How about a group of Linux geeks going downtown to the CACRC ( http://www.cacrc.com) warehouse to install Linux on all the refurbished PCs they are building and donating to the Red Cross and other shelters? I know they are doing it right now in Lafayette at the Acadiana Open Channel offices.
I've seen rumors on the web though I don't have any URLs at the moment that Firefox and Opera can process the infamous FEMA forms for evacuees just fine. Testing recommended of course. Trying to get in touch with David Grant at the CACRC but it is difficult since I work during the day. Anybody have free time tomorrow to go speak with him? David is Director of the Computers for Louisiana's Kids project at the CACRC and is keen on Linux though he is a newbie. He sees the benefits of free software and freedom. John Hebert On 9/7/05, Adam J. Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I figured BRLUG would benefit from seeing this. > > Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: > > Software Freedom Day wrote: > > > >> This is an enquiry e-mail from Steve Hargadon ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > ) > >> > >> Wondered if we couldn't take advantage for Software Freedom Day of our > >> emergency technical response website, which has gotten a lot of good > >> press here in the US and which is based on a Linux LiveCD. > >> > >> See www.publicwebstations.com <http://www.publicwebstations.com>, and > www.publicwebstations.com/press.html<http://www.publicwebstations.com/press.html> > . > >> > >> I started the project. Is there something I could do to tie in with > >> Software Freedom Day to help? > >> > > Wow, that's a great idea you have there! It's cool to see people doing > > something on the ground. It would be great if we could link these > > projects up somehow (just squeezing my brain to try to find a connection > > point that makes sense). I certainly think Software Freedom > > International could be involved in the long term effort to organise > > PC-preparedness (!) around the world. > > > > Looking at the wiki, I see we don't have many teams in the area, but > > there is one in Baton Rouge (on CC) Adam: are you operational at all? > > How badly have you been affected? What help could other US-based SFD > > teams provide at this point?. > > > > We do have some guys in the US with significant CD burning capacity > > (Matt, Steve, and Evan at least). Would physical CDs be of any use to > > you? The nice thing about your setup is that someone could lend their > > computer to the cause for a few days or weeks and just leave all their > > on stuff on it, running it off the Live CD. > > > > Just brain-storming now. Any other ideas? > > > > - Henrik > > > > I'm in Baton Rouge and have had no real affect other than increased > traffic getting to and from work. It's been tough getting volunteers > for SFD when all this other stuff is going on. I've been contacted by > about four other people who are still interested in seeing this > manifest. We may postpone the SFD here but it is a prime time to show > people real solutions in times like these. > > With only a limited amount of free time and limited resources, I'm not > sure how I could help but would be willing to take some suggestions. > Anyone know how easily it would be to obtain some PCs to do something > like this? I checked out DIYParts.org and contacted a guy offering "1 > 633 MHz Celeron, 1 dual pentium 700" (both are thin clients). No > response yet. > > What about security? Anyone need to monitor these once they are set in > place? What about the internet connection? > > -- > Adam J. 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URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050907/e88b64fe/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 7 21:49:06 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boon Hian Tek) Date: Wed Sep 7 21:48:21 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] Re: Linux Help for Hurrican Katrina Response In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John, Here is one of the link that tells of how to workaround it. http://www.zdnet.com/5208-11202-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13147&messageID=262207&start=-1 I am most interested in being part of the group of geeks. However, seeing that we need to put in a hack to work with the FEMA page, we probably one a LiveCD that has the hack in it. Knowledge of how to modify the PublicWebStations LiveCD... Thanks, Boon John Hebert wrote: > How about a group of Linux geeks going downtown to the CACRC > (http://www.cacrc.com) warehouse to install Linux on all the > refurbished PCs they are building and donating to the Red Cross and > other shelters? I know they are doing it right now in Lafayette at the > Acadiana Open Channel offices. > > I've seen rumors on the web though I don't have any URLs at the moment > that Firefox and Opera can process the infamous FEMA forms for > evacuees just fine. Testing recommended of course. > > Trying to get in touch with David Grant at the CACRC but it is > difficult since I work during the day. Anybody have free time tomorrow > to go speak with him? David is Director of the Computers for > Louisiana's Kids project at the CACRC and is keen on Linux though he > is a newbie. He sees the benefits of free software and freedom. > > John Hebert
