Category Archives: Linux in Missions
Great Stewardship!
“It’s getting that time again folks. I don’t see any offers at FLB, so let’s get together and spread the word. Help out your Linux challenged neighbors around the world by giving the gift of technology. Spread the word, donate your old laptop and make someone happy……..” Read more at http://lincgeek.org/blog/?p=994
ShepherdPup
It’s amazing the things you find when browsing around the internet. I usually am under the impression that I have a good idea what is happening with Christians and Linux but there are days like today where I am completely and pleasantly blindsided. I just stumbled across ShepherdPup Linux, which claims to be a ” [...]
Group launched to help stop Christian ministry spam
“TellItinLove.com aims to encourage Christians to be responsible in e-mail communications.” July 31, 2007 (St. Louis, MO) – Universal Networks, in partnership with the ChristianSource Free Software and Linux User Group, is pleased to announce TellItinLove.com (TIIL), a project aimed at opposing the use of unsolicited e-mail, typically known as “spam,” as a form of [...]
Linux helps with good stewardship!
Gospel Direct and Maranatha Record Co., sister companies based in South Africa, have exercised their faith in a Linux-based accounting program. Read more HERE!
The Over-Committed Geek’s Firewall
As the traditional small church grows to have multiple computers on the network the need for good and simple firewall solution grows, as does the demand for the time of the good fellow who maintains these systems.
Centrallix and Stewardship
The first thing you should know, Centrallix has the potential to replace the thousands of dollars that any one mission agency spends today on management software. In many ways, the continued success of this project is an issue of financial stewardship within the Christian community at large. Yeah, that’s a huge statement. The continued success of this software, meaning involvement among the Christian IT community, will save millions of dollars. This software is being positioned to replace software that has, in some larger organizations, cost over $1 million dollars. How I wish that $1 million from just one of these orgs had been put into an open source project so that all mission agencies could benefit
Can the Church Use My Old Computer?
Many churches, ministries, and everyday people in this world do not have the money available to purchase the latest in computing hardware or software and if they did they may feel that their money could be more wisely spent to fund ministry. As someone involved with technology in your church you may have had people [...]