Linux Against Poverty: Any interest in doing something like this around here?

[John Hofstetter]

In the last year I've passed about six hand me downs onto people living 
on the poor side of town.  I've sold them for a nominal charge--$20-50 
for the CPU, $5 for the keyboard & mouse and $10 for CRT monitors.  
Naturally the time spent is hardly recovered in the sale, I'm more 
convinced that they'll actually use them if they pay for them.  Children 
and non-profits are another consideration that hadn't occurred to me, if 
they need them they'll use them.  I've mostly installed Xubuntu, Zeven 
or Kubuntu on machines depending on performance and installed swf and 
Java plugins as well as some additional software.  Most folk don't have 
a problem adding $20 to the phone bill for basic DSL.

I'll provide the hand me downs and personal tutorials for free to 
non-profits and children.  I'm in Frederick and can cover the 
Westminster to Hagerstown region.  When is the party I'll be there!

Regrettably I'm not gifted with good organizational skills but am 
delighted to contribute.

John Hofstetter
Frederick, MD
hookedonlinux at verizon.net
honkytonk9876 at yahoo.com



Nate wrote:
> http://linuxagainstpoverty.org/linux-against-poverty
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> I think it would be great.  Thoughts?
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> Nate (Omegamormegil)
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