[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 1167, Issue 1

[John R]

Sure i am interested. Either one i guess. I don't mind giving some
money in it as well. Call it a donation :D

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM,  <trilug-request at trilug.org> wrote:
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>   1. free laptops (stan briggs)
>   2. Re: Dual-homed Internet? (Paul Bennett)
>   3. Re: free laptops (Matt Fields)
>   4. Re: free laptops (Joel James Adamson)
>   5. BarCamp (Scott Lambdin)
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> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:44:49 -0400
> From: stan briggs <stanbriggs at gmail.com>
> Subject: [TriLUG] free laptops
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> all,
>
> in my (fall?) cleaning i found two laptops that i (evidently) no longer use
> and would like to give to a new home.
> + toshiba satellite pro 4200
> + toshiba satellite 2595 xDVD.
> each has a power cord and carry-case.
> i have no idea what OS is on them or how much memory they have or what size
> disk. one could probably do a little googling to figure out what these were
> capable of (which is probably not very much from a windows perspective but
> perfectly usable from a linux perspective.
>
> contact me off list if you are interested.
>
> stan
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> Great big dreams require great big thoughts and little tiny steps.
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> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:12:17 -0400
> From: "Paul Bennett" <paul.w.bennett at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Dual-homed Internet?
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> On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:32:35 -0400, Heath Roberts <htroberts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Just out of curiosity, what's that going to cost?
>
> My wife runs a non-profit org, and managed to flex her non-profit org mojo
> apparently very effectively in negotiating a much more reasonable price
> than I was expecting. It's still definitely in the "business class" price
> range, but it's livable. Think "car payment" rather than "house payment",
> to give a ballpark.
>
>> Also, what are you planning to plug the T-1 circuit into? (outside the
>> asterisk community, I don't recall seeing too many T-1 cards for x86
>> sorts of PCs). Depending on the answer to this question, you might
>> consider buying a commercial router.
>
> The service comes with a Samsung Ubigate router. I've been considering
> reading up on how to configure that to handle all our needs (it has 2
> Ethernet ports, and it claims to be a fully-featured fw/router, so it
> might just be possible to point one of those Ethernet ports at the DSL
> modem), but where's the fun in that? I'd much rather get elbow-deep in
> some real Linux action than grovel through documentation designed for
> someone who has spent $Ks on single-purpose certification.
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> Paul
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:10 -0400
> From: Matt Fields <fields.emmett at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] free laptops
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
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> Hi Stan,
>
> I'm interested in the laptops you were offering up.
> I could use either one for a little webcam monitor or DVD/video player for my
> elderly stay-at-home dad. If they're already taken by someone who can better
> use them then no worries, but thought it would be worth to ask if they're
> snapped up yet.
>
> Thanks for sharing!
> - Matt Fields
> fields.emmett at gmail.com
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> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:44:49PM -0400, stan briggs wrote:
>> all,
>>
>> in my (fall?) cleaning i found two laptops that i (evidently) no longer use
>> and would like to give to a new home.
>> + toshiba satellite pro 4200
>> + toshiba satellite 2595 xDVD.
>> each has a power cord and carry-case.
>> i have no idea what OS is on them or how much memory they have or what size
>> disk. one could probably do a little googling to figure out what these were
>> capable of (which is probably not very much from a windows perspective but
>> perfectly usable from a linux perspective.
>>
>> contact me off list if you are interested.
>>
>> stan
>>
>> --
>> Stan B. Briggs
>> +1-919-414-9513
>> +++++++++++++++++++
>> Little tiny dreams require little tiny thoughts and little tiny steps.
>> Great big dreams require great big thoughts and little tiny steps.
>> +++++++++++++++++++
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:44:07 -0400
> From: Joel James Adamson <adamsonj at email.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] free laptops
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
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> stan briggs <stanbriggs at gmail.com> writes:
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>> all,
>>
>> in my (fall?) cleaning i found two laptops that i (evidently) no longer use
>> and would like to give to a new home.
>> + toshiba satellite pro 4200
>> + toshiba satellite 2595 xDVD.
>
> Do you still have either of these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joel
>
> --
> Joel J. Adamson
> Servedio Lab
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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> FSF Member #8164
> http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:25:36 -0400
> From: Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com>
> Subject: [TriLUG] BarCamp
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> Wonderful, I finally think to check on when Barcamp will be and it was two
> days ago.
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