[plug] the gospel of tux [sol-dier on!]

Richard wpickett at iprimus.com.au
Tue May 28 20:39:22 WST 2002


On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 19:41, Brenden Veljacich wrote:
> >From: Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.fdns.net>
> >Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> >To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> >Subject: Re: [plug] the gospel of tux [sol-dier on!]
> >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:28:01 +0800
> >
> >On Tuesday 28 May 2002 15:37, sol wrote:
> > > Last Wednesday I gave my first public lecture on Linux at
> > > Mandurah Public Library to a small, but appreciative audience.
> >
> >Hooraw! Keep up the good work!
> 
> I was one of the people at that lecture and I must say I am now enlightened! 
> All I gotta do is get my hands on a copy of Debian.
> 
> >
> > > 1) People were stunned by how good, and how similar, free software was 
> >to
> > > the M$ crud they were using
> 
> How true is that!, So much software for so little (or no) price.
> 
> >
> >...and sometimes, by how different. Enlightenment is good for that. (-:
> >
> > > 2) SeniorsNet - that is a computer support group for those over 80.
> > > There were more than 120 people in the group. He told me that many were
> > > concerned about copyright infringement because so many were using 
> >pirated
> > > software due to financial constraints of living on the pension, etc.
> >
> >Excellent! Have him put his lack of money where his mouth is. If any of 
> >them
> >dial in through iiNet or get free WAIX traffic, they can download it from
> >http://ftp.ii.net/pub/openoffice/
> >
> > > 3) One inquisitive teenager looking to improve his web skills is trying 
> >to
> > > get a copy of Debian.
> 
> THATS ME!

You're very welcome Brenden :-)



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