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Old 05-05-2015, 09:44 AM   #1
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Linux is an operating system for all ages


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Too old for Linux? Nonsense! Too young? Please. Linux is for anyone of any age.

Consider James Anderson. He's an 84 year-old volunteer at Free Geek, a Portland, Oregon non-profit organization, which rebuilds old computers for users who need them. As shown in a Linux Foundation video, he works there every Friday to rebuild laptops using Linux that can be sent to Africa.

Anderson has been playing with electrical equipment since he blew out his grandmother's fuses and has been using computers since the "luggables" of the 80s. He's never worked in IT, though, until he came to Free Geek. He had spend 13-weeks in Zimbabwe and saw how students there needed computers.

Through Free Geek, he found a way to get free computers to them. At Free Geek, Anderson said, "Every computer that goes out is Linux-based." He love the community and he plans to "keep working there for as long as they'll let me."

Far, far away on the other side of the generation gap, there's seventh-grader Zachary Dupont. He's been working with Linux since Ubuntu 12.04 showed up. Dupont says he doesn't know much programming, but he's interesting in learning more and is considering becoming a sysadmin.

So far, he's not that different from many other young people with an interest in tech that goes beyond racking up kills in Call of Duty. What made Dupont different is that when he was given a school English assignment to write and send a letter to his hero, he chose to write to Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator.
More at ZDNet...

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Old 05-05-2015, 10:35 AM   #2
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I live about 100 miles from Portland and had the opportunity to visit their operation back in 2001. Quite extensive, I have to say.

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What made Dupont different is that when he was given a school English assignment to write and send a letter to his hero, he chose to write to Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator.
Good choice......if he was a bit older it could have been Richard Stallman.
 
  


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