Tux comes to Felton, California
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| On July 4th, a significant percentage of Felton, Calif., will go
| Microsoft-free for one week...maybe an entire month. Maybe for good. The
| arrangements have been made and the news is going forth in Felton.
| Businesses and home users alike are excited about one of their own -- Larry
| Cafiero of HeliOS Solutions West in Felton -- joining a committed group of
| volunteers into their town to show them a better way to operate their
| computers. For a week...maybe a month...
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| [...]
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| With an estimated 30 to 40 million Linux Users world-wide, it would seem that
| funding might be the least of our problems. Remember, we're talking about
| the Linux Community here.
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http://faq.fixedbylinux.com-a.googlepages.com/lindependence2008-bringinglinuxtothemass
Related and recent:
Open Source Computer Donation Program Aims To Go Nationwide
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| But recently the company teamed up with open-source developer Untangle to
| organize an event March 1 called "Installfest," which brought together around
| 130 volunteers, including members of local Linux user groups, for a
| drastically accelerated production cycle at four locations.
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http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22165
'Installfest' Brings Open Source Tools to Northern California Schools
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| The idea is to take advantage of the low overhead of open-source tools and
| operating systems, such as the Linux-based Ubuntu, so that computers that
| would otherwise have been discarded can be put to use for educational
| institutions and other groups, including low-income individuals and
| non-profits.
|
| [...]
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| Some of the California schools participating in the March Installfest include
| Ascend School, Bella Vista Elementary, Casa Grande High School, KIPP San
| Francisco Bay Academy, Lockwood School, Mission High School, and Whittier
| Elementary School.
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http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22127
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