startubuntu team mailing list archive

[Marcello Tescari <marcello.tescari@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> First of all, thank you for all those who joined StartUbuntu, we are more
> than 75 as of today.
>
> I am sending this to ask from each and everyone who is part of this
> project to HELP and SUPPORT this project. There is no point to sit and
> count the days, time is flying in a blink of an eye and believe it or not,
> we are ONLY 4 months away from the date of when Microsoft pull the plug and
> stop their support for Windows XP. It is TIME NOW!
>
> The task is:
> Each and everyone needs to contact ONLY ONE 3rd party. That 3rd party
> could be:
> Social Media Channel: Facebook OR Google+ or Twitter
> Well-know Blog
> A Website
> TV Channel
> YouTube Channel
>
> ANY kind of Media Channel on the Internet OR Real Life that is concerned
> about Linux and Computers and/or Technology in general.
>
> BEFORE You contact that 3rd party, you are required to:
> 1- Reply this email
> 2- Share the name of the channel/3rd party that you are going to contact
> so others won't contact the same people
> 3- keep us updated
>
> THAT IS ALL :)
>
> Simple? easy? oh yes!
>
> I have already done my part as a member of this project and:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu/Activities#Websites.2BAC8-Blogs
>
> BUT that is NOT enough at all.
>
> We are +75 so if each one of us will contact ONLY 1 media channel, we have
> 75 different channels all talking about StartUbuntu :)
>
> I hope you do see my point.
>
> I am killing myself to spread the word of StartUbuntu in Real Life. I
> believe this could be much more effective and so far, I managed to convert
> 13 neighbors to Linux -
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2174725&page=7 - but yet again,
> that is never enough. I am now in the process of finding a TV channel that
> I can make them publish or talk about StartUbuntu :) YES, that would be
> super highly extremely effective. But that is just my way of spreading the
> word. You are not required to do the very same, a well-known media channel
> even on Social Media is more than enough. For Linux's sake we are 75 so
> PLEASE, LET US DO something :)
>
> Remember, ALL of us are smarter than anyone of us.
>
> Give Microsoft a real hard time, people!
>
> Thank you and I trust we can do wonders ;)
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
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Hi all,
thanks for the startubuntu project. As far as I'm concerned I speak with
the local Linux User Group of my town,which is already active in spreading
linux, about the startubuntu project and we'll see what we can practically
do.

Marcello Tescari