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'Like' the HeliOS Project on Facebook and help get Linux systems to kids and others in need

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If you are unfamiliar with the HeliOS Project, I can tell you that Ken and Co. are doing a great thing — they get old computer systems, put Linux on them and then give the machines to kids who need them for school and to families in need of a working computer but unable to afford one. Ken contacted me about an event called "Rock a Charity." It sounds complicated (and Jeff Hoogland explains it better than I can), but the idea is that the three nominated groups that gets the most "likes" on Facebook between 7 a.m. PST Feb. 1 and 7 a.m. PST Feb. 3 will be eligible to get some much-needed funding from Austin's Rock A Charity.

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