I don't know if I can afford the time either. I guarantee you my wife will say that I cannot. :-)
I'm not thinking of anything major, though, maybe setting up like one PC a week, but then that's in addition to my full-time IT job and my many "side jobs." Brad, I'm in Thibodaux, so it'd be a drive. And I'm not ready to start this now... a family of four (plus a father-in-law) in a 2br apartment doesn't leave much room to store old computers. What I have now is stored at work. We need a bigger place first. And good suggestion about the Ubuntu CDs. I know they offer pressed CDs in bulk, and that *would* make a nice addition. I was thinking Ubuntu just because I like it better. Joe On 2/1/06, John Hebert <metanoid at gmail.com> wrote: > Why not both? Why not even more OSs? > > However, I'd recommend Ubuntu for a cheap desktop PC like you are proposing. > You may want to contact Xandros and Ubuntu to see if they will give you some > sort of backing, or at least bulk CDs. That would save you some hassle and > make for a nice addition to the PC. > > BTW, I've thought about the same kind of project in the past and couldn't > afford the investment of time. YMMV. > > Good luck! > > John > > > On 2/1/06, Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've been tossing around an idea in my head... > > > > I want to collect used PCs and parts, and build computers for people > > that don't have one at all. I'd sell them for like $50 or something. I > > want to go completely open-source so that there are no worries about > > licensing or anything else. > > > > So the question is... > > > > Xandros OCE or Ubuntu? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >
