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_communi...;. 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_communi... 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