Is it time to go to Ubuntu 12.04LTS
by Pierre Kerr
Of course, the answer is "yes". I am just starting to upgrade some of
my home systems and will suggest that we start using 12.04LTS on future
installs. I currently only have one C4C computer to work on and it's a
fairly powerful one so shouldn't have a problem.
I think I'll start by simply doing an upgrade on the existing C4C image
that I have for 10.04LTS so all the desktop mods carry forward.
Our friend Nixe Pixel does a review here
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOVLhnOCLMM&feature=digest_thu>
I'll report back with my results.
11 years, 1 month
Computers for Communities Update
by execdir＠computersforcommunities.ca
Hello C4C'ers
This week at C4C there are a couple things to announce.
0. Penny Drive
If you have pennies kicking around and you want to be a quick adopter
of a penny free life then come on out to our Volunteer Work Day to
drop off your pennies. We will be in the room from 10:00am to 2:00pm
for maps and instructions check out the event link here:
http://computersforcommunities.ca/c4c/en/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=13
If you are just coming by to drop off pennies just drop by, no need to
sign up. We will have a bucket on site.
These pennies will help us continue delivering our programs including
our volunteer work days.
1. February Volunteer Work Day
Next, we are having our second Volunteer Work Day this Saturday.
Registration is a little low, so we would be excited to see more
volunteers sign up. We can have up to 40 volunteers which would be
great. All volunteers are encouraged to make it out if they can.
We have choosen a centrally Located community room by Baseline Bus
station at Ben Franklin Place (aka Centre Point Library, old Nepean
City Hall). For more info and to register please follow this link:
http://computersforcommunities.ca/c4c/en/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=13
2. 2013 Fundraising campaign
Our 2013 fundraising campaign target is again $20,000. This is to help
us run our programs and achieve our goal of re-opening our computer
refurbishing workshop. To make a donation online please check out this
link:
http://computersforcommunities.ca/c4c/en/civicrm/contribute/transact?rese...
3. Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO)
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the IWSO
graduation ceremony for their computer courses level I, II and III. We
held a draw for 10 women to get a C4C computer for the low cost of a
$20 donation to C4C. The women were verry excited. Now the refurb and
delivery teams are hard at work preparing 10 computers for delivery.
4 Volunteer Recruitment
If you are wondering how you can help C4C, please check out these
latest volunteer postings at Volunteer Ottawa:
http://www.volunteerottawa.ca/vo-clean/index.php?/eng/i_want_to_volunteer...
Positions were are still looking to fill:
/ Communications Coordinator
/ Fundraising and Grant Coordinator
/ Partnership Consultant
/ Volunteer Recruiter
/ Event Coordinator
/ Partnership Coordinator
/ Computer Refurbishing Team Coordinator
/ Events Consultant
5. mailing Lists
C4C is in the process of moving to another mailing list/discssion
platform. This process is proving to be somewhat challenging. We are
working through the kinks so bear with us. We will continue our
attempts to streamline our mailings lists. In the short term we will
continue to use National Capital Freenet mailing lists
(http://lists.ncf.ca/listinfo). You may also receive occasional emails
from a system called phpLists
Dave Sampson
Executive Director
Computers for Communities, Canada
Tel: 1-613-800-3082
E-mail: computers.communities_at_gmail.com
Website: http://computersforcommunities.ca/
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/computersforcommunities
Twitter: http://twitter.com/comp4comm
Mailing Lists: http://bit.ly/c4c-mailinglists
Volunteer Events: http://bit.ly/c4c-EventCalendar
Newsletter: http://bit.ly/c4c-newsletters
Please consider the environment before printing this message
11 years, 3 months
Is it time to Upgrade to 12.04LTS
by Pierre Kerr
I'm still using 10.04LTS <https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/index.html> on
distributed computers but I think it's time to look into doing an
upgrade to 12.04LTS <https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/index.html>. 10.04LTS
will not be supported <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS> much longer.
I've been using 12.04LTS on one of my home machines for a few months. I
installed Gnome 3 instead of Unity since my video card wasn't capable of
doing Unity 3D. I would imagine most of our donated machine would be
similar and we should start off at a lowest common denominator. Unity
is a very different desktop and would require different user training.
I'm in the process of running an "upgrade" on a copy of my C4C model
machine and will report back how it turns out.
I will post Clonezilla <http://clonezilla.org/> images of both my 10.04
and resulting 12.04 on my website
<http://pierrekerr.ca/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=computers:computers_for_community>.
These are about 2gb and are complete ready-to-go images so it's all you
need as far as software for a refurbished machine. They have the two
standard logons and the most common software. I have other images for
special installations including Nepean Housing Draffin Court and the
Heritage academy.
I have also posted my notes
<http://pierrekerr.ca/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=computers:computers_for_community>
on how to use Clonezilla for refurbishing.
I have access to a fast unlimited upload pipe at one of my other
volunteer jobs. If I remember I'll bring the images when I go in
tomorrow, otherwise it will take hours on my Rogers "High" speed.
I'm open for suggestions. Please use this list.
c4c-tech(a)lists.ncf.ca
11 years, 3 months