Comments on: What's Your Holiday Gift to the Linux Community? http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/ Linux news, Ubuntu news, open-source software reviews, and Ubuntu tutorials Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2045 Michael Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:25:19 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2045 Maternitus, I do something similar, building Linux computers for disadvantaged kids. I made a custom version of Ubuntu for them, with kid-friendly games and a simplified XFCE desktop, and I'd be happy to mail you an install CD. If you're interested you can check it out at http://www.quinncoincorporated.org/ and you can email me at info@quinncoincorporated.org Maternitus,
I do something similar, building Linux computers for disadvantaged kids. I made a custom version of Ubuntu for them, with kid-friendly games and a simplified XFCE desktop, and I’d be happy to mail you an install CD. If you’re interested you can check it out at http://www.quinncoincorporated.org/ and you can email me at info@quinncoincorporated.org

]]> By: Randal L. Schwartz http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 Randal L. Schwartz Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:19:45 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2043 It's a good thing the troll hasn't learned to spell my name properly. :) It’s a good thing the troll hasn’t learned to spell my name properly. :)

]]> By: Kenyon Karl http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2041 Kenyon Karl Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:12:11 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2041 Maternitus Says: "My next project, paid out of my own (nearly empty) pocket will be building computers from older parts, install Linux on them and just give them away to children of less fortunate families." I suggest that you find a place to volunteer your labor like Wincycle in Windsor, VT in USA (http://www.wincycle.org) that accepts otherwise discarded computers for recycling. Note that Wincycle operates a 'thrift shop' where computers are available to schools, non-profit organizations, and the general public at low prices. Indeed the IBM Thinkpad T40 laptop computer that I am currently running (originally ran Windows XP Professional, now runs Kubuntu 8.04) came from Wincycle about a year ago. As the Linux 'guru' in such a place, you ought to be able to offer Linux as a viable alternative to Windows, run computer classes on using Linux instead of Windows, troubleshoot specific user problems, etc. Last but not least, you ought to try to reserve several very different machines during beta testing of a new release of a distribution (like Ubuntu) to look for machine specific issues, as well as garden variety glitches! Maternitus Says:

“My next project, paid out of my own (nearly empty) pocket will be building computers from older parts, install Linux on them and just give them away to children of less fortunate families.”

I suggest that you find a place to volunteer your labor like Wincycle in Windsor, VT in USA (http://www.wincycle.org) that accepts otherwise discarded computers for recycling. Note that Wincycle operates a ‘thrift shop’ where computers are available to schools, non-profit organizations, and the general public at low prices.

Indeed the IBM Thinkpad T40 laptop computer that I am currently running (originally ran Windows XP Professional, now runs Kubuntu 8.04) came from Wincycle about a year ago.

As the Linux ‘guru’ in such a place, you ought to be able to offer Linux as a viable alternative to Windows, run computer classes on using Linux instead of Windows, troubleshoot specific user problems, etc. Last but not least, you ought to try to reserve several very different machines during beta testing of a new release of a distribution (like Ubuntu) to look for machine specific issues, as well as garden variety glitches!

]]> By: Maternitus http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2046 Maternitus Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:05:49 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2046 Hello there, As an enthousiastic Linux-user I am posting, pretty much, twice a week a post about Open Source subjects and Linux in particular. These are written in Dutch, so most of the visitors from here can not understand them. Also do I volunteer in a project to get the elderly involved in internet and computers. I use Mandriva and Ubuntu for that, with a desktop made ready for them: big fonts and icons, speech-to-text-to-speech, a webcam with Skype and a good guidance. My next project, paid out of my own (nearly empty) pocket will be building computers from older parts, install Linux on them and just give them away to children of less fortunate families. This way they can learn about computing, have somehow access to technology and learn about the internet. http://www.hoevenaar.com/maternitus/ My christmas got screwed, but don't let yours be! Hello there,

As an enthousiastic Linux-user I am posting, pretty much, twice a week a post about Open Source subjects and Linux in particular. These are written in Dutch, so most of the visitors from here can not understand them.

Also do I volunteer in a project to get the elderly involved in internet and computers. I use Mandriva and Ubuntu for that, with a desktop made ready for them: big fonts and icons, speech-to-text-to-speech, a webcam with Skype and a good guidance.

My next project, paid out of my own (nearly empty) pocket will be building computers from older parts, install Linux on them and just give them away to children of less fortunate families. This way they can learn about computing, have somehow access to technology and learn about the internet.

http://www.hoevenaar.com/maternitus/

My christmas got screwed, but don’t let yours be!

]]> By: InTheLoop http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 InTheLoop Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:02:02 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2042 Well, here are the threads I have been helping out in. Don't know if I have completely solved any problems yet, but things seem to be progressing: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020687 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6430702 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020664 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6436572 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020498 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1017737 Merry Christmas, everyone! Well, here are the threads I have been helping out in. Don’t know if I have completely solved any problems yet, but things seem to be progressing:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020687
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6430702
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020664
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6436572
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1020498
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1017737

Merry Christmas, everyone!

]]> By: Randall Schwartz http://www.linuxloop.com/2008/12/24/whats-your-holiday-gift-to-the-linux-community/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Randall Schwartz Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:20:53 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=1193#comment-2044 >What’s Your Holiday Gift to the Linux Community? Me. >What’s Your Holiday Gift to the Linux Community?

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