WORKING COMPUTER (3 GHZ, 4 GB RAM, 164 GB HARD DRIVE) Introduction
WORKING COMPUTER
MONITOR, KEYBOARD, MOUSE AND BOTH POWER CORDS ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE SALE (AS SHOWN IN THE FIRST PHOTO).
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THIS IS A COMPLETE, WORKING COMPUTER WITH A FRESHLY INSTALLED LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH IS EASY TO USE AND SUITABLE FOR LINUX BEGINNERS.
YOU'LL RECEIVE FREE LINUX SOFTWARE AND SECURITY UPDATES WELL PAST APRIL 2029.
I CAN ALSO SIT DOWN WITH YOU FOR A FREE, PERSONALIZED TUTORIAL TO HELP GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO USE YOUR NEW LINUX COMPUTER SYSTEM (IF YOU SO CHOOSE).
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LENOVO THINKCENTRE DESKTOP COMPUTER, SMALL FORM FACTOR (SFF)
(VERY COMPACT, USES VERY LITTLE DESK SPACE OR FLOOR SPACE)
THE COMPUTER IS IN GREAT SHAPE, I'D GIVE IT A SCORE OF 9 OUT OF 10.
3 GHZ PROCESSOR
RAM:
4 GB
HARD DRIVE:
164 GB (SATA) (7200 RPM)
OPTICAL DISC DRIVE:
DVD/CD WRITER (SATA)
KEYBOARD:
GENERIC USB KEYBOARD
MOUSE:
GENERIC USB MOUSE
NETWORK ADAPTER:
BUILT IN / ON BOARD NETWORK ADAPTER (WIRED)
(NO WIRELESS)
VIDEO:
INTEL GRAPHICS (BUILT IN / ON BOARD VIDEO CARD)
SOUND:
BUILT IN / ON BOARD SOUND CARD
USE YOUR YOUR WIRED HEADPHONES OR YOUR EXTERNAL SPEAKERS IF YOU HAVE THEM
USB:
LOTS OF USB PORTS ON THE FRONT AND AT THE REAR OF THE COMPUTER
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AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2024, I'VE JUST INSTALLED A CLEAN, FRESH AND STABLE COPY OF LINUX (BASED ON DEBIAN LINUX) WHICH IS EASY TO USE AND SUITABLE FOR LINUX BEGINNERS.
I'VE ALSO INSTALLED ALL THE CURRENT AND AVAILABLE SOFTWARE AND SECURITY UPDATES FOR THIS OPERATING SYSTEM AS WELL. (SEE PHOTO #2)
YOU'LL RECEIVE FREE LINUX SOFTWARE AND SECURITY UPDATES WELL PAST APRIL 2029.
YOU CAN'T SAY THE SAME THING FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS 8 WHICH HAVE BECOME END OF LIFE... AND VERY SOON WINDOWS 10 WILL ALSO BECOME END OF LIFE TOO.
IN THE END, I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED, SO IF YOU WISH, I'LL EVEN SIT DOWN WITH YOU FOR 20 MINUTES OR SO AND GIVE YOU A FREE, 1 ON 1 PERSONALIZED TUTORIAL TO HELP GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO USE YOUR NEW LINUX COMPUTER AND HOW TO GET SOFTWARE AND SECURITY UPDATES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
DON'T WORRY, IT'S PRETTY EASY AND THE PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO HOW YOU GET SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR WINDOWS COMPUTERS AND ANDROID DEVICES.
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LINUX IS A GRAPHICAL OPERATING SYSTEM USED BY MORE THAN 67 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. (SEE PHOTO #2)
THAT NUMBER RISES SHARPLY WHEN YOU AD IN THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS AND COMPANIES WHO ALSO USE LINUX.
LINUX IS LOADED ONTO MORE THAN 93 PERCENT OF ALL WEB SERVERS GLOBALLY.
THAT NUMBER RISES EVEN HIGHER IF YOU COUNT ANDROID DEVICES, BECAUSE ANDROID IS ESSENTIALLY BASED ON A HIGHLY MODIFIED VERSION OF THE LINUX KERNEL, THUS 85 PERCENT OF SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS ARE ESSENTIALLY RUNNING LINUX.
LINUX HAS A SIMILAR FEEL TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS IN THAT THEY ARE BOTH GRAPHICAL OPERATING SYSTEMS.
MOST PEOPLE AGREE LINUX IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SECURE THAN MICROSOFT WINDOWS.
AS AN IT PROFESSIONAL, I COULD INSTALL ANY COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM I WANT FOR MY OWN PERSONAL USE.
IN SHORT, I'VE MOVED AWAY FROM MICROSOFT WINDOWS AND SWITCHED OVER TO LINUX A VERY LONG TIME AGO AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK SINCE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TOO.
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WITH LINUX, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO MOST OF THE THINGS EVERYBODY USES A COMPUTER FOR.
