[Lugstuff] Fw: Linux Education in Annapolis

[Theodore Knab]

Anyone interested in this ?

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To: tjk at annapolislinux.org
From: "Jeremiah T. Gray" <jtg at intarcorp.com>
Subject: Linux Education in Annapolis

Theodore,

Hey, I found your contact info on linux.org as the Annapolis-area 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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Ted Knab
Stevensville, MD USA