Linux is
| hard to use. This, of course, is not necessarily so. But itâs your job to
| overcome their reluctance and to train them to use Linux so that it becomes
| second-nature to them, as Windows is. Without sending your users to some sort
| of boot camp, this may seem like a rather daunting task. But there are ways
| to ease the pain of learning Linux. Letâs examine some of them.
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| 1: Standardize on a Windows-like desktop
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| 2: Get users familiar with applications before you switch
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| 3: Choose the right distribution
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| 4: Have a machine up and running for your users to play around with
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=483
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