Re: [PLUG] Need help with computer lab (Aaron Mulder)

[Jeff Golas <jgolas@jkj.com>]

I would be interested in the touch screens, and can donate working, normal screens in place of them if possible. Not sure if you're interested in laptops at all but I will have some Lenovo T500 and T520 laptops soon as well too.

--Jeff

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   1. Re: Need help with computer lab (Aaron Mulder)
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      Replication" @ PLUG West, July 2018 (Charlie Li)


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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:19:02 -0400
From: Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>
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Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need help with computer lab
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I have three 17" touch screens I've been looking to get rid of (Planar PT-1701MU).  They are VGA for the 1280x1024 video signal, USB for the touch (I have no idea whether Linux supports the touch features, though if not you can ignore it and just use the video.  FWIW I think Windows 10 supports the touch features natively and MacOS requires paid drivers).  They have built-in speakers and an audio cable as well.  I have a few HDMI-to-VGA adapters to go with them, but while the screens are solid the adapters started getting a little flaky, so you may need to get one or more new dongles if you want these and use them on computers without VGA.

i.e. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824016054

I also have some really old computers headed for the bin as well, if you're interested -- 2 or 3 Pentium 4, 1 or 2 dual Athlon from before dual core was a thing, 1 or 2 PowerMac G5, etc.  Haven't turned them on in years so we'd have to see what still runs.  None of them are especially small, though the P4s are the smallest of the bunch.

Good timing, right as the grand basement clean-out is getting underway.  :)

Thanks,
      Aaron
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 2:37 PM Anthony Martin <anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am setting up a dedicated computer lab at my kid’s school. We’re a cooperative in Mt Airy Philadelphia coming up on our 50th year, and completely dependent on donations and tuition. We recently adopted a sliding scale tuition to make sure we are an economically diverse community, but this means we are even more heavily dependent on fundraising.
>
> Does anyone have any equipment they could donate?
>
> Currently looking for the following:
>
> Monitors (no CRTs as the space we use cannot fit them) desktops (can
> be on the lower end of systems and the smaller the form factor the
> better) gigabit switches and wireless AP mice/keyboards (preferably
> wired ethernet cords/spools any old but still relevant IT books
> focusing on Linux, programming, networking, etc..
> When the time comes to get everything set up and wired a helping hand
> or two would also be appreciated. (est. end of Aug)
>
>
> We also just launched an online fundraising campaign, if anyone could chuck in a couple bucks. Every dollar helps!
>
> https://chuffed.org/project/co-operative-learning-for-all
>
> Thank you for any contribution. It’s a great school and we want to be around another 50 years.
>
> Anthony Martin
>
> Linux System Administrator
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 06:57:24 -0400
From: Charlie Li <ml+PLUG@vishwin.info>
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Subject: [PLUG] Lee Marzke's talk "Restic Backup for Linux/FreeNAS
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlP7xaOc2c

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