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Idea #7694: fancy ubuntu presentation

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1819: Manuals and tutorials witha GUI-Driven Approach for Newbies..
Written by Nait the 27 Apr 08 at 09:32. Category: Marketing. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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IMO it would be nice to have some eye catching screensaver showing how cool Ubuntu looks like and what features does it have. It would be perfect for shops which sells computers with preinstalled Ubuntu.
I know that there are not many of them, but maybe it will convince more of them to put Ubuntu next to MacOSX and Windows.
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retj wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 22:23
Please describe better the idea, what you really want is an screensaver? And intro video? An ad?

jiu wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 06:56
I agree, some sort of 3D animated video that loops nicely. the Blender people might be able to help

holizz wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 07:13
Great idea.

There's usually something being advertised on computer screens in computer shops, so make life easy on vendors who want to push Ubuntu.

Just showcase some of the features, some applications that come with ubuntu-desktop, maybe show-off some Compiz prettyness to attract eyes.

kingttx wrote on the 6 May 08 at 18:11
I'd want some scripting that allows someone to set up a desktop demo that runs through whatever features and shows them realtime. This would allow direct manipulation of the desktop and installed applications for different reasons, such as benchmarking and marketing demos. Imagine running a script that opens OOo and writes a few lines, spins the cube once and opens Firefox to run a search for something relevant, spins the cube again, etc., all in real time directly on the desktop.

I know of one scripting language for M$ called ScripIt, and it looks like RH has something fairly similar called dogtail.

nbliang wrote on the 19 May 08 at 04:00
An introductory of Ubuntu in screensaver format will be useful while demoing the distro to public. Other formats are also encourage. :-)


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