[DC LoCo] "Less is more" laptops initiative

[Phil Shapiro]

Robert, that's practical advice and I agree that's a good way to go.

            phil


> 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 ;)
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