[opensuse-marketing] Rouen: Report on SFD 16th September, 2017
Report on SFD 16th September, 2017. One week after association’s day, we had SFD. We were still excited and highly motivated. The city lent us a video projector because this way, I can share my screens with everybody present. The number of visitors was 33. There were already 4 people who sort of booked a session over the phone. 1. A lady has a MacBook and before jumping in at the deep end, wanted to learn more on Linux. She is a teacher and needed some coaching on administrative IT programs like LibreOffice. 2. A couple has 3 PC, two “old” ones and a new one. They wanted to get openSUSE installed. We could not because we do not have 32bit versions and also because their IT knowledge could not warrant such a change. 3. Another lady wanted to purchase a new pc. She had been advised to buy a Lenovo with Ubuntu, a 15” screen, 500 GB HD and 4 Gigs of RAM. I changed her vision for a HP with the double of all that and a 17” screen. She will purchase same and bring over for openSUSE installation. 4. We made 8 openSUSE Leap 42.3 upgrades. (VLC still giving trouble). Plus one complete reinstallation. 5. Oh, our Greek lady had an issue with her Yast update. All sorted out. 6. I had a few interesting debates on ODT, XML and Microsoft format of Office documents. This created a buzz because people suddenly discovered on how to use Linux with MS Office documents from a Windows partition. 7. We went into teaching some basics of openSUSE and also more elaborate matters on Concepts, advanced administration, cloning etc. 8. Strange issue: Around 4 visitors thought that Linux was something that can be uploaded straight in their mind. They thought that the learning was not from their end. We really had a lot of fun :D PS. We ended the evening at my step-daughter’s place who cooked for us. PS1. Now, we are getting ready for Saturday 28th October, next. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org
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Jimmy PIERRE