Apparently there was a 2 day outage of www.linux.org.mt but now it seems to be normal.
When did you read that article? I think we should contact MITI Immediately and offer free consultancy service by MLUG's experts on how to re-use the pc's that would otherwise be scrapped. If someone can find the contacts to whom such letters are to be addressed and you're in agreement, i'll try nd draft something in the next couple of days. If we do not get a response within a couple of eeks, we'll just write to the press, and alert the the environmentalists about this waste. We could easily set up an internet cafe at say one of the open centers with LTSP if someone sponsored an internet connection. The Lower spec linux boxes could be given away for free, and if no one wants them they can be pressed into service running BOINC or something. BTW as an NGO working in IT MLUG should seek to obtain a couple dozen of these PCs which we would set up as SME servers and give to other NGOs or use to extend our services. (Although what we need is bandwidth not so much hardware). Maybe a local public NTP server? (GPS receivers can be obtained for $30 on ebay) BTW when is the next Society meeting? Philip On 21/01/2008, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > it seems that www.linux.org.mt is dead, at least i can't browse to it > from 2 different locations. > > Anyways, I was reading Noel Grima's article on Independent > (http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=63551) and he wrote: > > 'The broadband offer will soon have another remarkable offer: very cheap > computers. With the process to replace all computers in government > service almost concluded, most of the 13,000 computers being replaced > will be offered to the disabled, to NGOs and to people on social > assistance at a very cheap price, after being fully refurbished, with > full licences and original software. Not all computers that are being > replaced will be sold as those which are not compatible with XP, such as > the old 486s, will be scrapped.' > > Is there a way that at least 50% of these machines get installed with > say Ubuntu (price will get lower)? If most of the PC's donated will be > to people who never used a PC, it won't be that difficult for them to > adjust. I personally think that people who already are accustomed to > Windows find it hard to switch. All these people would need is an > internet browser, Office and maybe some fancy games. > > I am aware that this easily said then done, but thought I'd share my > opinion. > > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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