[ELECTRON] zerodollarlaptops and Linux [WAS] Old laptops. Anyone want em?

[Marco Donnarumma]

Hey Miguel,

unfortunately I don't know anybody who's doing it here in Edinburgh.
I wanted to start a conversation about it at the Hacklab, but I've been
really busy recently.

I know one of the founder of the project, Jake Harries, and I think  he's
really keen to open up collaboration.
He runs one of the oldest hackerspace in UK, the Access Space in Sheffield.
http://access-space.org/doku.php?id=start

However, it's very easy to get started with Linux, you can download a live
distribution and try it on your computer without changing your system.
See http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
Information included in this page are fairly extensive.
If you want to start with Linux, I'd recommend Ubuntu to start with (which
is my distribution too, although* *I quite hacked it).

best wishes,
Marco


On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael Orgel <miguel at phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> Hello Marco--
>
> is there anyone/anyplace in Edinburgh helping people turn old laptops in
> zerodollar ones?
>
> I would like to finally enter the wrold of freeware and linux but would
> find going through to to Glasgow even more problematic than previously (but
> not impossible I guess).
>
> best wishes
>
> Miguel
>
>
>
> On 8 Dec 2011, at 14:36, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
>
>  Hi Ben,
>>
>> do you know about this?
>>
>> http://www.furtherfield.org/**zerodollarlaptop/?page_id=2<http://www.furtherfield.org/zerodollarlaptop/?page_id=2>
>>
>> best,
>> Marco
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Benjamin Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  Having a clearout.
>>>
>>> I've got a dell 6400 (core2, 2GB, intel graphics ).
>>>
>>> Think pad x21 with base station.
>>>
>>> No power supply for either. Both work (I think).
>>>
>>> Does the club, or anyone the list want either or both. If so, I can drop
>>> them off at the club this weekend.
>>>
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ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
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