[HLUG] Computers for Overseas

[Dr Chris Owens]

Hi Pete

Thanks for this - I must say I hadn't really thought of the very valid 
points you make, especially the waste issue.
Hope you're OK unflooded etc and I'll pass on your comments

All the best

Chris

On 17/03/14 17:23, Pete wrote:
> 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
>>
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