> I'm doing volunteer work at the Salvation Army these days: I've installed > Xubuntu on the two machines that have come through so far with over 32M of > memory. :-) >
For a while, about 2 years ago, I was accepting older PCs from folks who recently replaced their PCs with new equipment. I would installed Linux, Open Office, FireFox, Thunderbird, etc., on the older PCs, add RAM from cannabilized units, etc. They were intended for folks who simply could not afford to purchase a PC, and I handed them out for free with the clear understanding that these were not Windows PCs, they were Linux with features and capabilities similar to Windows, and I could not take the time to provide support after showing them how to run the PC before they would take it. I figured my biggest issue would be continual requests for support & help (how do I...). Nope. Dead wrong. I got complaints from nearly everyone that the PCs were not "Windows PCs"! Even charity organizations complained, and wanted me to install XP instead of Linux (at my expense of course, both license and time). Luckily the PCs wre too weak to handle 2000 or XP, so I got off the hook there. Once the PCs were all gone I refused to accept any older PCs from anyone for any reason whatever. No good deed ever goes unpunished I guess. I still had a lot of older PCs unable to run (much less with Linux), and had to pay a recycling fee to scrap them. In some cases it just is not worth trying to be helpful. What was truly amazing to me were the number of folks who did not have enough money to purchase a PC, accepted the Linux PCs (which all ran great), griped that the PC was not a Windows PC, then turned around and purchased a new PC with the "money they did not have" back when I first provided the Linux PC. It left me a little jaded. So, my hat is off to anyone else who is able to provide help to "folks in need", and can hang in there long enough to actually do some good. I think all I ended up doing was getting some good experience with build basic Linux PCs, and getting a nice warm feeling all over for a very short period of time. Grrr... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Garrett Fitzgerald > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Firefox cruds out often? > > > On 4/1/07, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It reminds me when a client asks why his Celeron with > > 128 MB of RAM is slow running XP. > > > I'm doing volunteer work at the Salvation Army these days: I've installed > Xubuntu on the two machines that have come through so far with over 32M of > memory. :-) > > (The 4M one-piece Presario running Win3.1, I had to leave as it was, > though....) > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
