[dc401-l] Old systems for a good cause

[Tyler Whittaker]

Hey guys,

I'd love to turn this into an organized event for one of our upcoming
(post Common Lisp talk) meetings.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who has
old hardware lying around that I'd love to get rid of by can't bear the
thought of perfectly decent stuff going to waste.  If we pooled our
collective resources of working machines, broken machines and spare
parts I'm sure we could assemble quite a few computers in a couple
hours.  And we get to throw Linux on there and deploy them into a school
-- indoctrinating the youth! Yeah! Who's in?

-Tyler

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 01:14:44PM -0400, Megan Billings wrote:
> My mother is a 5th grade teacher in a pretty tough neighborhood in RI.  Her
> school is WAY underfunded and she currently has zero functioning computers
> for her kids to use.  Keep in mind that these are kids who are all on free
> lunch programs and certainly do not have computers at home.  Unfortunately
> the budget cuts also eviscerated any semblance of IT for the schools
> computers as well so there is very little chance of any broken systems
> getting fixed.  I was wondering if any DC401ers had any old systems laying
> around that they would be willing to donate (old monitors would be welcome
> also).  I was planning on installing linux on them (maybe Edbuntu?
> Suggestions?).  The kids really only need basic web surfing and word
> processing capabilities but this would go a long way towards keeping them
> technologically up to date with their more fortunate peers.  I will try to
> get tax vouchers for anyone who donates a system but I have never done this
> so I'm not sure how they value the systems.   Additionally, if anyone has
> any time or expertise that they would be willing to give to this little
> project they will be richly compensated in pizza and beer.
> Thanks!
> -Megan

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Tyler Whittaker
AS220 Labs
email: tyler at as220.org
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