On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogs...@pobox.com> wrote:

> As for swap, if you are repurposing discarded machines on any kind of
> scale you are going to end up with non-functional machines which are a
> great source of parts.  Strip the RAM from the dead machines and
> upgrade the rest.  This is something that even 10-12 year old kids can
> help with and probably enjoy.  If it's part of a project where they
> get to take the machines home afterwards they will be even more
> motivated.

Don't forget that SoaS makes driveless used computers usable. Right
now, the leftovers from installfests all get recycled as scrap. I am
thinking about giving students one diskless computer at school and one
at home.

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