[Wftl-lug] Tuxzine

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi

On 1/7/07, Charles McColm <twccomprec at gmail.com> wrote:

Actually since I run a computer recycling project I'm in the unique
> position to install and provide screen shots of Linux installed on a
> lot of computers. What I would need is volunteers willing to put
> together and install Linux on the hardware. If you live in the
> Kitchener/Waterloo region and are interested in downloading and
> installing Linux on systems for the purpose of a big comparison
> article, please leave me a message on my work answering machine at
> (519)743-1151 ext. 225.
>

Boy, I have a seething, burning desire to do this same kind of business here
in San Francisco, California.  I see thousands of computers going into
landfill; I see the kids in the public middle school (from which I am
writing this email) going without computers; I see people buying new
Microsoft boxes; and it just kills me.  I mean kills me.  I'm busy with my
law practice; I'm busy with the Digital Tipping Point movie; I have a
wonderful girlfriend who needs and deserves attention; and I just don't have
the hardware skills to test hardware, and so at the school we have lots of
equipment that is just piling up waiting to be put together into workable
boxes, and it just kills me that I am not able to bring that project
together.

All I really need are some volunteers.  The hardware is there.  The FOSS
software is there.  There just aren't enough hours in the day to do all that
I want to do.

There is also a big issue with compatibility with the ISPs.  No one want to
make their Internet service readily available with Linux.  It's a Microsoft
world.  It's the same damn chicken-and-egg question that we see everywhere,
and I'm afraid it's starting to get to me emotionally.  I know that freedom
takes a lot of work, but time is precious, and there are more tidal waves of
hardware constantly moving toward the dumpster.

If only I had a million dollars, so that I could do what I want to do and
fund it.

Oh well.  Freedom ain't easy.

Christian Einfeldt
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