Evangelo-advocates! It's time for Tip #9. Before that though, here's a short recap of what I've shared so far.
Enjoy Ubuntu every day, skip the technical minutia that causes 90% of people to tune you out, pronounce Ubuntu the same way Nelson Mandela does (oo-boon-too), be selective when choosing an advocat-ee, direct people towards their local community instead of trying to be an Ubuntu soloist, never compare Ubuntu to "competitors", know Ubuntu well , and tell interesting stories. Onward to...
Tip #9:
Give great demos.
Ubuntu Advocate
Always be prepared to give a brief but interesting demo.
Have a good, clean, working system running the latest released version of Ubuntu. Ideally, you'll want a separate user on your system called “demo” or something similar set up (with no admin privileges) so you're not exposing personal files or strange configurations and settings that will confuse your target audience.
Encourage them to play with the system themselves. Tell them they can't break it. Let them explore.
If you do this, people will see the magic themselves.
Please check back for Tip #10 tomorrow. It will be something I've learned the hard way by trying, failing, re-thinking, and then trying again.
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The Ubuntu Advocacy Kit makes for great holiday reading:
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/12/14/ubuntu-advocacy-development-kit-pack...
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Why use a separate account when you can just use the guest session ?
Lightdm support it since a few release, and others distros do it too ( for example, the xguest package on mageia, or fedora ). In fact, this is even supported on previous version with gdm.
Yes that's another way to do it. I'm not familiar with the other products you've mentioned.
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