[plug] ComputerBank meeting Tues 24th 7:45pm

[Gary Allpike]

I'll help - but I'll not be party to installing slackware or redhat.

I believe it would be far easier to install debian on the systems.  The
biggest complaint aboiut debian is that it is hard to INSTALL - if I'm
going to do the installation then theres nothing hard left!!

and the apt package manager makes life so easy for people that dont really
know what they are doing.

Also, there are a LOT more packages available for debian than any other
distribution.

regards

Gary Allpike


On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Matt Kemner wrote:

> Hi guys & gals
> David asked me to forward this on to you - his mailserver is playing silly
> buggers with his From: address at the moment.
> 
>  - Matt
> 
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> From: "Buddrige, David" <dbuddrige at mitswa.com.au>
> To: "'plug at linux.org.au'" <plug at linux.org.au>
> Subject: RE: [plug] ComputerBank meeting Tues 24th 7:45pm
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:36:29 +0800
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> Hi all,
> 
> As Bob has mentioned, Computerbank is now ready to get started...
> 
> We have already been donated a bunch of machines (mainly 386 and 486's) that
> we intend to build with Linux and subsequently distribute to persons not
> otherwise able to afford a computer.  
> 
> What we're short on, is people with sufficient technical expertise to be
> able to build the machines - we intend setting up one or two slightly hacked
> distro's (probably slackware for the really old equipment, and redhat for
> those machines able to handle it) but before we can do this, we need people
> with Linux knowledge who'd be willing to donate their time.
> 
> The intent is to meet regularly (probably fortnightly) for about 2 or three
> hours, where we'd build a bunch of machines.  Once properly configured,
> these machines would then be handed over to various other organisations for
> distribution - ie, we build them, and then arrange for other charities to
> distribute them to persons who they know to be unable to afford a computer -
> especially unemployed persons and families unable to afford the machines...
> 
> Is anyone interested in being involved in this?  Basically, we're looking
> for technically skilled volunteers at this point - basically anyone able to
> build a linux box from scratch (ie a pile of components, and a linux cd (or
> network card with a linux box mounted via nfs on a server).
> 
> cheers
> 
> David Buddrige
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	bob at contact.omen.com.au [SMTP:bob at contact.omen.com.au]
> > Sent:	Monday, August 16, 1999 9:45 PM
> > To:	plug at linux.org.au
> > Subject:	[plug] ComputerBank meeting Tues 24th 7:45pm
> > 
> > ComputerBank WA having gotten over its fit of "legal ennui" is getting
> > ready to rock and roll !  To that end we have called a public meeting for
> > Tuesday the 24th at 7:45 pm at  Loftus Community Centre 
> > Cnr Loftus and Vincent Sts
> > Leederville 
> > (map to venue available on web site)
> > 
> > If you're interested in helping people learn about computing, linux and
> > open source software come along and meet us.
> > 
> > To learn more about the origins and aims of ComputerBank...
> > www.computerbank.org.au  
> > www.computerbank.org.au/perth
> > 
> > -- 
> > /-- Bob Ogden  bob at contact.omen.com.au --------------/
> > /  -... --- -...   --- --. -.. . -.       Finger  for PGP key -----/
> > 
> > Does your system break in 137 days?
> > 
> > 
>