Well someone needs to do this for those who cannot.
I am on the Board of Directors for a Kiwanis organization dedicated to Adults with Disabilities - Aktion Club [aktionclub-elmira.org for local one]. Most of them are developmentally disables and live in group homes. Every member must be an adult with a disability. That is one way I volunteer locally.
Finding these old computers and giving then new homes, is another way of volunteering. It is hard to find ones that either work or can be cheaply made to work, with monitors the hardest to find. But for those who do not have a computer, any old slow working computer, that can do basic office work and access email and web pages through free dial-up access, is worth while to them.
Having my computer do volunteering with distributed computing projects is a third way for my to volunteer, one that does not stress my back and neck injuries, plus it is done 24/7/356 in the background without much maintenance/input on my part except for choosing which projects to work with and how much CPU time I allow the system to use. I am now in the top 1% worldwide for this computer-volunteering.
On 08/25/2011 04:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :) I think quite a few people do a lot to help others but you really take it to an extreme. It is good to see and hear about projects like this occasionally. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<[email protected]> To: LibreO - Users Global<[email protected]> Cc: LibreO - Website<[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 25 August, 2011 21:42:58 Subject: [libreoffice-users] working on a CD distribution disc for LO With working on the old P-III system, I decided to make a simple stripped down CD distribution/install disc for LibreOffice. It is not browser based like the original NA-DVD, but these old CD only systems would be quicker to not to use a web browser to deal with the install files. This way, those who do not have a DVD drive and do not have broadband access, will be able to install LibreOffice. I have included 3.3.x and 3.4.x Windows installs, the JRE, the documentation folder, and some basic dictionaries. I added a PDF printout of the LO web site Windows installation info and a Read-Me-First document that tell the person to install the JRE first [since you get an install error freezing the install till JRE is installed]. Right now it is 697 MB. K3B states that I have 5.5MB free space on a CD, so the CD is as full as it gets. I could have more space if I choose either 3.3.x or 3.4.x versions, but I wanted the users to have that option. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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