[Ubuntu Chicago] Hello, new to team

Francisco Athens cyan255 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 7 01:39:11 BST 2008


Welcome to Ubuntu Chicago! I use Xubuntu on the 5 machines we have a home,
from celeron850 w128mb ram to the P4 3GHz deskop.  They are all using the
Gutsy version.  My kids age 2 and 4 are already using tuxpaint.   FOSS can
teach kids great lessons right from the start.

Francisco

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> On 4/6/08, Andrew Bassett <awbassett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> > > > 4.  Install Ubuntu on old, free (or very low cost) PCs for donation.
> >
> > I would suggest you check out http://freegeekchicago.org/. I believe
> > they put Xubuntu on the machines -- Jim Campbell would know for sure.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Bassett
>
>
> Yeah, I talked with some of the guys from Free Geek this weekend.  They're
> still using Xubuntu.  They have stuck with the Feisty release because
> apparently they had some issues with Gutsy.  Not sure what issues they had,
> though.
>
> I haven't been around there recently, but they had some new faces at their
> booth - seems like they've gotten some additional volunteers, and are still
> moving along.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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