I'm working with some local blind folks and I wonder is it's possible to get donations for them? I'm trying out the Orca screen reader that comes loaded with Ubuntu Linux. Orca has lots of promise when run on a 1.5ish GHhz machine with 512 MB of RAM. I have some parts and I'm always on the scrounge for more. This is still a ways off, but I thought I would test the waters.
Brian On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Lorraine Kerwood < lorra...@nextsteprecycling.org> wrote: > Hi there Lucifer, > > I am glad you like NextStep and I LOVE Free Geek too. We were the Macintosh > refurbisher for Free Geek for 6 years-you could say Free Geek and NextStep > have grown up together. I am very supportive of Free Geek and make > referrals > to the org all the time. Free Geek rocks - Free Geek and NextStep are the > only two facilities permitted to do reuse within the new state e-waste > recycling legislation-and that is because both orgs are working tirelessly > to dot our I's and cross our T's to keep the data coming in for the state > and follow the EMPs. > > We'll never be "more like Free Geek" as each org has it's special slant on > bridging the digital divide. For instance, we are social justice oriented, > do international and national placements, we spend enormous time and energy > out in our community promoting the importance of reuse, recycling, and > empowering people, and, unfortunately, unlike Free Geek, we have no > support > for LINUX builds in our community. > > We have a extensive build program. It is different than Free Geek because > we > are a Microsoft refurbisher. Lots more rules and regs built into our > process > because of this. However, I have attended Eug-Lug meetings, sent numerous > emails to the group, and begged Euglug folks in public (yes, I admit it!) > to > come down and volunteer with us. We have been very grateful for the folks > who have helped out but maybe my "asks" are not done correctly and folks > would prefer to speak with our IT manager.... > > We presently use LINUX on a portion of our builds. It is a small amount > because it ends up sitting on the shelf more often than not. We would love > to do more LINUX, especially with opening a new ReUSE Store in Springfield. > > We would also love to offering training classes, but, can not find > volunteers to offer consistant classes. We can't offer classes on site as > our insurance will not permit it (Free Geek is able to offer classes on > site, the lucky dogs!). > > If you are interested in helping to create a build process for LINUX, make > some boxes, work on a training manual, work on a resource list-we would > LOVE > to have you! > > Lemme know what you and others would like to work on. We could so use the > help of knowledgeable LINUX people. > Lorraine > NextStep > > > From: Lucifer Linux <lustfullanecoli...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug@euglug.org> > > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:05:10 -0800 > > To: <euglug@euglug.org> > > Subject: [Eug-lug] I appreciate NextStep,but I really wish it was more > like > > Freegeek > > > > http://freegeek.org/volunteer.php > > > > I love the way freegeek is very specific about the kind of computer > > volunteers can earn: > > > > http://freegeek.org/freekbox.php > > > > http://freegeek.org/build.php > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > http://www.nextsteprecycling.org/volunteer_opportunities.php > > > > Is there something the Linux community can do here to contribute to > > make NextStep more like freegeek? > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > euglug@euglug.org > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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