<div dir="ltr"><div>Well enjoy Florida! Okay, I will do my best. I had my ankle fused in May and next week will start physical therapy, and hopefully I will be good to drive in a couple weeks. As soon as I am able to drive, I will go to the next installfest. Is there anyone else you have been talking about this with that I should talk to? Well good luck, Florida has to be better than Arizona summertime!<br></div>Amy<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Amy, you'll have to take the gauntlet as I am now in Florida.<br>
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On 7/31/15, Amy Nielsen <<a href="mailto:amyjoan48@gmail.com">amyjoan48@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Maybe bring up at an installfest meeting? For the record, I would volunteer<br>
><br>
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> If I was still in the Phoenixarea I would be most happy too.<br>
>> Unfortunately<br>
>> I am moving out of state even in July.<br>
>><br>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Keith Smith <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> On 2015-05-21 22:32, Eric Oyen wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> hmmm. thats not a bad idea. It might also be helpful to the disabled<br>
>>>> population (of which I am one, being totally blind). Since I use<br>
>>>> ubuntu with the orca screen reader here on an old toshiba laptop that<br>
>>>> was graciously donated to me by another member of plug over 7 years<br>
>>>> ago, it has been used a lot. Mostly, I use it to control the various<br>
>>>> pieces of ham radio gear I have (using the HamLib package) It also<br>
>>>> makes radio programming a bit easier when I have to use chirp (Linux<br>
>>>> is about the only environment where that program is even minimally<br>
>>>> accessible using a screen reader). btw, there is also an accessibility<br>
>>>> list over at Ubuntu where the various screen readers and how to use<br>
>>>> them are discussed. There is also the Vinux project which was<br>
>>>> specifically designed for blind computer users.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>> Very interesting.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Combine this with a community outreach program (say for big<br>
>>>> brothers/big sisters or the YMCA or the United way) and you might just<br>
>>>> start a whole new generation of Linux users (and programmers) who<br>
>>>> won't have to put up with the failing business model that is<br>
>>>> Microsoft.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Several members of the Tucson Free Unix Group converted a school to<br>
>>> Linux<br>
>>> about 15 years ago using used computers donated by one or more local<br>
>>> businesses.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I worked in a business 17 years ago that had 650 employees. Think about<br>
>>> that. Over a 3 or 4 year period they would replace every one of those<br>
>>> computers. Those used computers still have many years of life in them<br>
>>> and<br>
>>> by replacing M$ with Linux the old computer has a new life. My<br>
>>> experience<br>
>>> is Linux needs less resources and old iron will perform decently<br>
>>> especially<br>
>>> if it is only 3 - 4 - 5 years old. I have an 8 year old box that would<br>
>>> do<br>
>>> fine running Mint. And I suspect it could do so for 5 or more years.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I think the real issue is finding the volunteers to do all this work.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> -eric (the other eric :) ).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On May 21, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> You know, thrift stores (other than goodwill) has used computers coming<br>
>>>>> out of their ears. I think we need to find a thrift store that wants<br>
>>>>> to<br>
>>>>> unload all of this used hardware for like 25 dollars apiece and put<br>
>>>>> Linux<br>
>>>>> on it and get these fully functional and modern computers out to the<br>
>>>>> people<br>
>>>>> who need them. If you buy a modern windows computer it isn't even<br>
>>>>> fully<br>
>>>>> functional unless you pay for a subscription to something. I'm partial<br>
>>>>> to<br>
>>>>> Linux Mint but that is up for debate.<br>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
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