Re: kde-promo Digest, Vol 79, Issue 32

> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:04:19 +0300
> From: Andrei Sebastian Cimpean <andreiamenta@...>
> Subject: [kde-promo] some help for upcoming presentation
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> Hello everybody. I am a member of a lug in my hometown and we have several
> presentations in high schools about linux and open source. I took upon myself
> the mission to present and interest people in KDE. I am a KDE user and i think
> i won't have problems just showing it off, but i want to really make a good
> impression, that would make people try KDE and maybe fell in love with it just
> as I am. I was wondering if you have some advices I should take into
> considerations, some info you think should be present in the presentation or
> just some do-s and don't-s. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.

> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:53:37 +0200
> From: Andrei Sebastian Cimpean <andreiamenta@...>
> Subject: Re: [kde-promo] some help for upcoming presentation
> To: KDE Promo <kde-promo@...>
> Message-ID: <200910251053.44489.andreiamenta@...>
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> First off let me thank you for the help. I feel that i provided to few
> informations. This is a combined effort, and there will be many more people,
> each tackling one subject. I chose KDE because i feel i can present it better
> than let's say GNOME, which was my first assignment.
> Due to time restrictions, I also have a very limited amount of time to make
> people interested. I guess I can expect roughly 10 minutes or so. It is an
> impossible task because we have in total an hour per each high-school in the
> city to get them interested in open source and linux. So i was thinking of
> making some comparisons  with m$ windows xp, vista , 7,  mac os x and gnome.
> And i was thinking of  dividing my presentation after a steve jobs model, show
> a number of great features that are innovative and in the end show something
> eye catchy(i was thinking here of the 3d globe background).
> I want to talk about the customization level, plasmoids and the great software
> that is bundled within kde.
> Hope I can get it right.

It is a difficult task to present in 10 minutes what took years to
design and build. It is hard to pull apart the beauty and elegance of
KDE 4 at all...let alone in such a short amount of time. However, you
have your job to do, so what's the best way to go?

It would be useful for you to consider your audience. There will be
others like you who have the technical background and interest to
experiment without much encouragement from you. Provide your email or
the LUG information, and suggest they check it out. This group needs
almost no information from you.

There will be some who don't care...for whatever reason. No matter
what you say, they will stick with what they've got.

There will be some people who are interested...for a variety of
reasons. It's a safe assumption that free (gratis) software is
interesting. In addition, with KDE, the motto is "Be Free". It can be
expected that some people will be interested in having more control of
their own lives; they don't want stuff crammed down their throats. If
you have the experience, as I do, that open source, Linux and KDE are
superior quality, this should be appealing.

I suggest that you nose around on the KDE websites, starting with the
Dot (http://dot.kde.org/). There you can find gems to include in your
presentation.

Here's a suggestion for a short presentation:

KDE is dedicated to its users, not its profitability. I am an unpaid
volunteer, sharing something that I think you might like.

The KDE community has been developing innovative user interfaces since
1996. KDE 4 is the latest version and is a barrage of new ideas:
   * a beautiful desktop with gorgeous eyecandy
   * minimal need for network configuration
   * an integrated help system
   * a wealth of useful applications
   * all with a consistent look and feel
   * simpler and more streamlined than previous versions or other
operating systems

KDE 4 was designed around a few fundamental concepts:
   * a new visual appearance
   * a complete re-thinking of user interface design
   * new frameworks to make it easier to build applications
   * new applications that provide a smooth user experience

Here is what KDE looks like...
Demo with the things you that you use comfortably, and that you think
are cool. Your enthusiasm and authenticity will make the sale. Don't
be disappointed if your opinions about innovative and eye-catchy
aren't shared by your audience.

You can try KDE for free using a LiveCD (Kubuntu 9.10 is scheduled for
release Oct 29). If you run into difficulties, you can get friendly
help at the LUG.

Here's when and where the LUG meets, my email address and the KDE
website--http://dot.kde.org/.

Open source and KDE are community projects. We would enjoy helping you
enjoy Linux, open source and KDE.


Thanks for helping to spread the word.

Carl
 
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[Andrei Sebastian Cimpean]

On Sunday 25 October 2009 06:11:03 pm Carl Symons wrote:
> n source and KDE are community project
>
Thank you for your time. You managed to give me some strong points that I can
follow. This alone helps me a lot. I will probably use the info you gave me
and mold it to my style. This is great. Thanks a lot for your help. I hope now
i can be up to the challenge and present KDE in a way that intrigues most
people.

This is still a project of the lug in which I am a member and is restricted
just to this side of my country, but there are talks and also this acts as a
prototype project to see if it can be applied on large scale, meaning all the
lugs could present open source and linux in high-schools from around the
country. I guess it would be great if we get there.

Thanks a lot for your time spent on giving me some advices.


 
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On October 25, 2009, Carl Symons wrote:
>    * a beautiful desktop with gorgeous eyecandy

* has 10s of millions of users around the world

(this point is so critical; it demonstrates success and gives people something
to be a part of. we should be repeating it in every presentation we give to
potential users imho.)


(i really need to get back to doing some research to see when we can
legitimately start claiming 100 million users. 52 million kids in Brazil  
leaves us another 48 million to find. ;) 300k in Gran Canaria schools; 1+
million retail units / year in Brazil and fwiu Argentina; >10% of desktop in
China which would be 4-5mm this year, though our market share in China has
been eroding from a high of ~17% iirc to ~12% the other year; 8-12% of
gov/business desktops in Germany a few years back... we could be getting quite
close to that magic 100mm mark.)

--
Aaron J. Seigo
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