Help people without broadband around the world
Recently, I've received an email from a somewhat disgruntled fan. The mail he sent me was a little sad and it left a deep impression on me. He raised a very valid point: Linux was easy and multimedia on Linux was easy - but only for people with solid Internet connection.
Thinking about it, I realized he was right. Downloading 200MB of extras, which include various multimedia codecs, Flash, Java, and other goodies seems is a matter of minutes for most of us. But what about people who do not have broadband?
What am I suggesting?
Let's help people without broadband enjoy Linux. More than that, let's help them enjoy multimedia and games, which do not come with most distros. Ubuntu is shipping freely around the world, but the basic distro lacks lot of stuff that people might want or need and have to download it.
Setting up a foundation or a donation program probably won't work. Most people around the world do not trust one are leery of any overnight funds and charity PayPal accounts. So instead of focusing the effort on any one person and failing, I say let's do it together, yet individually, and succeed.
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1218 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
re: Help people
Wow, nice that all the rest of the worlds problems are solved and now we can focus on the important issues - like people without broadband.