[ILUG] Pitching Open Source Software to school kids

[Gerard Hooton]

The question is what are the NCTE (http://www.ncte.ie/AbouttheNCTE/)
promoting? I think most schools will follow their lead. 

//Ger



-----Original Message-----
From: Pádraig Brady <P at draigBrady.com>
To: Shane Tuohy <stuohy1 at gmail.com>
Cc: ilug at linux.ie Users Group <ilug at linux.ie>
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Pitching Open Source Software to school kids
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:51:37 +0000
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On 18/03/10 10:57, Shane Tuohy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In a few days, I'll be giving a presentation to some secondary school pupils
> to promote Open Source software.
> 
> I've a fair idea what I'm going to talk about, but was wondering if you, the
> wonderful ILUG community, had any tips on how I should approach it?
> 
> I know that for the most part, kids aren't too bothered if their software is
> free as in speech, so I won't be highlighting that part of the argument.
> 
> What'ya reckon? Lots of flashy eye candy? Free as in beer?

I wouldn't assume they're just interested in superfluous stuff.
Perhaps mention that Open Source pretty much runs the planet at this stage,
and that it is very useful/interesting to get involved in it.

You could go on to show how easy it is by installing firefox/gimp on windos,
or for better immersion:

{apt-cache,yum} search something,
{apt-get,yum} install something,
...
{apt-get build-dep,yum-builddep} something
{apt-get source,yumdownloader --source} something

cheers,
Pádraig.