Senior Center Computer Room

[Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team]

I am open to giving them personalized and a guest accounts provided we
have large enough hard drives to support it with quotas. I do not want
to be responsible for backing up the systems or for lost data.
I envision that some of the seniors will want to be able to store and
share photos with family members and I have not decided how we would
handle that. They would need to be able to upload the photos from
possibly their digital camera or digital card. Also, I foresee them
wanting to save photos emailed to them.
Lastly, I am recommending that all of the seniors that use the system
setup an online email account.
This is a work in progress and I suspect that we will get a number of
requests from the seniors as they start to use the system.
Please keep the ideas coming. 
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 10:23 -0400, Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team wrote:
> For computer savvy seniors, we should give them an option of using their own
> personalised accounts. For those who do not, we should have a password less
> guest account, which has a quota on its disk usage.
> 
> It would also be a good idea to setup any disks for storage as mirrors, as I
> am guessing that backup is out of the question.
> 
> -GGR
> 
> 
> On 8/15/07, Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team <ubuntu-us-md at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > What are you thinking with respect to login names /machine accounts?
> > People would want to come into the room and sit in front of any open
> > machine. Is this an LDAP candidate?
> >
> > -J.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 09:12 -0400, Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team wrote:
> > > As long as I'm available on the day that this is going in I'll be more
> > than
> > > happy to come out. I can also contribute a router/firewall to the effort
> > no
> > > matter when it happens. I don't have any PCs to throw at this
> > unfortunately.
> > >
> > > On 8/15/07, Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team <ubuntu-us-md at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The timeline is very flexible since we are donating our time and
> > > > equipment.
> > > > On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 23:14 -0400, Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team wrote:
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> > > > > Do we have a timeline for this project?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team wrote:
> > > > > > I have offered to set up a computer room for the residents at the
> > > > > > Oakcrest Senior Center in Catonsville. The center will provide the
> > DSL
> > > > > > connection and I wanted to provide a server/router, network switch
> > and
> > > > > > four Ubuntu  workstations. Unfortunately, due to the age of the
> > server
> > > > > > box that I am donating, it has Debian and not Ubuntu installed
> > along
> > > > > > with two network cards.
> > > > > > I have four 17" CRT monitors and a number of old PII and PIII Dell
> > > > boxes
> > > > > > that I can contribute. I would like to have some used P4 boxes
> > that we
> > > > > > could use in place of the PII. The center will also purchase a new
> > > > > > printer for the room.
> > > > > > I have also offered to provide training for the residents on the
> > new
> > > > > > system. I am seeking help from the Ubuntu group in acquiring
> > > > equipment,
> > > > > > setup and training.
> > > > > > Please advise if you would like to help with this project.
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
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