[Ubuntu PA] NTR Laptop Project: meet at laptop room on Mar 29th, noon

[Kevin Valentine]

Yes, I had the wrong date in the subject line earlier.  Even though
there were only 3 of us (me, Randy, Norman) today, we got a lot done. 
Here's my short status report:
  * there are now 18 laptop completed and ready for testing
  * 18 laptops set aside to receive imaged drives
  * 15 hard drives have DSL images now
  * 16 Dells of the same model need to be repaired to make 8 good ones
  * all laptop power supplies sorted and placed in labeled crates
  * laptops that don't have USB port(s) have been removed from our
refurb queue

At this point I believe we've found all the laptops that are worth
salvaging.  In the end we may have 35-40 laptops for the NTR thrift
store.  I read something recently that said a reused PC uses 20 times
less fossil fuels than a recycled PC.  I need to dig that reference up
again...  I'd also like to get some more hard numbers about reusing vs.
recycling.  Any of you ever see anything like that?

-kevin


Kevin Valentine wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> What: Laptop Refurbishing Meeting/Workshop
> Where: NTR (ntronline.org) in the laptop room
> When: March 29th, noon
>
> OK, it's not exactly the 4th Saturday of the month.  I thought Easter
> might throw off people's volunteer time.  It's also a few days shy of
> the 2 weeks notice I like to give.  I'm working on it! ;-)
>
> We're up to 12 laptops with Linux installed now.  Hoping to get to 20
> before or by the 29th.  For those of you holding out, Ubuntu desktop
> installations should be coming soon.  Can't make any promises yet.
>
> For those of you that can't make it but still want to play with 10+ year
> old laptops running a modern OS, please contact me.  We still need
> people to test and configure the laptops once Linux is installed.
>
> As usual ... for any of you newcomers, check out the wiki page for more
> details:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/CommunityOutreachTeam/NtrLaptopProject
>
> -kevin
>
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