Pay it forward - 'Giving' Ubuntu to Windows Users

[Steven Davies-Morris]

steve wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> This year I've two "Santa" systems restored from the recycle bin:
>> a 1.8Ghz/768Mb w/dual 40GB drives, and a 2.4Ghz/512Mb w/dual 40GB
>> drives that are cleaned, primed, tested, and ready for wrapping.
>> One even includes my old, but very good 17' Hitachi 641 monitor
>> with it as my wife found me a used Dell 1800fp 18' for $50
>> (that's my Xmas present :-). While the Hitachi is only 17' (15.5'
>> viewable), it's .24dpi is professional quality and very easy on
>> old eyes. Both will include 6 months free tech support.
> 
> what a great idea gary!  it just so happens that the new box Im
> building for my youngest boy for christmas will leave a perfectly
> capable msi mobo, sempron powered box that he plans on helping me
> wipe clean and install mythbuntu on for one of his buddies.   you
> wouldnt believe his friends stand in amazement when I show off our
> ubuntu/mythtv box we have in the living room pumping all its power
> to a 42" lcd.  Apparently we're the "cool" house on the block.

I hear you loud and clear! Mythbuntu is my next pet computer project.
I did a Windows based media center a few years ago which was OK, but
it wound up being scrapped. I'm now really keen to take an extra AMD
5000/2gb ECS mobo I have on my shelves and do something constructive
with it. I've acquired every episode of a long-running English TV show
about an Irish female medical examiner/professor. In mkv format. I had
thought about converting them to DVD but when I figured out how much
work it would be I decided now was the time for the Mythbuntu cavalry
to ride to the rescue! And of course I can use it for watching all
kinds of sports stuff from the comfort of my sofa that right now I
view on my PC from the back-aching discomfort of my office chair. :-)
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