[sudoroom] HOWTO make a school computer lab for free with "broken" computers and free/open source software

[Steve Berl]

I just got a bunch of monitors from them for Chabot Space & Science Center.
They seem to be alive and kicking. Any non-profit can apply for a Linux
system on older hardware.

They seem to have their pickup/dropoff station at 620 Page, but the offices
appear to be up in Marin someplace. I suppose that's where they do much of
the work of repairing stuff.

-steve

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Stefan Lasiewski <stefan at stefanco.com>wrote:

> Is ACCRC still doing this stuff?
>
> I volunteered at ACCRC 5+ years ago for a few installfests where we
> installed Linux on dozens of rebuilt machines. They had a great array of
> old, interesting, discarded and homemade equipment, including things like a
> theramin, a homebuilt biodiesel generator, an antique 50 pound harddrive ,
> etc. It was like a museum of old technology. ACCRC was in the news, at
> Maker Faire, featured in tech blogs, etc.
>
> But since then ACCRC seemed to have some trouble. They left their cool,
> old location and their new location is a typical ewaste collection place.
> Last time I dropped off my old computer equipment at 620 page, I was told
> they didn't rebuild computers anymore. http://www.accrc.org/ seems very
> outdated.
>
> I would love to be wrong. ACCRC was pretty cool.
>
> -= Stefan
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you guys familiar with Alameda Community Computer Resource Center (
>> http://www.accrc.org/)
>>
>> -steve
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Hilary Naylor <hnaylor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Marina and all,
>>> This is indeed a great solution for schools with limited resources. The
>>> challenge is that Oakland District tech services will not support a
>>> non-windows set-up. Also that a lot of educational software will not run on
>>> LINUX.
>>>   Many Oakland schools get their refurbished computer labs and classroom
>>> computers from OTX-west. They pre-install a while lot of FOSS suitable for
>>> the grade level of the school. They also have a take-home computer program.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Hilary
>>> On Aug 15, 2012 5:47 PM, "Marina Kukso" <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sudo lecture series! ;)
>>>>
>>>> Do folks know this person?
>>>>
>>>>
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