[DC LoCo] "Less is more" laptops initiative

[Robert Simmons]

On a side note, and I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but I don't think 
just giving a kid a laptop with dual boot is worth the time.  Even if it has 
all the installed software you can think of and all the instructions and 
videos you can possibly make easily accessible on there.  The kid will maybe 
boot the computer into linux once or twice then go back to windows.

It is a complete waste of resources to just give it to them.  The only way it 
will get used is if there is a reason to use it, i.e. a computer club, a 
class, a mentor, or some other type of activity.  OR it is targeted toward a 
kid who you know is a budding hacker type, but is too poor to have her own 
computer.

So, I would suggest one of two paths: start an activity and have the 
computer/s as part of that, or get in contact with the computer teachers in 
the public schools and figure out who needs it.  If you go with the second 
path, don't be offended if the kid blows away what you install and puts 
Slackware, OpenBSD, Gentoo, Debian, NetBSD or whatever on it ;)