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[gwbrown1 at gmail.com (Greg Brown)]

Indeed, we are a supportive bunch.  I'm made the switch from Red Hat
RPM based distros to Debian (though I said I never would).  My home
computer now runs Ubuntu and I am happy as a clam to be free of all
those worms, the millions of viruses, spyware, bots, etc, etc.

One thing you could do with your computer, assuming that you have
enough disk space and a high speed Internet connection, would be to
have people ftp their pictures from the trial to you and you could
burn DVDs for them.  I know a guy with a Mac that did that for friends
then ended up doing it as a business because the demand was so high. 
I've got an old Mac (well, G4 TiBook with DVD writer) that I was going
to use for this very purpose but given my regular job, wireless
projects, etc I just didn't have time.  But I'd still like to see
someone on the list burn DVDs of pictures for people.

Potentially there exists the possibility of taking some of the very
best pictures from different collections and making a "best of DVD"
that you could sell (and kick back a bit of $$ for license rights to
the photographer of the pics you used).  If there is one thing I don't
have enough of is DVDs from the AT.


Greg

On 11/3/05, john sob <budjasa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tom - I run fedora also on a kids computer, not because it was free but because it is not Microsoft. Viruses and malware writers target microsoft products, making any Linux product much safer and more stable The linux geek community is very supportive of free software for the masses and will help if you do have any problems. I've also made offers to local civic organizations but so far no takers, it's fear of the unknown.
> John Soboleski
>
> Tom Poe <tompoe@studioforrecording.org> wrote:
> Hello, All: Just joined the list. My name is Tom Poe, and I live in
> Iowa. I'm on a VA pension for health reasons, presently restricted to
> 1/2 mile out, and 1/2 mile back most days. Probably won't be hiking the
> trail in the near future. :)
>
> I have a cheap computer on my table. It was donated by someone that was
> upgrading to a newer computer. I loaded Fedora Core 1 on it, and then
> loaded audio and video software from Stanford University's Center for
> Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. This cheap computer is
> capable of being used by 9 year olds to create audio and video
> recordings or learn to read/write music, or by 12 year olds that want to
> create CDs and DVDs, tv shows, and radio shows, that are the same
> quality as produced by international record labels or film studios or
> broadcast networks. It's all freely available to anyone.
>
> Are there places along the trail that might find something like this
> useful to have? Since the cost would simply be that for postage to send
> the computers, and all technical support and training would be free,
> it's just a matter of making arrangements over the Internet. How many
> do you think would be needed?
>
> Let me know what you all think.
> Tom Poe
> --
> Open Studios, Charles City, Iowa, USA
> www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
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