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

Fri Dec 9 17:27:42 UTC 2011

You're welcome Miguel.
I will surely keep you updated, been so busy lately.

good luck,
best wishes,
Marco

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Michael Orgel <miguel at phonecoop.coop>wrote:

> Thanks for this Marco.
> Will try to look into it.
> If anything happens in Glasgow following on from the discussion regarding
> laptops on this list might try to pop through.
> Also very little happening for me with PD ---I got to totally caught up in
> a few other music projects but would still hope to go back to it at some
> point.
> Let me know of any interesting Edinburgh happenings if you get a chance.
> Best wishes
> Miguel
>
> On 9 Dec 2011, at 10:04, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
>
>  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<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<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>
>>>> <ht**tp://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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