[dc401-l] Old systems for a good cause

[joe at joewebster.net]

I would be down for that and I'm sure I can scrap together 1-2 machines
(or at least parts).

I'll be away for a few days, but I'll be
back Thursday.

-Joe

> 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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