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The Big Picture of the Group's Community Involvement

The Big Picture of the Group's Community Involvement

The lesser picture of the Group's activities

The fun picture of out warehouse and workshop

Our Computer Recycling Project

The technical side of recycling computers

Open Source Operating Systems we use

Configuring the hardware and the software

Free Software for the Free Computers

Web Links we rely on for information

Achievements of the GPL Group Members


  The Philosophy of Open Source Operating Systems  
Would you like to eliminate the need to ugrade your computer?
Would you like to save the cost of upgrading your software?
Are you intimidated by the intrusiveness of software suppliers?

We're exploring another way ... and it is completely free!

Unless you have a specific need for the latest technology in hardware or software, you are being taken for a ride by Microsoft and the Industry that has evolved around this monopoly.

General Public Licence (GPL) operating systems such as Linux and Freedos can be downloaded FREE from the Internet and they have more flexibility than the Windows and Macintosh alternatives. The range of GPL Open Source Software applications exceeds that of Microsoft and all of the other software providers put together ... and it too is all FREE!

Are you aware that, every time you surf the web, Microsoft and others are getting information from your computer? With Open Source Software, you can retain control of your personal information.

Open Source allows you to modify and/or improve on the software that is currently available. With a world wide following counted in the millions, software development is faster than in the commercial world. With the maturity of the Internet, you can have the newest offerings the day they are released.

The King Valley GPL Users group invites you to join them in exploring this alternate computing world. Subscribe to our mailing list and you too can learn how to stop paying "The Microsoft Tax".


Don't Send that obsolete computer stuff to the Tip

Bring it to our Computer Recycling Workshop and we will salvage it to make a computer for someone who doesn't have one.


Philosophy of the GNU Project



Copyright © 2002 Greg Naylor.