[Wolves] Re: Wolves Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1

[Si Griffiths]

On Wednesday 08 Oct 2003 7:49 pm, Howard Berry wrote:

> I am drawn to Linux from socio-political reasons 

yeah that were what got me into it an all - I ain't a 
programmer either (holds a slight interest for me but 
seriously don't think it's ever gonna be a path that i go 
down) done a bit of multimedia type stuff but pretty basic 
really - however the implications of communal working & 
free sharing of information in the times of acts such as 
the RIP one (it's MY information & you gonna have to pay ME 
a load a dollar if you wanna use it, or even just look at 
it) are of immense import both politically and socially. 
When i think of those linux equals communism scare stories 
it just makes me laugh - that in itself would be enough to 
get me to use it (not that I consider myself to be a 
communist)

basically i've been using mandrake as my first choice 
desktop/os for about a year now & only use windows when 
neccessary - this is increased by the fact that i can at 
times be a lazy linux boy - but then when i do find the 
time to get stuck in and solve problems - i really enjoy 
it. The socio-political aspects are for me at the heart of 
what we're currently trying to achieve with A2RT - mine & 
steve's computer recycling/linux propagating organisation - 
& it seems to be going well - there's a possibility (but 
only a possibility at this stage) that come next year we 
may be putting recycled computer running linux into 
literally thousands of homes in Brum - which will be well 
wicked if it happens.

laters

Vinnie