[ale] Volunteer work for non-profits

[Geoffrey]

Greg wrote:
> Well, it is basically wall to wall of old semi/old equipment.  It is located
> in an old theatre/club that used to be known as "Ground Zero".  They have an
> AS400 they are trying to get up (and I suggested putting Linux on it). I put
> in a Samba server today.  They need help processing and fixing all manner of
> PC's and printers.
> 
> I saw a table that looked it was out of museum.... old PC's that used to
> ran/run off a floppy (the 5 1/4 " kind), Apple II (?), stacks of Apple power
> PC's, SE-30's (sniff sniff, my first computer), and everything else you
> could imagine.  CPM anyone ?

I should donate one of my 3b2s. :)

> 
> They refurbish equipment for donation to non-profits, they help teach
> classes to disadvantaged youth and give them PC's at the end of the course,
> and help train volunteers to fix PC's.  Anyone who has cracked a box open
> would do well

Hmm, cracked a good 4-5 over the past week.  So you're saying knowledge 
with getting these pieces into working systems.

> They have way more stuff than they have folks to help.  The PC's they give
> away have Windows 95 and 98 on them,

So, how do the deal with the licensing issues regarding these OSs. 
Maybe we should sit down with them and try to understand why the 
continue to promote M$, verses Linux?  If these things are going to 
nonprofits, they don't need M$, I would expect whatever it is they do, 
there's a viable Linux solution.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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