Hey folks! I wanted to bring this up to all of you because I've been
sitting here in my office and this idea just came to me and it's amazing.
The holidays are coming. A lot of people have the means to get things
for others. A lot of people struggle to even find food for the day. With
the latter I'm more concerned about here. All of us sit here in front of
our computers reading this email. We bought the computer and put Ubuntu
on it so we could have all of the benefits of it and have some
participation in its continuing mission. To be secure, to be free, to be
fast, to be open.
Take that ability you've got and apply it to the people who're in need.
I propose this. Look around you and find a computer that you don't use
anymore. Ask yourself, does it still work? Would it work with Ubuntu? If
you said yes to both questions, AWESOME! Now, take that computer, ask
this..do you need it for anything? If yes, then ok. If no, do this instead.
Donate it to someone in need. Think about it. What better way to empower
someone than with a computer with the best operating system in the world
installed on it? Imagine handing a used laptop to a person that gives
them access to the internet, word processing and other
productivity/office software, email, games, and whatever else they need
to make their lives easier.
Imagine that homeless person who camps out down the street from you.
Imagine that person getting a laptop from you and you help them use it
and you tell them where they can get free wifi service such as a library
or coffee shop. Imagine that person being able to contact a homeless
shelter, or family, for help? Or they fill out a job application online
and they get a chance to work somewhere. Then that helps them apply for
a place to live.
Imagine what we can do by just doing that?
Sure, what they do with the laptop/desktop computer after you give it to
them is up to them. We can all hope that that person takes it and uses
it for good reasons to get them back to a healthy, happy and productive
life. But if not, that's their choice. Not ours.
So for this holiday season, I encourage you to take an older laptop or
desktop that you don't use anymore and put Ubuntu on it. Find someone
who needs computer access. Give it to them for free. Give them a chance
at a better life. With software that's always free, safe, fast and open.
We know its benefits. Give those benefits to someone who needs it.
Bless you all and I hope you consider this and follow through. I'm going
to do it. Will you?
Charlie "hangar18" Luna
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