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[Tadeáš Pařík <tadeas.parik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

2013/3/6 Vincent JOBARD <vinzjobard@xxxxxxxxx>

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> 2013/3/6 Tadeáš Pařík <pariktadeas@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Hello Randall and team,
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>> first of all, thanks for join me to your LP team!
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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> 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 ?
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Once per week we have to visit an Asus shop in Prague and we can test their
products. All products are new - we have to open a box - and we can also
choose what we want to test. Last two models were, let's say, cheaper.
However there are also future plans to test the new ZenBook series and sold
them, and this is important, without OS. From my side this is a good step
and other producers can see that it works.

There are also some benefits for Ubuntu users from Asus side (some laptop
bags for free etc.) - I know it is a good advertisement for them, but it
would not work without it.


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>> Try to thing if this is possible also in your regions and countries
>> around the world.
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>> 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.
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> It seems very interesting. How this Civic Society works ? Do you have a
>  budget or some financial help from Czech Republic ?
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We have some volunteers, especially from Czech Ubuntu forum, and these ones
are cooperating on our projects. Everything is sponsored by our members -
this model works very well. We are able to produce our own Ubuntu handout
and give it for free during our sessions/meetings/release parties etc. In
the past we had also own Ubuntu books in Czech for each release.

However you have to ask for the permission, if you want to use Canonical
trademark (we did it some years ago) and everything must be really
transparent to avoid any troubles.



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Kind regards,

Tadeáš Pařík
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