On Jul 23, 2008, at 23:45, Greg Rundlett wrote:
Free Geek is a Portland, OR group which operates a thrift store,
offers training / education plus support, does builds, is
volunteer-based and recycles old equipment
There's a group in the other, closer Portland that does something
similar,
I had never heard of freegeek before. I found them while I was
researching (FOSS) association management systems. I just thought it
was interesting to see the work that this group has organized. I'm
not saying anyone needs to do anything different. ;-)
I'm interested in developing a FOSS
I heard about FreeGeek a while ago through a FreshUbuntu podcast:
http://freshubuntu.org/podcast/99/
While it sounds like an interesting project, it's much more hands-on
than the general GNHLUG M.O. has been up to this point. I like the idea
of repurposing old hardware, but the project has a
