Ubuntu and Marketing

According to this blog post, Linux companies should do more to market their distribution.  Here’s what is being done on the Ubuntu side, and some of the reasons why Linux companies do not run a full marketing campaign:
Marketing is expensive, and for many growing Linux companies, including the established ones, a large marketing campaign is [...]

Advancing Ubuntu in Georgia

Now that my UbuntuBox has been in place for 10 months, I thought it would be a good time for an update:
From it’s placement, I have distributed 330 CDs, and the box is on track for a 360 CD year.
UbuntuBoxes are a great way to spread Ubuntu to those who would otherwise not know that [...]

6 Month Report: UbuntuBox at Snellville Borders

It has officially been 6 months since I had first placed the UbuntuBox at the Snellville Borders.
Since the box’s placement, 153 CDs have been distributed!

100 CDs!

102 — That’s the number of CDs that have been distributed thanks to the Ubuntu box and the Snellville Borders. Certainly this is not the end of the CDs, but merely the beginning.

Ubuntu Box progress

I went to refill the Ubuntu box today, and have made the final count of CDs taken since it’s placement.
90 Cd’s, in a total of 15 weeks.
Not bad, and I am getting very close to 100 Cd’s… I can’t wait!

Ubuntu Box: Snellville Borders 2 Month Report

I meant to post this last week, but I forgot. This last (since the box’s placement) month just flew by, with 22 CDs being taken. The final count (last week) was 52, however today (Sunday, the 12th) there was 11 CDs missing, making the total CD count distributed 63. Now that I [...]

45 and counting

I went back to the Borders today to refill the Ubuntu box, to find that 5 have been taken. After a little quick math, found that 45 Ubuntu CDs have been distributed since I first put the box in place.
45.
/me happy. (that was an IRC joke… if you didn’t get it, don’t worry, it’s a [...]

Ubuntu Box and CDs

Well, I finally took the few seconds it took to calculate how many CDs I would need for an entire year if the Ubuntu box in the Snellville Borders kept its current pace.
The total is 360 CDs per year.
Unfortunately, Ship-It doesn’t seem too interested in sending me more CDs, so it looks like I will [...]

Ubuntu Box Location: Snellville Borders

My Ubuntu Box at the Snellville Borders has been in place for a month now. How has it doing?
Quite well, I must say. As of last Sunday, 30 CDs have been distributed since its placement. That number may sound small, but I can assure you, that is another 30 people with Ubuntu, [...]