[olug] Terminal clients for a Ministry

[Tom Vance (Schwartz)]

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There is a Ubuntu Christian Edition that you could burn for him...includes
> some bible study software.  There are also online groups like
> linux4Christians.  There was a book a few years back by Don Parris called
> Penguin in the Pew ( download version is $6 from lulu.com ) about why
> churches should convert to free open source software.
>
> You could demonstrate by running two systems in similar conditions --
> one windows with no anti-virus and one ubuntu christian or other linux
> distro for a week and let him see the results of which is compromised
> quicker.
>
> It is a difficult task to do....I've tried a little with no luck even
> though I'm the tech person at the church I attend...I need the minister and
> Board of Trustees to approve it.  Hopefully I can get the minister on-board
> soon.
>
> Free as in Salvation! and you can legally share it.
>
>
> < Political comments follow >
>
> Does the minister or your IT friend condone stealing?  Using any pirated
> software or software without valid licensure/documentation could get them in
> trouble from a legal point of view.  Edubuntu has many child-centric
> learning applications built in.
>
> MS is used by most of the world.... the bible talks about how we are
> supposed to be apart from the world and worldly things.
>
> Using Windows is like not repenting.....Viruses and mal-ware are a lot like
> sin.
>
> An unclean computer (insecure Windows) is like an unclean soul.
>
> The devil (MS) wants to control all the world.
>
> We are supposed to try and be more like Jesus who was free of sin.  We are
> human and can only attempt that.  Linux is as close as an operating system
> can get to being similar.
>
> </ Political comments off >
>
> I'm hopeful this helped.
>
> --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [olug] Terminal clients
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 3:42 PM
>
> I have a friend that is IT for a ministry. We are in the process of taking
> the old machines that have Windows and turn them into terminal clients and
> I
> suggested that we use ubuntu for the client but he wants to use Windows. I
> have tried talking him into using Linux server and you don't need all the
> security software. I need input or advice.
>
> Kelly Williams
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