[DC LoCo] "Less is more" laptops initiative

[Jeremy C.]

I'd much rather see us spend money with a local place that does refurbished
systems or if we want to stick brand new, we support a "real" tech business
like MicroCenter or TigerDirect.com and not pay the silly mark-up that a
bricks & mortar place like Staples has to charge to cover their
no-help-with-anything staff.

Just my $0.02 but i'd gladly throw in $20 towards this if it meant others
would help cut the price more significantly even for a deserving recipient.

Keep us posted.

On Jun 20, 2011 10:31 AM, "Phil Shapiro" <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>
> Hi ubuntistas,
>
> When I saw that Staples is selling this pretty nice HP laptop for $349,
> it made me want to install Linux Mint on it.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/64svqjc
>
> Then the thought came to mind that it might be fun for our Loco to
> have a little scholarship and sells this laptop, dual-booting to Linux
> Mint, for $300. That means 10 of us would each chip in $5 to bring
> another person into the Linux fold.
>
> The person receiving (i.e. buying at a discount from us) would apply
> for the scholarship on a web site, listing their skills and interests.
> This might be one way to get Linux into the hands of some local
> college students who otherwise would find it difficult to buy a
> laptop.
>
> We could load up the Linux side of the computer with tons of great
> programs including GIMP, LibreOffice, Inkscape, Scribus, OpenShot
> etc. -- along with screencasts explaining how to use those programs.
>
> I could also write up such a project for PCWorld magazine,
> spotlighting the people who have received laptops via the "Less is
> more" initiative.
>
> If you're interested in participating in such an initiative in any
> way, thanks for sending me an email off-list with the subject:
> Less is more
>
> phil
>
> Interestingly, this laptop has a DVD burner, so the person receiving it
> from us could help us in copying FOSS DVD's for free distribution here in
> our area. They could also produce their own Blu-Ray DVD's using that DVD
> burner.
>
>
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