[hackerspaces] Anyone have numbers on current cost tradeoffs between...

[Joshua Pritt]

Sounds like fun.  I know I wish I had something like that to do when I was
a kid!

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
wrote:

> Laptop and tower rebuilds and conversion to Linux as a way to get
> inexpensive connectivity out to low-income US residents versus inexpensive
> new?
> I have a couple of folks interested in getting a non-profit going locally
> to focus on rebuilding donated machines and kitting them out with Linux,
> and then giving them as working machines to local youth interested in IT
> and tech (the kids would also be helping with the rebuilds as part of A+
> training)
>
> Anyone have current numbers analysis on the cost tradeoffs? Or who knows
> where I could find them?
>
> I’m just finishing one tech non-profit startup and would like to round up
> the costs before turning around and starting another.
>
> Shirley Hicks
> BIrmingham, AL
>
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