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[alan c <aeclist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am delighted to report that I have delivered a total of six talks 
over two days to students of a UK further education college (17 to 20 
year olds approximately). The attenders were all on courses which had 
computing as a part of their courses. Approximately 100 attenders in all.

The subject was Ubuntu for students.

The content included GNU and Free Software and Linux brief history and 
ethic, licensing basics, Ubuntu history, demo of toolkit use of Live 
CD, dual boot, installing, manual partitioning, running from an 
installed HD, Basic menus and use, Ubuntu Software Centre, social 
networks facility, Ubuntu One, compiz (spinning cube) and other 
effects,  Wine, Crossover, Virtual box OSE, and access to Windows 7 
files from an ubuntu session and of course, games.

The talks were part of a curriculum slot for knowledge diversity.

Attenders received an Ubuntu desktop CD 10.04.1, Leaflets on Open 
Source, Ubuntu, Live CD use, and Installing, Multimedia and Ubuntu, 
and the OpenDisc and OpenEducation disc.

Talks had Q&A, and were more than one hour. They were well received.

It was heartening to find that there was definite (if a bit sparse) 
independent use of Ubuntu, usually alongside Windows.
--
alan cocks
Ubuntu user