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| ~+'''The Linux for Communities Project''' --- Life changing skills through life changing gifts.+~ | ##{{attachment:Ubuntu-is-Watching-You.jpg}} We shall go on to the end. We shall fight forced logging; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our right to vote - whatever the cost may be; |
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| Linux for Communities is an outreach organization based in Northern California. We are committed to bringing technology to those that are underserved in our Community. Hardships can be alleviated by the ownership and use of computers. | |
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| It is indeed an admirable act to give a man a fish. Our goal is to empower by teaching people how to fish. We want to give them life changing skills through life changing gifts. | We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this group or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then people that believe in a volunteer groups *right* to choose it's future, will carry on the struggle until *California* with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of personal liberties. |
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| The first thing that strikes you about Linux is how empowering it is. Older computers become very useful when coupled a full FREE software suite. A full set of programs: Open office.org, media software, Internet with Firefox, and pretty much everything else. An 800 MHz or older can run most things most people do. Linux gives you numerous options, without all the Redmond proprietary fun. You can take Ubuntu have the comfort of knowing there is support help with a predictable lifespan. Another advantage is the live CD. Although it is slower it works sufficiently as a failsafe. Ooops, the hard drive doesn't work? The proper live CD will boot up and allow use of internet, word processing, database, academic, even photo editing & media. If this is done with a cheap thumb drive- you can even save what you do. I would have no problem setting up Wimp (I’ve done it professionally for years.) It is that those DAMN licenses cost more money than the hardware. I use xp myself sometimes. It's also more of a liability as far a proper software licensing goes. `+My short story and conversion+~ The Linux for Communities Project is part of an overall plan to change the community –one person at a time. I am currently in the formative stages of starting a non-profit charity. The board members are in the process of drafting the by-laws, core-beliefs and such… We want to focus on unmet needs. We are unabashed in our belief that to help those in need, we must listen. We believe societal change is rooted in the changes that are needed in individuals. |
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| ~+My conversion to community software+~ | Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might. |
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| I started how most people start; open source /GNU software. (If these terms are unfamiliar, my website {artgrin.com} has links to some explanations.) I tried many different photo editing programs. Most were either very limited or very expensive. I found two choices satisfactory paint.net & the gimp. The Gimp is a great program. I used it, & began researching how to make it perform faster. I pondered using Linux for a while (having had frustrating experiences with it years ago.) Although I’d heard it was much better now, I was hesitant. I began trying different distributions (Distros.)Knoppix worked really well, I could just never get over the idea of the occasional error message in German (I felt as if I was being scolded.) | The short version is- |
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| I had a gut instinct something Debian was going to be the 1 for me. A few Distros later I found Ubuntu. It’s my happy medium. It gives users safe options. It also has nearly unlimited possibilities (once the universal repositories are open!) Ubuntu also has the comfort of knowing there is support, with a predictable lifespan. It just has the right balance of eye candy and reliability. After a while, I felt comfortable enough to test it on someone else. My Mom was a little hesitant at first. She started out slowly, but, soon had got the knack for it. After I began to see others could use it successfully, I felt safe in recommending it to others. I now carry a few extra LiveCD’s with me, just waiting for more ‘conversion’ opportunities. |
'''My local involvement in Ubuntu = logging''' I work part time- I have plenty of time to spend on this issue. I have postponed my Ubuntu bonus projects for the time being. Im in this for the long haul. This debate may take a long time. I spent the last 2+ years to help change the Team I love. Yes love. I felt passionately about what I advocated. This issue unlike my actions before is righteous and with moral cause to a fundamental level. Personal liberties are foremost, whether a person or a group. If you cant determine your future, you dont have much left. Logging is a moral offense to me. If the Team votes for it- that is totally fine- I can shut up then- and this is ALL moot. It offends my sensibilities. It is against my core belief of one group telling another what to do. ----------------------------------------------- Some about how much time I have spent trying to further the FOSS cause; Numerous talks at LUGs about Ubuntu- *Teaching classes, about Ubuntu. * carrying CDs to help recruit people *paying for fliers, materials, and various SWAG to help attract people to the cause Someone in Cali had planned to have a local Team table at OSCON. Due to work they could not attend. I stepped forward and helped organize it. I arranged for SWAG to be donated to draw folks in. The ##My goal was to start a dialog with geeks, idealists, & creative types. ## I am afraid of what might happen when the logging is appealed. The next step may be even more of being told what is best for us |
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight forced logging; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our right to vote - whatever the cost may be;
We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this group or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then people that believe in a volunteer groups *right* to choose it's future, will carry on the struggle until *California* with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of personal liberties.
Churchill sets forth how to not be subjugated
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might.
The short version is-
My local involvement in Ubuntu = logging
I work part time- I have plenty of time to spend on this issue. I have postponed my Ubuntu bonus projects for the time being. Im in this for the long haul. This debate may take a long time. I spent the last 2+ years to help change the Team I love. Yes love. I felt passionately about what I advocated. This issue unlike my actions before is righteous and with moral cause to a fundamental level. Personal liberties are foremost, whether a person or a group. If you cant determine your future, you dont have much left.
Logging is a moral offense to me. If the Team votes for it- that is totally fine- I can shut up then- and this is ALL moot.
It offends my sensibilities. It is against my core belief of one group telling another what to do.
Some about how much time I have spent trying to further the FOSS cause;
Numerous talks at LUGs about Ubuntu-
*Teaching classes, about Ubuntu. * carrying CDs to help recruit people *paying for fliers, materials, and various SWAG to help attract people to the cause
Someone in Cali had planned to have a local Team table at OSCON. Due to work they could not attend. I stepped forward and helped organize it. I arranged for SWAG to be donated to draw folks in. The
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