[luau] A Mission For Luau
Robert Green
aloha_moon at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 25 18:34:11 PDT 2002
If nothing else, we could set up thin clients or other machines to
add to local projects which already have Linx and/or sysadmins
available --
wasn't there one or two of the list members who was working with
setting up linux machines for local schools?
If nothing else, even if we don't set up a huge number of linux
machines, if we just keep 20 or 30 machines out of the trash, then it
is worthwhile from an ecological point of view. I know of at least
one outfit that would at least salvage the equipment for potential
re-use (rescuing from the trash, that is).
We could set people up with freesco cable modem or dial-up home
network boxes, those are fire and forget ...." here's your 486,
here's your floppy disk, plug in the cables here and here. NEXT!"
Aloha,
Rob
--- Mark Kellman <mark_kellman at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I respect your ideas, but did you account for the amount of support
> required
> by newbies? Linux isn't as user friendly as Windows, and I can
> personally
> speak about the administrative efforts of implementing and
> configuring
> Linux.
>
> What would be needed is a task force of talent that could train and
> support
> these new users. The digital divide is barely bridgeable with
> Windows, and
> it would be further compounded by the amount of adminstration
> required by
> Linux.
>
> I'm not discounting your ideas, rather I am attempting to
> constructively add
> some of the back end proceesses required for your endeavors.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
> >From: "R. Scott Belford" <sctinc at flex.com>
> >Reply-To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> >To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> >Subject: [luau] A Mission For Luau
> >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:09:01 -1000
> >
> >Several weeks ago I spoke with Jon Fujiwara at the University of
> >Hawaii's College of Business about taking all the computers they
> trash
> >and doing something with them. The idea came from observing this
> heap
> >of hardware that sat under a staircase for weeks while everything
> good
> >was pilfered. Eventually it was all trashed. I am convinced that
> a lot
> >of that could have been used. Jon tells me that the few charities
> who
> >accept hardware only want stuff "fast" enough to run windows.
> This
> >leaves a lot of "trash". Charles described to me another pile of
> pc's
> >outside of UH's Physics department. I think that if we want to
> >positively influence the community's impression of Linux/*bsd, the
> >conversion of old PC's for the poor and disenfranchised (of which
> we
> >have much in Hawaii) should become our mission. It would create
> great
> >press for linux in general, and it would generate networking
> >opportunities for you guys who want it. Perhaps a non-profit
> company
> >could be created to facilitate this. I have a second phone line
> that
> >could be used to field interested calls. I am sure that we all
> have
> >space to store some hardware; I have a large garage I can donate.
> You
> >each could help hunt down "junk" from our local universities, etc.
> >
> >Every day there is good stuff going to waste here. There is a
> >tremendous digital divide on the islands. I would imaging many of
> Sandi
> >and Dustin's neighbors in the Kahaluu area could benefit. There
> are
> >churches, senior citizens, etc., that are waiting for your efforts
> and
> >creativity. We as the local linux community can do something
> about this
> >that demonstrates our capacity to affect real social change with
> this
> >open source linux thing.
> >
> >I have been waiting for when I had time to delve into this to post
> it to
> >the group. The post below that I saw on Slashdot is inspiring.
> Here in
> >the land of Aloha we can do something special. Let's find a way.
> >
> >
>
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/25/0515220&mode=flat&tid=99
> >
> >An Anonymous Coward writes "Out in Oakland, CA a group is taking
> donated
> >PC's and breathing new life into them with Linux. They turn around
> and
> >donate the computers to schools, build POVRAY render farms (with
> MOSIX)
> >and generally promote Linux."
> >
>
>
>
>
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