Anyone here qualified to install Lubuntu?

[Ho Wan Chan]

Well, Canonical supports FOSS.

It's completely open source and free... We don't provide closed-source or
proprietary software that is not free.... That's the spirit of Canonical,
Ubuntu and mainly the Linux community

2012/8/23 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson at cox.net>

> Last I checked, Canonical Ltd is... a corporation.
>
> So, what "corporate cycle" is it that you're trying to break?
>
>
> On 08/23/2012 04:29 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
>> Hi Ronnie,
>>
>> charging someone for an F/OSS [1]installation is, to me at least. akin to
>> charging a windows user for a free version of anti-virus. I do Linux
>> installs because I believe in the concept of F/OSS, not to get rich - but
>> to let people know 'there is another way'.
>>
>> We are all volunteers, who gladly give our time up in order to break the
>> corporate cycle.
>>
>> As to being 'qualified', there are linux exams that a person can pass [2]
>> [3], but the best exam of all is the one called advocacy.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Free_and_open-source_software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software>
>> 2. http://www.ibm.com/**developerworks/linux/lpi/<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lpi/>
>> 3. http://www.redhat.com/**training/certifications/rhce/<http://www.redhat.com/training/certifications/rhce/>
>>
>>
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