Slave Lake project winding down

[Darcy Casselman]

You've done a great thing, Ralph.  I'm looking forward to seeing those
pictures and videos.

Darcy.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Ralph Pichie <thevillagegeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last week, another load of computers started the journey north from
> Edmonton toward Barrhead and Slave Lake, where they will help
> reconnect students and families during the rebuilding phase. While
> many of the computers had Windows XP with authentic licenses thanks to
> a generous corporate donor, all of the systems sent yesterday (9) and
> several others were either equipped only with a Linux-based operating
> system or were a dual boot setup with Windows XP also installed.
> That's 16 computers with Ubuntu or a variant as an OS in the hands of
> new owners and likely dozens of new users. While I did not have an
> opportunity to put free software on all of the Windows machines, I did
> send a few CDs of free software to the community for sharing.
>
> That's more than 50 computers shipped so far, along with a printer and
> some accessories.
>
> It's been a rewarding project, but the time demands are just too much
> for one person, even with the aid of occasional helpers. Time to get
> down to work on the photos and video that I got from it.
>
> Ralph
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