Hi, >From time to time, I take a few computers, rehab them with Ubuntu / Edubuntu and these are donated to folks that cannot afford a PC. The idea is to give kids the opportunity to have a solid platform where they can learn technology.
I also do volunteer work with ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. I am sure that I can talk to them to take the computers, which I would rehab and return to them. ST VINCENT DE PAUL is a 501C3 organization. Pls advise if this is convenient. Cordially, -- Jorge E. Restrepo KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY BOTHELL ********************************************* * Tel +1.425.742.7892 * eMail: [email protected] * Skype: jerestrepo * GMail: [email protected] ********************************************* I've been an oil man all my life, but this is one emergency we can't drill our way out of. But if we create a new renewable energy network, we can break our addiction to foreign oil. -T. Boone Pickens ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Taylor <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [SLL] hardware donations To: [email protected] On Mon, 24 May 2010 07:26:42 -0700 Mark Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/23/2010 05:28 PM, Francois Caen wrote: > > Thank you all for your suggestions. > > > > In the end, I went with http://www.computers.interconnection.org > > > > They're semi-local for me (N Seattle), seem well established, have a > > real facility open 6 days a week, took everything I had with no > > questions and gave me a tax receipt. > > > > Thanks go to Bill Wright for pointing me to them. > > > So for computers that get *refurbished*, Interconnection installs a > Microsoft operating system on them. In effect you are promoting > Microsoft, not Linux when donating (reusable) computers to them. > > This is a major reason why we are starting a Free Geek here in Seattle, > to provide a similar function (recycle/reuse) but also promote Linux and > open-source. Free Geek has locations in Portland, Vancouver B.C. and > other cities across the U.S. > > I'm not trying to ruffle feathers here, but knowledge is power. > Mark, do you have any information on the Free Geek startup in Seattle? When it will open and contact information would be nice. I'm putting together a list of equipment and supplies accumulated over 30 years as a home/friend/community builder (non-commercial) and would like to find friendly homes for this stuff. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3-M7 x86_64 KDE 4.4.3, FF 3.6.4 claws-mail 3.7.6 linxt-AT-comcast.net
