Anyone here qualified to install Lubuntu?

[Ron Johnson]

You still have not specified the corporate cycle you are trying to 
break.  Especially since most of the kernel is written by people who 
work for... corporations.

On 08/23/2012 06:39 AM, Ho Wan Chan wrote:
> 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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