This is really interesting: here is the niche, i.e. gaping hole, in
Microsoft's legal armor. All those people receiving those old
machines converted to Linux, get,
1) a sensible unix-based quality operating system;
2) freedom from Microsoft's hassling about "their"
rights and about fixing again and again the latest
set of "errors;'
3) an entry into the Linux community, where people
can and do help each other;
4) access to a huge amount of software written by
real people, real-people style, directed to real people's
needs;
5) etc etc.
For which above reasons, the people who receive
these machines, are unlikely to be candidates for the
latest Microsoft OS with all its grief. This is kind of
like a memory leak in a (probably) Microsoft machine.
Ho, ho!
Cheers -- Martha Adams [cola 2007 July 13]
"ml2mst" <ml2mst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Roy Schestowitz schreef:
16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free
,----[ Quote ]
| With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer
Resource | Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects
donated stuff from the | companies who provide them, strips any
proprietary OS and software off the | drives, re-installs everything
with Linux and free applications, and then
| gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or
individuals | without too much cash. |
| A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
`----
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
Thanks for the inspiring story. I could do something similar, since I
do receive a lot of "useless" outdated machines and install GNU/Linux
on them. I installed Debian Etch on a old school Cyrix MII, with 64
MiB RAM, S3 Virge GPU and 9 GiB HDD plus a CD rewriter. I replaced
GNOME with XFCE and OpenOffice.org with Abiword and Gnumeric etc. And
believe it or not the old box is working well, but I don't use it at
all. And I've got more machines which I could give a way, to someone
who needs them.
This is one of the many great benefits of GNU/Linux. It gives you the
ability to reanimate a outdated box and give it to someone who needs
it, because in contrast to Microslopware it's fully legal and ounce
your used to it, its simply more productive (logical file systems and
no mallware). *Yeehah*
Actually I am the type of guy, Mark Kent describes in his usenet
trolls masterpiece on his blog:
http://www.thereisnomagic.org/
Only that I'm not using Windows and that I don't have a pile of
"Windows for dummies" books :-)
Now this story inspired me do volunteer, in stead of waisting my time
behind some computer, without anybody benefiting from it.
With kind regards,
Marti van Lin
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