All,

Thought of sharing a "thought" that triggered this email. A GNU/Linux distribution is usually tried and tested by individuals new to it and often want to know how to use it. The approach recommended by most, who have already used it, is by exploring documentation and adopting a "self-help" kind-of approach.

There are particularly two articles that revolve around Push : Push users to use distributions defaming a particular brand and improving for inducing the migration. Pull: Give users the freedom to test and use it. Help them occasionally with their problems.

The above two ideas are expressed in the following two articles 1. Push http://polishlinux.org/gnu/understanding-the-common-user-everything-should-b... 2. Pull http://polishlinux.org/gnu/get-real-or-how-not-to-convert-your-grandma-to-li...

The Pull approach seems to be something that a "community" would accept.

What as a GNU/Linux User Group should be the approach towards this?

[NOTE] Possibly, experienced users of this list are now bored with this kind-of a topic and may choose to ignore it.

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