I have 2 machines that I would be happy to donate Already installed with Ubuntu
---------------------------------------------------------- Chris Martin m: 0419812371 ---------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM, IKT <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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