On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 01:51:31 -0700 (PDT) "Nadim Shaikli" <shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote: > This is absolutely WONDERFUL - words can't describe how great this was > to read and how well put all the info was. This mini-report is really > a template for others we hope ;-) More comments below... > > --- Mostafa Hussein <mostafa at linux-egypt dot org> wrote: > > > [snip] > > The seminar started at 9am in the morning with presentations by > > IBM, > > American University in Cairo, Oracle and Sun. We were disappointed > > by those four presenters. Alaa said in a post to linux-egypt.org > > about their presentation: > > > > ``SUCKED BIG TIME'' and ``BORING'' > > Heheheehehe - you might want to submit a more detailed mini-report on > linuxtoday.com and/or Newsforge and/or slashdot to get the community > buzzing :-) They tend to publish such stories more readily. > > > After the first part of the seminar there was a lunch break and > > thats > > when all the action started. Together Alaa abd el Fatah and me stood > > infront of a machine running Arabbix 0.8. Presenting both Arabbix, > > GNU/Linux, arabeyes.org and linux-egypt.org to the crowds. The > > Linux-Egypt booth was the busiest, like a busy stock market. Even > > people ignored lunch to chat and bombard us with questions. Arabbix > > was an instant hit. > > Sounds like the people are hungry for more contact with you guys. You > should really consider holding a seminar in a University somewhere and > inviting as many people as you can with as many computers around as > possible (ie. hold the seminar in a computer-lab if possible since > Arabbix will not touch the Hard-drives of any of those computers > unless specifically instructed to do so). In short, people's > curiosity is wonderful to hear and ought to be engaged with more > frequently - this is what 'raising awareness' is all about. Yes, there are more events and in a university :) http://www.linux-egypt.org/showthread.php?threadid=2179 > > > Most of the questions were very basic, like can linux be > > installed with > > windows on the same computer ? Will it open my word documents ? > > Where is photoshop ? can I run 3Dmax on it, Printers, hardware, > > modems, price,etc.. Our answers were mainly reassuring and we kept > > asking people to visit our sites for further inquiries. > > Sounds like the start of a FAQ - have any of the LUGs started on > something similar ? > > > Arabization was a major issue to most people. Arabbix, Katoob > > and Gimp > > got lots of praise, specially gimp which made a graphic designer > > refuse to attend the remaining lectures to try it out, she even > > pointed to us some features in gimp 1.3 that are lacking in Adobe > > Photoshop. > > HAHAHahahahaahah - I love hearing this !! > > > I have learned that one of the major distributer of linux distros in > > Giza has a copy of Arabbix now. > > Could you please give us the necessary contact info to get in touch > with them (unless you want to play the proxy in contacting them) for > future releases (if you opt to use a more private email, you can email > the info to 'contact-at-arabeyes'). Here is how egyptians get their distro's. http://www.linux-egypt.org/article/49 The Lo3'at el 3asr shop, is the one that has Arabbix. But the page is yet to be updated. > > > This seminar was a success, we think we delivered the message, > > GNU/Linux is here in Egypt, there is an active community and arabic > > GNU/Linux is a reality thanks to arabeyes and others. We reached out > > for helpless users and showed them that they can get support and we > > met many interesting and active people. There are also news about > > more linux seminars and confrences poping around. > > Thank you again Mostafa (and Alaa) for a wonderful job and a wonderful > report. You most certainly delivered the message (esp. in a > conference where you guys were not even meant to speak :-) Keep us > informed and let us know if there is _anything_ we can help out with. > > This is exactly what alot of us work for - hearing reactions like this > certainly recharges our batteries :-) > > Salam. > > - Nadim Thanks for the praise, soon you will read more reports from. And we are waiting for the Gitex report, actually we are also waiting to hear about Gitex and arabeyes in major computer magazines. :) Mostafa `whirlpool' Hussein > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at arabeyes dot org > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general -- ----- Get my public cryptographic key to verify my email from: http://www.geocities.com/whirlpool_98/mykey.txt
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