[CS-FSLUG] My Latest Hair-Brained Idea
Nigel Ridley
nigel at rmk.co.il
Wed May 11 23:45:45 CDT 2005
Ed Hurst wrote:
> While I can appreciate PitP and similar efforts, I feel called to
> something slightly different.
>
> I'm going to start small. That's because I have almost nothing to work
> with, and have to fund it out of my own pocket. I'm going to advertise my
> computer ministry, based out of the church I serve, to offer FOSS to
> churches and members in my area. My primary work will be, of course,
> training folks in securing their Win-boxes (as much as possible) with free
> security software, and other good stuff. Of course, I'll promote Linux and
> Unix, too, but I won't exclude someone who can't make the leap. You have
> to walk before you can run. I won't offer any software that isn't free.
> I'll try to help with trouble-shooting if they need it, and it's something
> I can fix.
>
> If it grows -- if God blesses the effort and gives an increase -- then
> I'll keep going. If not, it won't be a major loss. Just one more
> hair-brained idea that I've had. If you have a favorite distro you want to
> contribute, I'll be glad to pass it on, with some exceptions. I already
> have several versions of Knoppix, SuSE 8.2, SUSE 9.2, RH 6.2 & 7.3, Ubuntu
> 4.10 and of course, FreeBSD 4.8 thru 5.3. I'll take any consumer-oriented
> distro like Mandrake, later versions of RedHat, earlier versions of SuSE
> (for older machines), and just about any run-from-CD stuff.
>
Hi Ed,
I have some older stuff:
SuSE 7.1 (complete with the two books (Configuration and Applications)
that came with it.
Mandrake 7.2 -- 7 cd set (complete with the two books (Instalation and
User Guide; and Reference Manual) that came with it.
Mandrake 8.2, 9.0 amd 9.1 (download editions).
Libranet 2.7, 2.8 and 2.8.1
I could also include the latest Kanotix Live cd.
Yours for the asking .......... :-)
Blessings,
Nigel
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