INTERNET WEB BROWSER (SEE PHOTO #3)
OF COURSE LINUX HAS A WEB BROWSER, IN THIS CASE IT'S FIREFOX, WHICH I LIKE MORE THAN MOST OTHER INTERNET WEB BROWSERS.
FIREFOX - A WEB BROWSER, SO YOU CAN KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FAMILY AND FRIENDS VIA FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TIKTOK ETC.
I EVEN CREATED THIS VERY KIJIJI AD USING THE FIREFOX WEB BROWER LOADED ON MY PERSONAL LINUX COMPUTER
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND OTHER SIMILAR VIDEO SITES AND SO MUCH MORE. (SEE PHOTO #4)
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LISTEN, PLAY AND STORE YOUR MP3 FILES
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW AND READ PDF DOCUMENTS
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PHOTOS AND FILE MANAGEMENT (SEE PHOTO #5)
YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO SAVE, WATCH, SHARE AND VIEW FAMILY VIDEOS OR PHOTOS THAT YOU'VE FILMED ON YOUR CAMERA ETC.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STORE YOUR PHOTOS OR VIDEOS FROM YOUR CAMERA ONTO THE HARD DRIVE TO FREE UP SPACE ON YOUR CAMERA.
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ALSO INSTALLED ARE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS / BUSINESS AND OFFICE SOFTWARE (SEE PHOTO #6)
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WRITER - A WORD PROCESSOR WITH FUNCTIONALITY SIMILAR TO MICROSOFT WORD WITH FILE SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT WORD AND WORDPERFECT FILES.
IT HAS EXTENSIVE WYSIWYG WORD PROCESSING CAPABILITIES, BUT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A BASIC TEXT EDITOR. IT CAN ALSO CREATE FILLABLE FORMS VIA PDF OR THE FORMS TAB.
(SEE PHOTO #7)
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CALC - A SPREADSHEET PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO MICROSOFT EXCEL OR LOTUS 1-2-3.
IT HAS SEVERAL UNIQUE FEATURES, INCLUDING A SYSTEM WHICH AUTOMATICALLY DEFINES SERIES OF GRAPHS, BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE USER. (SEE PHOTO #8)
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IMPRESS - A PRESENTATION PROGRAM RESEMBLING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT.
IMPRESS HAS SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE FILE FORMATS INCLUDING PPTX, ODP, AND SXI.
(SEE PHOTO #9)
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DRAW - A VECTOR GRAPHICS EDITOR, RASTER GRAPHICS EDITOR, AND DIAGRAMMING TOOL SIMILAR TO MICROSOFT VISIO, CORELDRAW, AND ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.
IT PROVIDES CONNECTORS BETWEEN SHAPES, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN A RANGE OF LINE STYLES AND FACILITATE BUILDING DRAWINGS SUCH AS FLOWCHARTS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES FEATURES SIMILAR TO DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE SUCH AS SCRIBUS AND MICROSOFT PUBLISHER, BUT THE FEATURES ARE NOT ON PAR WITH DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE. IT CAN ALSO ACT AS A PDF FILE EDITOR.
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MATH - AN APPLICATION DESIGNED FOR CREATING AND EDITING MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE.
THE APPLICATION USES A VARIANT OF XML FOR CREATING FORMULAS, AS DEFINED IN THE OPENDOCUMENT SPECIFICATION.
THESE FORMULAS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE LIBREOFFICE SUITE, SUCH AS THOSE CREATED BY WRITER OR CALC, BY EMBEDDING THE FORMULAS INTO THE DOCUMENT.
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BASE - A DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO MICROSOFT ACCESS.
BASE ALLOWS DATABASES TO BE CREATED AND MANAGED, AND THE GENERATION OF FORMS AND REPORTS OF DATABASE CONTENT.
LIKE ACCESS, IT CAN BE USED TO CREATE SMALL EMBEDDED DATABASES THAT ARE STORED WITH THE DOCUMENT FILES (USING JAVA-BASED HSQLDB AND C++ BASED FIREBIRD AS ITS STORAGE ENGINE), AND FOR MORE DEMANDING TASKS IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A FRONT-END FOR VARIOUS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INCLUDING ACCESS DATABASE ENGINE (ACE/JET), ODBC/JDBC DATA SOURCES, AND MYSQL, MARIADB, POSTGRESQL AND MICROSOFT ACCESS.
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YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO MOST EVERYTHING ON THIS COMPUTER, EXCEPT PLAY HIGH END VIDEO GAMES LIKE "CALL OF DUTY", "DIABLO" OR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS, LIKE MICROSOFT WINDOWS FOR EXAMPLE.
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IDEALLY, I'D LIKE THIS DESKTOP COMPUTER TO GO TO SOMEONE IN NEED, HENCE THE LOW PRICE.
IF YOU HAVE READ THIS FAR, BRAVO!
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PICK UP IS AT MY HOME IN SCARBOROUGH (NEAR HIGHWAY 401 AND MARKHAM ROAD)
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