[Bradford] Article for Spanish speakers

[John R. Hudson]

Thanks

John
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On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 15:05 +0000, Alan D Barnard wrote:
> Recycling Computer Group of the University of Vigo (Gruvi) is one of the 
> flagship programs of volunteering in the academic institution. This year 
> they delivered to various non-profit organizations of Vigo, Ourense and 
> Pontevedra few hundred repaired and ready to use equipment.
> 
> The idea came during 2005-2006 when they found that the University of 
> Vigo was accumulating many computers that had become obsolete for 
> teaching and research but could be perfectly recoverable for the 
> purposes of many social institutions, with few resources to purchase 
> computers. So Gruvi born with a concern for the recycling and reuse of 
> what would end up being computer waste. His main ally was from the 
> beginning the Friends of Linux Pontevedra (GALPon), an organization that 
> promotes the use of free software, which is using the equipment, and 
> also trains student volunteers. Six volunteers currently enrolled 
> students, three in the world of engineering, but also one of Fine Arts 
> and areas that have nothing to do with the computer because it is not 
> necessary, as Miguel Anxo Bouzada, GALPon president and project 
> coordinator explains Gruvi.
> 
> The group repairs old computers (most have ten years of use and 
> sometimes three computers do only one) and will introduce the software. 
> The advantage of free software is that 'we can make it work as we want, 
> we make a few adjustments and a very careful selection of the programs 
> will be installed to meet some functions dterminadas without effects or 
> rare things, to be operational and functional' . This was not possible 
> with traditional operating systems like Windows or Mac Anxo Bouzada 
> Miguel explains that at first worked with an operating system sponsored 
> by the regional government named Guadalinex thought for underperforming 
> teams. Over time changes that do not convince them were made in 2008 and 
> set out to create a new distribution called Puss and used as a base 
> Debian, which were born other well known as Ubuntu. Years later created 
> a special operating system for children, rogues Diego ('and now I'm a 
> grandfather I entered this concern'), already installed last year on 
> computers donated to Berce association, since you applied to work with 
> children. Meanwhile, on another occasion made a setup Ubuntu Christian 
> at the request of an evangelical church, 'as if it is a Jewish or Muslim 
> association, we could make a filtering system for them, "he explains.
> 
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> On 04/01/14 10:36, John R. Hudson wrote:
> > http://www.atlantico.net/noticia/264143/universidad/donara/equipos/informaticos/reciclados/
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