The $0 Laptop lives ... barely
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| spent all of $2 to get a 1/4-inch, 2.1mm DC power plug. After removing about
| 20 screws, I still couldn't get the case all the way apart, so I propped it
| open, soldered wires to what was left of the original power plug (two twisted
| metal pieces and one trace atop the PC board), pulled out a "knock-out" panel
| over a convenient 1/4-inch hole in the case, wired up the plug and screwed
| the whole damn thing together. I had a hard drive ready. (Months ago, I
| pulled the original and gave it back to its owner.)
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| So now I have experience with the Gateway and the older $15 Laptop, a Compaq
| Armada 7770DMT.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/09/the_0_laptop_lives_barely.html
Related:
16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free
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| With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer Resource
| Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects donated stuff from the
| companies who provide them, strips any proprietary OS and software off the
| drives, re-installs everything with Linux and free applications, and then
| gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or individuals
| without too much cash.
|
| A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
WEEE directive threatens Microsoft OEM sales
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| There's a possibility Microsoft may well dump the OEM scheme and that
| could prompt small firms that don't want to be WEEEing to install Linux
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| or even pirate OSes.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40305
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