Mohan,
I've done this with a group of students and I agree that most find the task
of clearing hard drives and installing the OS a chore.
However it could be done by a few while the rest of the group works on
other aspects of the project.
But yes, I do see the advantage of working with machines that already have
the OS.
What does 're-purposing' mean?
Am fascinated by the way people use words - so would appreciate a
clarification, in case I haven't understood.
Padmini
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux at gmail.com>
wrote:
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Padmini Sankaran <padsan04 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Am exploring the possibility of getting HS students involved in learningto
format hard drives of older computers (that people want to get rid of),to
install the Ubuntu OS and make these available to those with less access
computers.applications
The students would then teach the recipients to use the OS and
that work with the OS. They would also help with regular upgrades eachyear
when the next version is released. It is an ongoing programme.
There are details of course which would be modified depending on the
context. But that's it in a nutshell.
1. Enterprises deprecate full machines and just hard disks are rarer
nowadays.
2. Getting hard disks, loading Ubuntu on them means you require
machines without hard disks. Trust you've folks who can teach these
kids how to plug in drives, do diagnostics etc or check BIOS
configurations in older machines etc.
I feel getting full machines and repurposing them with Ubuntu OS would
be a more manageable route.
-- Mohan Sundaram
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