Great aspect of Linux! Something that people often forget... How deceiving it is to see that some people dispose of a top machine with tons of Go in RAM and drive space just to ... type some text and sometimes use a spreadsheet ... as soon as the thing is freezing, the automatic reaction is : "this machine and the system is too old, we should get a new one" when you explain that you are using an old machine and that you are very happy with it, they just stare at you with big eyes with Linux you are not only saving money in software but also in a certain way in hardware which is something not negligible for me. Of course if you want to be "at the top", you will always buy the latest geekthing independently of the system (Win,Lin or Mac) but sincerely if you are not an hard gamer ...
2008/11/10 Niles Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > yeah it is over kill. I don't know how that part of the budget was > approved. And the fact that they let the students take the computers home > for the whole semester was amazing. I never believed the pitch that the > inner city needs computers donated to them because they cannot afford them. > It is very easy to get your hands on a computer around here, there are lots > of groups willing to donate old computers to anyone who will take them. i > personally donate a lot of my old equipment to the salvation army who fix it > and reuse the computer. but of course people only want to use the newest and > best stuff instead of realizing that any computer will do so long as you > learn how to use it. That is why i enjoy linux, it gave life to an older > laptop i used at my last job and taught me a lot more about computers that i > had no idea of before. > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Reinier Battenberg < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> wasnt there a /. story a few weeks back that they would handout OLPCs (or >> XO's) in US innercities? >> >> I know they hand them out in South-America and the results are very >> interesting to read about. (sorry cant find a link right now, try google) >> >> I hadnt heard of using macbooks for that purpose. Sounds like kinda >> overkill, >> IMHO. >> >> rgds, >> >> Reinier Battenberg >> Director >> Mountbatten Ltd. >> +256 782 801 749 >> www.mountbatten.net >> >> Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug >> >> >> On Monday 10 November 2008 22:40:02 Niles Collins wrote: >> > In fact my cousin's school gave all senior students mac books that they >> > could take home. that project did not last long. >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Niles Collins >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> > > Agreed, i am surprised how many devices run embedded linux. Almost all >> > > Sony HDTVs and Samsung HDTVs run Linux. A lot of people use Linux >> > > everyday and don't even know it. i would disagree with the inner >> cities >> > > comment though. i have seen a lot of mac programs at inner city >> schools >> > > until they all get stolen and the program gets disbanded. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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