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

Wed Apr 24 00:13:55 PDT 2013

I also burned a few months ago a variety of about 8 piquant distros the cds
of which are on the shelves and the images are in a folder on the 3d
printer workstation desktop.
On Apr 23, 2013 11:47 PM, "William Budington" <bill at inputoutput.io> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > Jenny
> > http://jennyryan.net
> > http://thepyre.org
> > http://thevirtualcampfire.org
> > http://technomadic.tumblr.com
> >
> > `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> >  "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
> > -Laurie Anderson
> >
> > "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining
> it."
> >  -Hannah Arendt
> >
> > "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
> > -Stéphane Mallarmé
> > ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
> >
> >
> > 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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