Indeed this does seem like a decent idea, there are several issues though: Where to acquire pc's. How to acquire pc's. How to ensure the pc's are delivered to people who need them.
- ikt On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Nathaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Firstly I'd like to say Hello to all the list members as this is my first > post here. I've been using Linux for 2 yrs now & have been totally Windows > free for the past 18 months (& loving it!). I've mainly used Ubuntu starting > with 8.04 but have also ventured away to Fedora, Crunchbang and Linux Mint > for the wife's laptop. Ubuntu seems to fit me best & I'm currently very > happy with 10.04. > > Now onto why I started this post. > > I have been following the shocking events in Queensland for the past > several weeks. I'd like to extend my thoughts and best wishes for everyone > on this list and your families that may be caught up in the terrible floods. > I hope your all safe, dry & that the Linux box is high enough to survive :-) > > > Anyway whilst I was reading about the terrible floods it occurred to me > that Free Software could play a part in the rebuilding phase of Queensland. > Peoples homes and businesses have been devastated by the flood waters and > the most important thing for them is getting back to work to provide an > income to rebuild their lives. > > Windows and Ms Office cost a huge amount if you have to buy them off the > shelf and especially at this time when money is tight to non-existent it is > just another expense to add to an already long list. > > So my suggestion is this. If we could get some cd's burnt with Ubuntu on > them and pass them around to people such as businesses, charities,schools & > families that have lost their computers to flood damage it would help them > to get up and running again as well as being a great promotional exercise > for Ubuntu and Free Software in general. > > Ubuntu already comes with everything needed to start work, Firefox, > Evolution and OpenOffice. To further simplify things, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS could > be used instead of the latest 10.10. Then simply set Synaptic to only > download LTS updates thereby minimising the number of update notifications > they would have to deal with. > > I really hope we can make the most of this opportunity both for the people > of Queensland and for Ubuntu and the Open Source community. > > -- > Regards > > Nathaniel > (Perth, WA) > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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