[OLPC-SF] Microsoft Is Joining Low-Cost Laptop Project - New York Times

[Edward Cherlin]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The local Linux User Groups have regular Installfests. I coordinate
>> Installfests for Silicon Valley LUG, usually at Evergreen Valley
>> College. On occasion Andrew Fife (copied on this e-mail) organizes
>> really big installfests at multiple sites around the Bay Area. We put
>> Ubuntu Linux on more than 300 computers the last time. He can tell you
>> how to get your computers done up if you can get a few volunteers
>> together at the school.
>
> The computers of which I am speaking are from that installfest.  We are
> having trouble placing those computers, because many of them have 256 MB of
> RAM, and the students are complaining that they are too slow.  Andrew Fife
> of Untangle and James Burgett of ACCRC are true heroes for organizing that
> installfest, but much work still remains to be done in actually getting
> those boxes into students' hands.

Well, then, I have to get you in touch with a few people who could
make good use of them. Tomorrow, I think. I'll make a note of it.

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