Computers4Christians
About
Computers4Christians gives away free computers. You don't have to be a Christian to
receive a free computer. You should
live in or near Cheyenne, or Laramie, Wyoming, because we don't do
shipping. For safety
reasons, we like to meet
people in a public place. But, the only real requirement is that you sign a
release before receiving your free computer.
Faith
We believe there is one true God,
eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe God created all things;
including all life and the world we live in. We believe the Holy Bible
is the Word of
God and it is inherent and infallible. We believe Jesus Christ is the
Son
of
God, our Savior and Lord. We believe Jesus was born from a virgin,
lived a sinless life on the earth, died for our sins, and rose three days
later.
We believe in salvation by
grace-through-faith in Jesus Christ.
Hardware
Computers4Christians
collects worn computers, freely given, by Christians and others. We wipe hard drives by
overwriting them in several passes to remove any trace of
readable
information. We
test memory, optical drives, USB and
Ethernet connections, monitors, keyboards, mice; and use
whatever we can (including mixing and matching parts)
to make working machines we then freely
give
away.
Software
We
don't
do
Windows
(or
Mac
OS for that
matter). C4C computers run a free Operating
System called Ubuntu, built on
top of a Linux kernel.
Specifically, we install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and
the
GNOME
Desktop. We load the computers with dozens of secular software packages
as well as Christian-related applications; Bibledit, BibleMemorizer, BibleTime, diatheke, verse, and Xiphos.
Bibles
are
also
installed;
as
are
Dictionaries,
Commentaries,
Devotionals
and
much
more.
Read about C4C in Computer
Recycling Ministry at ChurchMag and Recycling
Computers
for Christ at Christians in Open Source Software. For
some
short GNU/Linux and Ubuntu history; watch
The Story
of Linux, read What is
Linux?, an Overview
of
the
GNU System and A
Brief
History
of
Ubuntu.
