Hey Paul,<br>Thanks for sharing this!<br>Casey<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Paul Kortman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paulk@teamddm.com">paulk@teamddm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Perhaps off topic (non-linux) but I have seen other posters here<br>
looking for things to do with old boxen and open source software.<br>
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The open-source education software, sugar, which was developed for the<br>
"$100 laptop" can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run aging PCs<br>
and Macs with a new interface and custom educational software.<br>
"What we are doing is taking a bunch of old machines that barely run<br>
Windows 2000, and turning them into something interesting and useful<br>
for essentially zero cost," says Walter Bender "It becomes a whole<br>
new computer running off the USB key; we can breathe new life into<br>
millions of decrepit old machines."<br>
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<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/" target="_blank">http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/</a><br>
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paul kortman<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Casey DuBois<br>616-808-6942<br><a href="mailto:casey@grlug.org">casey@grlug.org</a><br>