Heaven¹s to Betsy. Such a conversation. Hi BB, We do put LINUX on desktop computers in the store. We now have a great kids LINUX build on low end laptops that is killer to use. Check it out. When I was growing up, I was called a ³trash picker². Now I get called a Master Recycler. I still stop my car and bike when I see something disposed of next to the road. I outfitted my home office with cast offs from the U of O and apartment dumpster. Proud of it too! Yours in dumpster diving, lorraine
From: BB <[email protected]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:21:12 -0800 To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep A very honest critique...I had also wondered what was up, an empty case w/o power supply for $10-20??? I would also like to see more Linux in my rear view mirror. BUT, I have to look at the totality of the journey that Lorraine has made, from garage, and rummaging through the Goodwill computer section, to national recognition. There is a lot of good work, and will, built up there. As for parts, being on a bicycle, I find them all the time. Two Epson printers on Super Bowl Sunday, downtown, back alley, SCORE! I get to junk my ISA scanner w/ Millennium eMachine attached. That Epson Stylus CX5000 USB scanner made my day. Needless to say I have a few parts, if your interested (Linux spoken here.) BTW, I just found an HP all-in-one that will find it's way to NextStep...too bad there isn't a South Eugene dropbox, but I know it's a turf war. Brian P.S. what ever happened to Stan? On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:25 AM, JS Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: > When I first happened upon NextStep Recycling on 10th near Garfield, I thought > it was a helluva an idea. > Hearkened me back to the days of Stan's PC Training where used good PC's were > to be had for all. I've even bought > a microwave oven and a wifi card there. > > However, after volunteering there I've changed my tune considerably. I won't > go as far as to say that the largess of the establishment cancels out any > reduction in carbon benefit. I'm just not that savvy, but I have my opinions. > > So, first off, to get a "volunteer box" you need to put in now 40 hours > (Figure around minimum wage your wholesale net worth is about $300 for > argument's sake). Secondly, what you'll receive is a Dell Optiplex GX50. Which > is a single board non-upgradeable celeron based POS around 1200 MHz with 384 > MB or less ram and a 20 GB drive. You'll also likely not recieive your "gift" > for volunteering until several weeks after you're done. I'm not sure if this > is to discourage you taking inventory or to encourage more hours out of you. > Probably both. > > Why am I complaining? Well, they have pallets and pallets of these little > gomers, which can be had on e-bay for as little as $7.99. $40 if you want it > tomorrow. Instead of offering a choice or being progressive and loading Ubuntu > or some nice current distro, you are stuck to the task of un-infecting the > drive of it's case of Windows 2000. (The P4 1.8's littering the place seem to > be ending up in Guatemalen schools. You can purchase a P4 2.6 system for > around $175 there). > > I'm complaining because I feel that my hours of labor are worth a tad bit more > than a doorstop in which a full-sized PCI card won't fit and an AGP slot > doesn't exist. I'm complaining because I feel that no matter what the cost, > even free, a Microsoft license is a Microsoft license and a non-profit has no > business purchasing Microsoft licenses when Open Source exists. When Ubuntu > exists. If Ubuntu is good enough for IBM, it's good enough for every American. > > I'm complaining because I feel the politics inside NextStep are about to > swallow itself whole and barf it back out. It looks like a Eugenian Social > Experiment, complete with a dot alt Board of Directors. It's become really > large inside and while still providing valuable services to the community, > most of thosse services should be borne by the consumer purchasing home > electronics. California now has a tax on electronic goods, in effect a deposit > law. Recycle electronics, net a bonus. Toss them in the landfill, lose the > bonus. Yet here in Oregon we still can't control our Bottle Bill and recycle > Coca-Cola Brand Water Bottles. > > I'm complaining because I feel NextStep should be using Linux in every task > from Office to Refurbishing. I'm complaining because I hate to see people > thumping their chests in the Weekly. *Usually* if the Weekly has an overly > positive take on something, it's called damage control or a pre-emptive Media > Strike. > > Now, don't go away just yet. Just because I've had a bad experience with them > doesn't mean you will too. After all, you can still give 40 hours and opt for > an iMac. > > James S. Kaplan > [email protected] > currently under-employed > > "Sic Semper Tyrannis" > Marcus Junius Brutus, March 15, 44 BC > John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865 AD > > > > > > > Windows Live: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. See how it > works. > <http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_02200 > 9> > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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