Stewart Stremler wrote:
What *do* they need (or want) to do on a computer?
Play games? Browse pr0n on the web? Write newsletters? Send and receive
email? Form Usenet newsgroups? Write code?
That is a good question. The main thing they want to be able to do is to
demonstrate Linux. Run Firefox, Thunderbird, OOo, etc. None of their
current systems can run these apps in any way at all that will make
someone like Linux. Linux training would be a thing they would want to
do with these systems also. This would not only involve familiarizing
people with Linux through the above apps but it might involve teaching
some basic sysadmin and programming tasks also.
I have server resources I could easily donate but I cannot actually give
them a whole server. I am thinking that if they can find a place with an
Internet connection we could boot up X and FreeNX and they could run
apps on my server across the net. Unfortunately, just getting Internet
access can be pretty difficult there. They are currently meeting in a
small and relatively primitive community theater type of building with
no Internet.
So the TJ Lug has a bunch of old machines, but they don't want any
more... they want new, shiny kit. Good for them... go buy it. When
you stop accepting old hardware, you've just declared yourself to be
self-sustaining.
Shiny new kit? No. Games are definitely not on their list. Something
that can run the latest distro so they can advocate Linux? Yes.
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