[nmglug] new "serious programming for kids" course - any old laptops?

[James Hemsing]

I have 2 older fuji lifebooks that fit these criteria that I can bring up
to Santa Fe this weekend since I'll be there already. I will boot them on a
live USB to see if the hardware is compatible before I wipe them. If they
have linux compatible hardware, I'll need someone's contact info to find
out where to take them.

- James


On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:06 PM Mark Galassi <mark at galassi.org> wrote:

>
> Dear nmglugers,
>
> On February 4th and 5th I will be teaching my programming course
> for
> kids.
>
> This course requires bringing in an old computer to install
> GNU/Linux,
> and I try to keep a stash of laptops for students from poor
> families who
> cannot get hold of an old machine.
>
> People from nmglug have been really generous in finding old
> laptops and
> donating them.  I have even been able to donate a couple of
> laptops to
> particularly enthusiastic students who had no computer at home.
>
> If you have one that you are sure you will never use again, please
> consider donating it for the course.  Anything that will run
> ubuntu
> 12.04 is fine (1gig of RAM and up).
>
> And if you know kids (6th grade and up for this course) who might
> be
> interested please pass the information to them.  Web site with
> flyers
> and full instructor's manual is here:
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/santafecoding/
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