On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 11:42 +0100, C A Wills wrote: > Hi All > > My Church has two desktop PC's for the scrap heap so I've suggested we > offer them to someone who doesn't have a PC and would like to use one. > It seems a shame to dump them and would provide someone a start with > Linux and free software. One thing I will insist on is feedback from > the users and they must be of 'reduced means'. I'm sure there is someone > who would like a start with computing. > > They are too slow for present church use but would make suitable > 'starter PC's'. > I intend to put Linux on then with a range of free software > (Libreoffice, Digikam, Firefox & Thunderbird (with Lightning)); I hope > to provide basic training to get them started. > One problem is the PC's do not have any screens, so I'm looking for any > old small (12+")LCD screens. > Does anyone have a screen which they would donate to this project please. > The local recycle centre are not allowed to pass on electrical > equipment, so that's a no-goer this time round. > > Peter M - With your links to the Library do you know if the council have > any old screens going free, from closures ect: possibly?
I don't know of any Libraries being closed, and I don't have good links into the library service. The libraries are being helped to become community libraries, or as I refer to it, being released into the wild. I do understand that all the public use computers are going to be updated throughout the Library service, but I don't know when. If your other suggestion doesn't bear fruit, or screens, I'll ask. When one of the computers in Colehill library had been out of action for about three months, I contacted the library service and asked if they would permit me to have a look at it. Resounding Negative response! A few short weeks after they came and fixed it - took it away so that there was no broken PC there. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
