HELP WINDOWS XP

[NoOp]

On 08/08/2008 04:41 PM, Pastor JW wrote:

> 
> I have a brand new XP pro drive which was unplugged the instant I unpacked the 
> computer.  It sits there never spun in my home.  I really could not care less 
> what "market share" XP has and Microsoft has said exactly the same thing!  
> They have told thieir users they will no longer support XP and that they 
> MUST "upgrade" to Vista in order to recieve any support at all.  So far they 
> have yet to provide a better OS than Amiga had in 1985, which has beat any 
> windoze installation; EVERYTIME.  My Amiga hardware failed but the OS didn't.  
> Linux doesn't come close either BUT one does need hardware to run upon! 
> 

That's a bit silly isn't it? What's the old saying: waste not, want not...

Why not make use of the drive and reformat it to ext3 if you don't want
the installed WinXPP on it? Or, are you saving the drive intact for
other reasons?

If nothing else, load Ubuntu on it, install it in a junked system and
give it to one of your flock. I'm sure that there must be _someone_ in
your congregation, a teenager, an elder, etc., that don't even have a PC
or the money to buy one. Be generous Rev; I've revived 8 systems from
the recycle monster since Christmas and given them to folks. Many are
simply 600Mhz/256Mb/10Gb systems, but they work, they are reliable, and
the only problem that I've had is finding decent monitors to give with them.
I reckon that you could even start a church workgroup to assist your
members; have the 'others' donate their old hardware & let the teenagers
restore and assemble them for others that do not have systems.

  One thing that you may have forgotten in all of this glee and staunch
insistence on free software, is the fact that none of this would be
possible without others 'paying it forward' and assisting others in the
process.
  Chest pounding (there are other terms) about 'only linux/Ubuntu/Gentoo
et al does no one any good - and in fact (IMO) hurts the process of
moving linux forward and helping others. Computers and sofware are
*tools* and are not to be confused with something to be dedicated to
(false deities and all that). Choose your tool, use it wisely, and keep
it well honed and oiled; if another uses a different tool to accomplish
the same task then don't chastise them, just show them how you use your
tool to accomplish the same task. Sometimes your tool will be better,
sometimes their's will; but don't be a stubborn ass and insist that your
tool is better when clearly their's is working as well or better than yours.

There. You have something to put in tomorrow sermon :-)