[HLUG] Computers for Overseas

[Pete]

Hi Chris,
As a man that used to rework older PCs I am now of the opinion that this 
is no longer a suitable act for these reasons.
They use a lot of power which is likely to be scarce and expensive in 
poverty scenarios.
They can quickly become unwelcome waste with very limited recycling/ 
reuse options.
A lot of time and effort is used up getting them to potential end users 
in a ready to go state.
Now we have Raspberry Pi, all this effort is wasted with the possible 
exception of decent laptops.
Just my opinion you understand ;)

MtG
Pete H@

On 17/03/14 12:01, Dr Chris Owens wrote:
> Hi Everybody
>
> Very sorry not to be getting to the meetings these days but night 
> driving has become a real problem - boring!!
>
> My question for to-day is: Is there a best buy for a Charity that will 
> take oldish (say post 2000) functional machines for donation to 
> Overseas communities. The Executors for a chum of mine have got about 
> 6-9 machines that they would like to send to a good home.
>
> And Jools, did you sort out the relationship between Mint and that 
> Canon Printer. I have a very unstable relationship between a Canon 
> PIXMA 4500 and Linux Mint 13 Maya - sometimes takes ages to start 
> printing - loads of whirring, prints a few lines sometimes with text 
> in various formats and colours, sometimes can't even turn the printer 
> off other than at the wall. Mostly works in the end but something is 
> very obviously wrong - have tried re-installing what drivers I could 
> get hold of - no better result.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Chris
>