Massive Ubuntu Installfest for Bay Area Schools (March 1st)

[andrewfife]

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Untangle (http://www.untangle.com) and the ACCRC (http://www.accrc.org) are organizing an installfest to donate hundreds of open source computers to Bay Area schools on recycled hardware.

http://www.untangle.com/installfest

Why its Cool:


Helps spread F/OSS (Ubuntu, Firefox, OpenOffice & more)
Helps bridges the Digital Divide with underprivileged users
Keeps toxic computer equipment out of landfills
Is a cool community effort


How You Can Help:


Signup and join the installfest! (http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Installfest)
Help get the word out by blogging about it, Digg-ing it (http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://www.untangle.com/installfest&phase=2) orSlashdot-ing it (http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?url=http://www.untangle.com/installfest)
Donate an old computer at one of the 4 locations: Berkeley, San Francisco, San Mateo & Marin County

[DoctorMO]

Bay Area? what the hell is that Bournemouth? I infer from researching your links that your talking about one of the many Bay Area's in California, United States. As apposed to any of the millions of Bay Area's all over the world. Like say Sydney.

[Darkhack]

I believe that any government run agency should try to buy a product (anything, not just tech related) that serves the purpose while doing it for the lowest cost. They obviously shouldn't be buying something that is so cheap, it breaks and isn't useful, but the status quo is to spend like a drunken sailor on everything. I believe schools are wasting millions of dollars across the world buying computers with Microsoft when free software does the job just as well.