[sudo-discuss] donated PCs - which ones are fastest?

[William Budington]

I can burn a bunch of CDs/DVDs of the latest distros and bring a USB DVD
reader to install.  I'll definitely be down to help people install Linux
and get acquainted with some command-line basics.  Excellent!!!

On 04/23/2013 11:25 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> Yay!!! I've been wanting to suggest this one for awhile. I'll be
> note-taking for the NoBAWC meeting earlier that day so will definitely be
> around to help set up. If some folks could bring in or donate USB sticks
> with Linux distros on them, that would be especially cool. In fact, I may
> even use this an an opportunity to seed the Pyre project, which has been on
> the backburner for a good year's time, and buy some thumbdrives for the
> occasion:
> 
> Civilization has crumbled, and everywhere all things are burning.
> 
> You have a multi-tool, a tiny laptop, and a 32GB USB stick.
> 
> What's on the stick?
> 
> More at http://thepyre.org - Feel free to contribute to the ongoing wiki at
> http://thepyre.org/wiki! :)
> <3 jnny
> 
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> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> all right guys, you asked for it...may 18th!
>>
>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Today_I_Learned#May_18_Fix-It_Day.21
>>
>> - marina
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can pitch in to that -- I wouldn't dread it at all!  Only thing is, if
>>> it happens on a Saturday, I'll have to bring Calvin along, which means it
>>> would be helpful to have another kid or 2 there (Ray?) to play with!
>>>
>>> --Naomi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah im down. that sounds great.
>>>> On Apr 23, 2013 4:24 PM, "Ray Lai" <raymond.wm.lai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  A linux install & inventory day sounds like a great idea. I volunteer!
>>>>> I volunteer!
>>>>>
>>>>> TIL suggestions:
>>>>> - linux install day
>>>>> - hardware assessment & repair (can b combined with the above)
>>>>> - the art of intuitive troubleshooting (and believe me it is ultimately
>>>>> an art)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Raymond Lai
>>>>> Ice Cream Man
>>>>> Atomic Ice Cream
>>>>> Facebook.com/MotoAtomico
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 3:49 PM, William Budington <bill at inputoutput.io>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It'd be cool to have a Linux installfest / fixup day!  Folks can bring
>>>>>> their own computers to install Linux on and we can provide the
>>>>>> installation media.  Today I learned sounds like a good place for it.
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/23/2013 01:47 PM, Marina Kukso wrote:
>>>>>>> hey hol, thanks for kicking off the dreaded repair discussion. would
>>>>> anyone
>>>>>>> be interested in a "fix it day" today i learned sometime soon?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - marina
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We might have somebody coming by to showcase a kinect/arduino based
>>>>>>>> project and from my undestanding it runs on PCs "the faster the
>>>>> better"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone know offhand which of the armada of donated boxes might be
>>>>> most
>>>>>>>> powerful?  Planning to set one up tonight.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also in general, we should do a survey of which computer parts esp
>>>>>>>> monitors are functional.  Would be nice to have a row of desktops
>>>>> set up in
>>>>>>>> the common area...I think they have a bar-like configuration at the
>>>>> holdout
>>>>>>>> with a few PCs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Hol
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