re: I only need a few extra people to INSTALL Linux on them, nothing more How much expertise is required? I'm quite new at Linux but wouldn't mind lending a hand.
Stan --- "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Twice a week I invite the public to our HOSEF > gatherings at Pricebusters > Stadium Marketplace. This is for all things Linux. > In addition to helping > you with Linux if you want it, talking about Open > Source Software if you so > desire, or installing it on your machine, we > refurbish computers to give to > schools. > > It is important that you know that I am often > lonely. Tragic but true. All > this email enthusiasm rarely translates to action. > My record is 3 volunteers > at the same time. It does not make me proud, but it > is a start. > > It is a start that has produced a big pile of > computers ready for schools > like Farrington where I have committed 25 machines > by month's end. > Farrington is a DOE school. Michael Bishop is the > admin, and the machines > will ultimately benefit the McKinley adult education > program. > > Let me state that again, because in my 3 years on > the island I have not seen > such an invitation: I am saying to you that I have > taken care of collecting > and refurbishing enough computers to give 25 to one > of our PUBLIC schools. I > have monitors, keyboards, mice, and even printers > for them. I only need a > few extra people to INSTALL Linux on them, nothing > more. YOU can do the fun > part, pat yourself on the back, and know that you > have made a positive impact > on our schools. I have done all the hard stuff. I > even have a non-profit > that was created for YOU so that the opportunity to > do this will exist > forever after I am gone. I wish this was here 3 > years ago, because I could > have done so much more for our schools by now. > > I have the machines and I have about half of the > hard drives. I need more > hands to install Linux. Is it your hands that I > need? Where will they be > tomorrow, Tuesday, and the Saturdays and Tuesdays to > come? > > Saturday. 10 - 1. > Tuesday. 6 - 9 > Stadium Marketplace Pricebusters. Directions are > here: > > www.hosef.org/when.html > > "when everything is said and done, why is it that > more is actually said than > done?" -- some poster with a monkey on it in Mrs. > Hull's 8th grade english > class in 1983. > > aloha > > scott > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ===== ______________________ Stan Baptista - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webawocky Website Designs www.webawocky.com great websites happen...by design __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
