20090623 Touching Story from Texas-based Linux Advocate
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Working at the Edge of Reality
So...giving away computers to kids is easy...fun actually.
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/06/working-at-edge-of-reality.html The man fights cancer for his life while building Linux boxes for kids and getting physical abuse for it (from Texan Microsoft proponents).
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Deja Vu All Over Again
In the spring of 2009, at a Linux gathering in Northwest USA, a man stood before a large group of Linux Developers and said the same things. I am no smarter than this man, he's forgotten more about GNU/Linux than I will ever remember. I simply gave it some thought before he did.
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/05/deja-vu-all-over-again.html
Who's Running Dell?
Mark Van Kingsley is a successful Linux-based business owner in New York. Fact is, Mark started his business based on my Open Sourced business plan. I put months of research and work into it and it is the perfect example of how a business plan should be structured. Mark was even offered loans to start his business based on his revised business plan. Anyone can receive it simply by asking. But I digress... He decided it was time to get a new desktop. Knowing that Dell had Linux options, he navigated to their website and began his shopping. No one relates an experience better than the person experiencing it, so let me present it straight from the source. What follows is a verbatim account of his experience with Dell Sales on the telephone.
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/05/whos-running-dell.html
The Helios Project - Drive To The Future
The HeliOS Project is conducting our “Drive For The Future”. These little wonders are being collected so that with every computer we deliver, we will include a thumb drive with their system upon it. We can buy them in bulk or you can purchase one and send it to us if you care to participate in this drive. If you don’t particularly want to go out to purchase one, you can order one from newegg.com and have it shipped to our address. If you simply want to donate to our bulk order, you can do on the left column of our main page. Price per unit is $14.95. If you are donating for one thumb drive, please do not include any shipping costs as we get free shipping with our orders.
http://www.heliosinitiative.org/blog/?p=90
Penguins on parade
I don't always dress in a T-shirt and jeans. Sometimes people give me awards, and I dress like a penguin instead. Here's a shout-out for the computer history museum.
http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2008/10/penguins-on-parade.html
Related: Heroes of Linux and FOSS: Ken Starks, AKA Helios
This seems like a good time for a Ken Starks retrospective. This is the man who, despite some rather gnarly health problems churns out blog entries and interesting Linux projects by the truckload.
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