On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Padmini Sankaran <[email protected]> wrote: > Am exploring the possibility of getting HS students involved in learning to > format hard drives of older computers (that people want to get rid of), > install the Ubuntu OS and make these available to those with less access to > computers. > The students would then teach the recipients to use the OS and applications > that work with the OS. They would also help with regular upgrades each year > when the next version is released. It is an ongoing programme. > There are details of course which would be modified depending on the > context. But that's it in a nutshell.
1. Enterprises deprecate full machines and just hard disks are rarer nowadays. 2. Getting hard disks, loading Ubuntu on them means you require machines without hard disks. Trust you've folks who can teach these kids how to plug in drives, do diagnostics etc or check BIOS configurations in older machines etc. I feel getting full machines and repurposing them with Ubuntu OS would be a more manageable route. -- Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
