Free Software & The Queensland Flood Crisis

[Nathaniel]

Hi Jared,

Thats a good suggestion my only concern is I think the Salvo's etc don't
accept electrical goods any more due to the risk they could be faulty & lead
to legal problems down the track.

I have very limited computer time at the moment but maybe someone can email
a few of the charities and ask them what the situation is.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 13 January 2011 18:38, Nathaniel <nathaniel73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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, chris at martin.cc <chris at martin.cc>
> 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 <noname420 at gmail.com> 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 <nathaniel73 at gmail.com>
> 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)
> >>>>
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> >
> > Nathaniel
> >
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>
>
> Good afternoon all,
>
> One of the easiest ways to do this is to not try and do it all
> ourselves. If you have stuff to donate talk to your local Salvation
> Army group (or any other charity you would like that can help). They
> already have the means to distribute these to the needy and already
> probably have lists of people who need stuff like this. If you don't
> have any computers to donate I would still suggest people contact them
> and let them know that you have a free operating system that will
> afford them all the uses of a proprietary operating system without the
> licensing costs. Who knows, they might have computers already sitting
> there unable to be given out as they don't have proprietary licenses.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
>



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Regards

Nathaniel

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