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| DATE | 2008-10-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [jtg@intarcorp.com: Linux Education - New York Linux Scene]
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To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com
From: "Jeremiah T. Gray"
Subject: Linux Education - New York Linux Scene
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:14:23 -0700
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1)
Ruben,
Hey, I found your contact info on linux.org as a NYC LUG contact. If
I have reached the wrong person, please forward this to the LUG
contact person.
I produce an educational comic that teaches Ubuntu called "Hackett
and Bankwell," and I'm looking to use it as a tool to get more people
interested in Linux. The first issue is complete and available, and
I'm currently working with the illustrators on the second issue
(intro to the command line). Now that I've been done with it for a
few months, I've been seeing things about #1 that I know I can
improve going forward. Basically, when I started, I was thinking
more "illustrated manual" than comic so although the information
contained is very useful to new users and the writing style is
conversational, I am doing more to represent concepts visually in
#2. In other words, "show don't tell." Because I want to make the
best product possible for learning about and learning how to use
Linux-based operating systems, I want to get as much feedback as
possible. As such, I would like to mail you some comics to
distribute to members of your LUG and your community in general.
The comic itself is a really nice production and its straightforward
approach can help new users who are familiar with commercial
operating systems understand some of the concepts involved in Free
and Open Source Software. Besides being useful as an outreach tool,
users who are already familiar with Linux might want to just keep it
and hopefully give me feedback to help improve the product for
subsequent issues.
If you would like me to send a few, please let me know where to ship
them and I will get them right out to you.
Thanks a lot,
Jeremiah T. Gray
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