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On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, 20:26 Chris Whitworth, <chriswhitwort...@googlemail.com> wrote: > It may be easy to buy without Microcrap preloaded, where you are, but here > in Southern Poland they all said "nie ma". To be honest, we dont need a > new bloatware system, I still use my old 486 occasionally! It runs ubuntu > 12 without issues and I use it as a picture frame and to surf the net in > my "art studio",...... pretentious, moi? > > Routinely I am using a 64 bit "Prodesk" HP I bought second hand from a > leasing recycler, for 400PLN (about 80 squid/Euros/dollars. It came with > Windose 7 (I think) but the first thing I did was reformat the hard drive > for Linux with a USB stick. It runs Mint 20 and is about 6 years old??? I > bought it this year. My wife has Lubuntu on her HP (it looks identical to > me), bought from the same S/H shop 2 years ago. We have dual screens and > 20Mb internet. Mostly we use them for proofreading/editing work (I was a > Prof of business and a chemical engineer, Vicky a medical physics person) > -so we focus mainly on helping academics write good technical English. We > dont use streaming video or watch Netwix etc. > > We tell everybody to avoid bloatware but it is difficult. Also Microcrap > seem to deliberately make their system break LibreOffice. I did a "guest > prof" event last week and had a few minor issues with the Microcrap > system in the lecture theatre, using it to display my slides. . > > So, I am happy to help create/run a community if the need is there > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 20:38, Gudrun Dr. Schirmer < > gudrun.schir...@outlook.de> wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > > > there are companies, which sell Windows free hardware. I am using a > Tuxedo > > Laptop. Although I must admit I am using it with W10 and Microsoft Office > > 365. But on the other hand, I am using an old Netbook, which run on W7, > > Which I am using now with Ubuntu. > > > > Removing an old Windows system does not generally remove the warranty. It > > is easy too to buy hardware without any system. It is much cheaper. > > > > I have no knowledge about the firmware though. > > > > The issue in general is that most people want the ease of use and don´t > > see the consequences. (Very often I turn a blind eye too, as I want to > move > > easy through the information cloud to get what I want) > > It is currently more time consuming to set up a system without Microsoft. > > As long as the effort is not made early, in school f.e. young people will > > not even know about open software. Only look at the efforts Microsoft > makes > > to set up systems in schools already, worldwide. Try local school open > > software computer clubs. This would involve a lot of private effort. Now > in > > Corona times? > > Munich tried to set up Linux in government offices, only to give up some > > years later. > > > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-to-windows-10-why-did-munich-switch-and-why-does-it-matter/ > > > > Warm regards > > > > Gudrun > > > > > > > > Dr. Gudrun Schirmer-Liyayi > > Dortmund > > Germany > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Ravi Dwivedi <r...@ravidwivedi.in> > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. Dezember 2021 19:34 > > An: Chris Whitworth <chriswhitwort...@googlemail.com>; it...@vignoli.org > > Cc: Marketing list <marketing@global.libreoffice.org> > > Betreff: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Ideas wanted for "How we're > > different" part of new LibreOffice website > > > > On 13/12/21 7:40 pm, Chris Whitworth wrote: > > > > > My suggestion is that we try to build as large a community as we can, > > > whilst recognising that the majority will not join us. It would help > if > > we > could buy new PC's that were not already loaded with the > Microxrap > > > operating system. I went to at least 6 dealers here and could not > > persuade > any of them to sell me a blank system. > > > > > They all said that if I deleted W10 > > > the warranty would be invalid. > > > > We need to have local businesses which can sell laptops powered by free > > software. I use one prepared by a local vendor in India which can run > > exclusively on free software(yes, without nonfree firmware too). I wrote > > about it here https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/liberated-computer.html. We > > can also fund startups like Purism(by buying their devices) which sell > > hardware powered by free software. > > > > > The dirty tricks brigade are alive and > well! > > > > yes, so raising awareness about the freedom part becomes important. I > > personally won't care if removing Windows from my laptop voids the > warranty. > > > > -- > > Ravi Dwivedi > > https://ravidwivedi.in/ > > GPG Keys-> https://ravidwivedi.in/files/ravidwivedi.asc > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
