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Carpet Cleaner Doubles as Ubuntu PC
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| PC cases come in many form factors, but they're all basically boxes that lack
| personality. This doesn't have to be the case (pun intended), as my Carpet
| Cleaner PC very well proves. Yes, this is a working Ubuntu PC built out of an
| old Bissell Carpet Machine.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/169447/carpet_cleaner_doubles_as_ubuntu_pc.html
Why I built a Ubuntu PC out of an Old Carpet Cleaner
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| PC cases come in many form factors, but they're all basically boxes that lack
| personality. This doesn't have to be the case (pun intended), as my Carpet
| Cleaner PC very well proves. Yes, this is a working Ubuntu PC built out of an
| old Bissell Carpet Machine.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44014
What's next? A toaster?
Related:
Bridging the African digital divide - with a âtoasterâ
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| The foundation was convincing schools and even government offices to switch
| to Linux, the open-source equivalent of Microsoft Windows or Mac OS.
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| âWe were getting a lot of people excited about it,â Hudson says. But when new
| fans asked how to get their hands on the newest version of Linux, the answer
| was always the same: Download it. âWeâd see their shoulders slump,â he
| says. âWe had a clear message, we were getting out there and talking to
| people, but we were clearly falling short.â
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| Then he started thinking â why not make a software vending machine where,
| instead of having to download large files, a user could just burn them to a
| CD?
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| It so happened that the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town was about to have an
| exhibition on open-source computing, and Hudson convinced his bosses to let
| him try to design a prototype that would burn a small selection of
| open-source software, including Linux, to CDs.
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http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/06/17/bridging-the-african-digital-divide-%E2%80%93-with-a-%E2%80%98toaster%E2%80%99/
http://tinyurl.com/5geddf
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