[GRLUG] A Sweet Deal for Old Computers

[Casey DuBois]

Hey Paul,
Thanks for sharing this!
Casey

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Paul Kortman <paulk at teamddm.com> wrote:

> Perhaps off topic (non-linux) but I have seen other posters here
> looking for things to do with old boxen and open source software.
>
>
> The open-source education software, sugar, which was developed for the
> "$100 laptop" can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run aging PCs
> and Macs with a new interface and custom educational software.
> "What we are doing is taking a bunch of old machines that barely run
> Windows 2000, and turning them into something interesting and useful
> for essentially zero cost," says Walter Bender  "It becomes a whole
> new computer running off the USB key; we can breathe new life into
> millions of decrepit old machines."
>
> http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/
>
>
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