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Re: Ubuntu computer tests/collaboration with producers

 

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2013/3/6 Tadeáš Pařík <pariktadeas@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Hello Randall and team,
>
> first of all, thanks for join me to your LP team!
>
> I would like to inform you about a new activity in the Czech republic in
> Europe. Several weeks ago we have contacted some PC producers to test their
> products with GNU/Linux, especially with Ubuntu.
>
> ASUS has confirmed this collaboration and we are able to test all their
> products with Ubuntu - they have many computers to be sold without OS and
> we can test them. Currently we are testing only computers without OS,
> computers with WIN are not tested. After successful tests we inform about
> it on our Czech Ubuntu blog (e.g. this is the second article from the last
> week in Czech - http://blog.ubuntu.cz/clanek/prvni-krucky-ii
>
>
>
> ).
>

This is a very great idea. But how it works ? Did you Asus send you free
device to test. Or will they lend them to you ?
And who can test the device ?

>
> Try to thing if this is possible also in your regions and countries around
> the world.
>
> In the Czech republic we have (Vojtěch Trefný and me) a special non-profit
> "Civic society for Ubuntu", this is really good - you are able to
> communicate very officially and it is a part of normal/standard LoCo team.
>

It seems very interesting. How this Civic Society works ? Do you have a
 budget or some financial help from Czech Republic ?

>
>
> Best Regards,

Winael
http://aliaz.com/winael

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