Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Ubuntu begginers guide

[MJ Ray]

Anna Morris wrote:
> I was thinking of running a ubuntu for beginners workshop in the new year,
> something to explain the *system and the philosophy* to some average
> windows/mac users. I think that the key audience would be those who are
> quite political, generally a bit rebellious, or
> anti-capitalist - but people who didn't know about ubuntu before hand. [...]

I don't think I can be a practical help, but wouldn't the
not-for-profit democratic-association-led Debian system be a better
fit than the for-profit corporate-led Ubuntu one for such an audience?
OK, both are rebellious and neither are anti-capitalist or very
political, but there are small differences in philosophy between them.

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