Funny you should say "shipping company" the contract I'm working on is at a company called One Source Logistics. They know the shipping business inside and out. I'll get a feel for the space and shipping thing. Isn't if amazing how things fall in to place. I know Redhat has the ability to be "imaged" I've not used it but I'm sure someone in the community has :-) This could be used as a learning tool for the TCLUG to teach people how to install and build an image of Linux. With that said I'm with Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The BSA has a Technology Merit badge the boys can earn. Boy Scouts installing Linux and helping worldcomputerexchange.org. That sounds like an on-going service project that would be cool for the BSA. Many of the the adult volenteers with BSA are technology workers so this could be very interesting. Sam. Quoting Johnny Fulcrum <johnnyfulcrum at mn.rr.com>: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:25:00 -0500, Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote: > > > If I get them we can install Linux and Open Office. I'm sure some > > non-profit organization could use them. I would need to get the guy some > > sort of receipt so he could say he gave them to a non-profit. > > > > I have no idea whats in them so they could be 486 class machines. If > > all else fails, the cases look OK. > > > > Sam. > > Well, I'll chime in here. This spring I contacted > www.worldcomputerexchange.org and asked if they needed any help with their > organization. They say yes - please start a Minneapolis office. > Uff-dah... So, I'm the World Computer Exchange (WCE) Minneapolis > coordinator. So far I've been passively collecting donations - Pentium or > better, Newer Macs, printers, fax, network equiptment, Montiors that can > run 110 or 220. I have a few folks at work who help out from time to time > - I hope to grow the voluneteer list a bit more.... > > Anyways, I could issue a receipt if the machine are up to snuff (pentium > or better). > > <PLUG> > > If you or someone you know would like to donate an old computer please > have them contact: > > jmeier at worldcomputerexchange.org > or goto www.worldcomputerexchane.org for other office locations. > > We also need space! At this point anything other than my porch! Ideal > space would have electricity, netowrk (!), and would be fork lift > accessible so that computers ould be palletized and picked up by a > shipping company. > > </PLUG> > > Some of the computers I get are not wiped, some are - the ones that are - > usually ship blank, buuuttttt - there's nothing stopping me from putting > LINUX on them... I've put Lycoris on a few - but would like to develop a > lean-n-mean install of Redhat/mandrake/suse - whatever... I think you can > run though a install and then save off your choices for future installs > yes? I currently have about 15 old compaqs that were wiped and are now > sitting blank... I was going to stop by install fest this weekend and get > a feel for the event - but I can only stay a short while as it seems to be > wedding season and my saturday is packed! Dang it! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list