Well, we certainly could use a games-centric version of Fedora 8 at the St Albans NN - advertise it right, and word would definitely get around ... ! ;)
Wesley Parish On Tuesday 20 November 2007 16:24, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. > Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come > out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), > and with Christmas around the corner. > > Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... > wocher rekkon?? > > Steve. > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT) > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you > > don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options > > straight off the floor. > > > > Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which > > presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the > > opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after > > the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third > > owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS > > license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the > > actual machine. > > > > In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge > > that I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on > > it. If the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, > > thats cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is > > worth the price. > > > > One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going > > to reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been > > installed on it, and I said "I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am > > going to run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I > > get home" He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, > > its now running mythtv). > > > > Nick > > > > On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote: > > > There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of > > > OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS > > > tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or > > > something to that effect. > > > > > > I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of > > > starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap, > > > OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like > > > to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about > > > supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly > > > supplier list on the CLUG wiki? > > > > > > Hope nobody minds, but... > > > == blatant plug time == > > > > > > I have a bunch of these boxen, currently: > > > Intel Celeron 2.0GHz > > > 512MB DDR RAM > > > 40GB HDD > > > Broadcom GigE > > > CD-ROM Drive > > > Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I) > > > > > > They came with 17" CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is > > > being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across > > > town) > > > > > > These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take. > > > > > > == blatant plug time ends == > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Edwin. > > > > -- > > Nick Rout -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Gaul is quartered into three halves. Things which are impossible are equal to each other. Guerrilla warfare means up to their monkey tricks. Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom of the foolish. ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
