IKT, They are all good questions that you raise, I guess I was thinking along the lines of people getting replacement bare bones towers themselves & then we just provide the OS.
Maybe it would be possible to talk to a major retailer about doing a deal on basic tower / monitor combos for flood victims. What does everyone think about that possibility. Chris that's a very generous offer, the thing is, If people were going to donate machines who would coordinate the collection, storage and distribution of them. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- Regards Nathaniel Find me on http://www.facebook.com/nathaniel73
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