RFC: Creating an Israeli directory of Linux savvy Computer Professionals?

[Amichai Rotman]

I mentioned this list as an example for how the list *shouldn't* look...

It is also well hidden. The average Joe will not be able to use it and will
never find it...

We (as a community) need to revamp the http://www.linux.org.il web site. In
it's current state, it looks like an outdated early 90s site...

Amichai Rotman

2016-02-13 21:10 GMT+02:00 Lior Kaplan <kaplanlior at gmail.com>:

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> http://wiki.hamakor.org.il/index.php/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA
>

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I provide Computer Services to home and small businesses in Haifa.
>
> I try to use FLOSS-based solutions as much as possible. Since the outbreak
> of the "Windows 8.0" virus [1] I have managed to move about 20-30 computers
> to the Ubuntu Linux distro - and they thank me almost every day since...
>
> Funny enough, after they've been using Ubuntu for a few weeks, they tell
> me they have re-discovered their computer and are able to do a lot more
> with it than before!
>
> The number one reason for them to finally give up on Windows and make the
> switch is financial: most of them prefer to pay me 200 NIS for me to
> install Ubuntu [2], instead of buying a brand new computer...
>
> The most popular concern before making the switch is available support:
> "what if you are no longer available for some reason? Who do I turn to for
> help? Nobody knows this Linux thing..." - they say...
>
> I try to explain it is not true. "First of all, I'm not going anywhere", I
> say. "and there are millions of people in the world, thousands of them in
> Israel, that are willing to help"...
>
> They, naturally, ask for proof!
>
> I thought we, Linuxers of Israel, could start a *Directory for Linux
> Savvy Service Providers in Israel*. A much better version of the poorly
> maintained version on the Hamakor Wiki.
>
> This Directory should be very accessible for the average Joe, easy on the
> eyes and searchable - by field of expertise, Location etc.
>
> I am willing to help with populating the DB, but I'd need someone to start
> the Site. It should have an easy to remember URL, so I can refer people to
> it directly (they shouldn't have to dig a bunch of sub-menus to get there).
> It should have it's own URL, (maybe under www.linux.org.il?) and, of
> course, in Hebrew.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amichai Rotman
>
> [1] ;-)
> [2]  I know it sound very low price, but it is hardly any work for me, and
> I include Data Backup and a basic explanation on the system! I can finish
> the whole thing in 3 hours!
>
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