Yes, thank you.
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 21:34 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: > would a 15" be of any use? > > Cheers, > Roger > > Adrian Mageanu wrote: > > Thank you again from FHT and myself to Chris and Steve for their > > donations. > > > > As it happened, none of the PCs donated so far have a monitor. So > > following Steve's suggestion, I'm abusing the list again with another > > request, this time for one or two monitors to go along with those PCs. > > > > If you have some spare ones lying around, please let me know. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Adrian > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:41 +1200, chris wrote: > > > >> Would a p3 do? > >> Chris T > >> On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:19 +1200, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> > >>> I have seen some offers on this list in the past and I thought to fire a > >>> question/request here. It is Linux related, you'll see from the rest of > >>> the message. > >>> > >>> Through a set of circumstances I got involved in helping a volunteer > >>> organisation that does a lot of good work in the community in > >>> the difficult area of child abuse prevention. > >>> > >>> They are growing and need a bit of help with that, hence my message. > >>> > >>> What they need is a PC or a server, given to them as a donation, to be > >>> used as a development environment in a transitional phase. > >>> > >>> The machine will run a LAMP + Reporting configuration, with the Linux > >>> being Ubuntu, and the reporting system most likely to be Jasper. > >>> > >>> The size of the database to be supported I estimate it at between 10GB > >>> and 50GB. > >>> There will be one developer at a time on the system, probably 2 power > >>> users (running analytical reports), and up to 10 regular/light users, > >>> not all of them using the system concurrently. The load shouldn't be too > >>> heavy. > >>> Video/Graphic is not an issue so (evidently) the better the processor, > >>> the bigger the HDD and the RAM the better. > >>> A network card is a must though. > >>> > >>> I believe a system made of the cannibalisation of other two or more will > >>> do, as long as it will still run Ubuntu > >>> > >>> The organisation I'm talking about is Family Help Trust (FHT). > >>> > >>> To show their appreciation to the potential donor(s) they are offering > >>> the following: > >>> > >>> First, FHT will give you a Letter of Acknowledgement for the donation > >>> received. > >>> > >>> Second, they can offer exposure for the donor's logo (with a link to the > >>> donor's website) for a year on their website > >>> http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz > >>> There is good company to be in on that page, with the likes of Duncan > >>> Cotterill, Contact Energy, Radio Network and others - see their web site > >>> for more info. > >>> Their statistics count over 4000 individual visitors every month - quite > >>> impressive for a non-profit of their size. > >>> > >>> Third, the donor's logo will also be printed on the brochures they hand > >>> over to countless of individuals and organisations every week. > >>> To see samples and how your logo will look on paper, click on any of the > >>> brochures (pdf format) listed here: > >>> http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz/resourses-referral.html > >>> The logo will be visible on the reverse of the brochure, no un-folding > >>> necessary to be seen. > >>> > >>> > >>> The machine(s) can be donated directly to FHT or I can facilitate some > >>> (or all) of the details, including pick-up and transport. > >>> > >>> > >>> Many thanks in advance for all potential offers. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Adrian > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
