[ubuntu-uk] Donation of Old PCs

[Alan Pope]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 13:03 +0000, Mr W. F. Vening wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone looked into taking donations of old PCs, which businesses
> throw out, and installing a form of Ubuntu on them. Then giving them
> to schools, youth clubs etc who couldn't afford to buy them?
> 

I am a member of Hampshire Linux User Group [0] who have worked in the
past with a charity called Jamies Computer Club [1] who recondition old
computers. 

Note that they can supply older computers [2] running any of the four
versions of *buntu (or windows), and openoffice.

WEEE [3] makes it difficult for companies to "throw out" old computers,
they need to hand them over for proper disposal or re-use.

> I know there are a few systems like this already but this is a great
> way to get Ubuntu used more and more, and do a bit of charity work at
> the same time!
> 

I believe they are always looking for people who can help them! :)

> This is also a great time to start talking about it as soon many
> businesses will be upgrading systems for Vista.
> 

Haha, not the ones I've spoken to! Many companies are still on Win2K or
below, not having "upgraded" to XP yet. Those who do run vista anytime
within the next 6-8 months (after release) are either (in my opinion)
insane or are so small that they buy computers off the shelf from big
box shifters, which will come with vista pre-installed.

Cheers,
Al.


[0] http://hants.lug.org.uk/ (site down as server being moved right now)
[1] http://www.jamiescomputerclub.org.uk/
[2] http://www.jamiescomputerclub.org.uk/sales/configure/index.shtml
[3] http://www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/sustainability/weee/page30269.html
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