Open Source Software and Recycled Gear Equals PCs for Needy Schools | Linux Today

Open Source Software and Recycled Gear Equals PCs for Needy Schools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 29, 2008

“One person’s trash is another’s treasure, and this weekend open
source vendors and community members plan to join forces with a
Northern Californian recycling organization to transform hundreds
of desktop and laptops into PCs loaded with Ubuntu, Firefox,
OpenOffice and more to be donated to needy area schools.

“Untangle, an open source application software maker, joined
forces with the Alameda County Computer Resource Center, or ACCRC,
to first take in and then turn around hundreds of computers loaded
with software for local schools…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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