[LUNI] linuxdays ?

[Mark Stuart Burge]

Hey guys and gals,

Just to throw an idea out there and see what you all think...

I sometimes have people ask me what laptop or desktop pc to buy that 
would work great with linux.
As you are all probably aware, that is not such an easy question to 
answer without a lot of research.

Soooo

I got to thinking how cool it might be to try and convince the likes of 
bestbuy, microcenter and other laptop stockists to hold a sort of 
'linuxdays' event now and then.

This would ..

Allow the general public to see what linux is like.

Give sales staff some knowledge of which computers can handle linux .

Provide a basis for promoting additional sales of hardware, for example, 
having a complete multimedia setup in store.



I could imagine going into bestbuy on a saturday morning and dual 
booting a bunch of display models with ubuntu.

With some of the nice shiny new hardware out there and putting beryl up 
against vista in a showdown, we could create a lot of interest and at 
the same time get to find out the answer to the question at the top of 
this email.

As far as the store owners are concerned, well, they end up with a bunch 
of display models that now have a bonus o/s added to them for an 'extra' 
sales factor.
They get some publicity.
Their staff gain knowledge.



Any comments, further ideas, criticisms ?