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

[Stefan Lasiewski]

Thanks for the info. That is good to hear. The webpage at ACCRC.org
frequently mentions the "Marin Computer Resource Center" [1], and their
webpages are very similar. They must be related organizations.

-= Stefan

[1] http://mcrc.org

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 outdated.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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZdxcyLC6wNs/howto-make-a-school-computer-l.html
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