On Mon, December 15, 2008 10:17 am, jtd wrote: > On Saturday 13 December 2008 00:44, Rony wrote: >> Easwar Hariharan wrote: >> > Hello. >> > There is a backlog of requests on the wiki CDs Wanted list at >> > http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs_Wanted#Requests_ >> >> Easwar's message got me thinking about an idea once again. A low >> end computer system with a big HDD, speakers, dvd writer and *no* >> monitor, *no* mouse could be used to setup a dvd burning kiosk for >> dishing out Linux distros. By avoiding the use of a monitor, the >> cost and size of the system comes down and power bills are less >> too. Orca which is a screen reader will do the talking. > >> The entire hardware cost of the kiosk should be about 12K to 13K or >> even less depending on the available hardware. Colleges can make >> use of this kiosk and charge a small fee for the media + labour. >> They get to keep the fee to cover their operating costs. We could >> collectively donate such machines to some colleges to start with >> and study the response. > > Definetly doable. Instead of colleges, set it up in Cultural book > depot and or some popular mobo vendor. This will provide much wider > exposure than a college. Setup one such in each major metro. > Followup in the form of install fests in the vicinity would add punch. >
We have an extra pIII - everything except for a working DVD writer (can be bought / borrowed) .. if people want to work on building a working model of this thing, am happy to host a session at our space in Bandra to build this and create appropriate HOW-TOs, etc. so it could be replicated. I would be interested in trying to extend it into a burn-station for open content media. Am generally getting increasingly interested in ideas of things to do with old machines and this sounds really nice. So I offer space, coffee, wifi and hardware:) - let me know if people would be up for a hacking session on this .. Let me know. -Sanjay http://camputer.org http://pad.ma > -- > Rgds > JTD > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
