#OpEquip v.1.01

#OpEquip
v.1.01

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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This is the beginning to an idea. I would like to see this passed around and improved upon. If you think you can help, by all means please give your input. I would like to see Anonymous and Occupy Wall St work together on this nationwide. I think this could be a very effective long term Op to improve the quality of life where it is needed most; In our poorest communitites. I am hoping there is enough information here that any occupation across the US can run with this idea.
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    Idea:
Collection of old unwanted laptops and desktops for wipe/repair/consolidation to reinstall with Open Source education software for distribution in poor communities to families without computers. If we can expand the mind of children, and get them used to using computers, we can give them a hand up in education and schooling.


    Community outreach for donations:
Each city would be spear headed via local Occupy - flyering, outreach to businesses, community organizations, neighborhoods, churches, and schools


    Collections:
We would need either a garage or workspace to not only collect the computers, but to use as an upgrade/installation centers Internet access at these locations is a must.


    Repair/Rebuild:
A training class would be needed to teach any volunteers what they are doing with repair and upgrade/consolidation. Would need at least one person with enough knowledge to troubleshoot hardware issues during consolidation and repair of computers.

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maybe pre-load videos of these training classes onto the laptops, or create CD's / DVD's every-now-and-then that have the updated training classes on them, with details about where to pick these up passed to Occupy. Occupy could then keep a central system for receiving requests from users as to what training classes people are in need of, and those technically able might be able to donate their time in creating more training classes based on those requests?
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    OS and requirements:
Ubuntu 12:04 (trash unity, go with cinnamon interface)
A Pentium 4, 1GHz system is the minimum recommended for a desktop system.
                  Table 3.2. Recommended Minimum System Requirements
Install Type          RAM (minimal)        RAM (recommended)            Hard Drive
No desktop            64 megabytes            256 megabytes                 1 gigabyte
With Desktop          64 megabytes            512 megabytes                 5 gigabytes


Software to install:
    Alice
    Alice  is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to  create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game or a  video to share on the web.

    Audacity
    Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

    Celestia
    Explore the Universe in this detailed space simulation

    Cinelerra
    Cinelerra is the most advanced non-linear video editor and compositor for Linux.

    Childsplay
    Childsplay is a suite of educational games for young children, like gcompris.

    GeoGebra
    GeoGebra is interactive geometry software for educational purposes.

    GCompris
    GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.

    Gimp
    GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.

    GNUCash
    GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software.

    Hydrogen
    Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux.

    KAlgebra
    Math Expression Solver and Plotter

    KGeography
    A Geography Learning Program

    KompoZer
    Web authoring system and WYSIWYG web page editor.

    KWordQuiz
    A flashcard and vocabulary learning program

    LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project.

    Little Wizard
    Computer Programming Development environment for children

    Mathomatic
    Portable computer algebra system.

    MathWar
    Game for improving speed at solving math problems.

    NUT Nutrition Software
    NUT is nutrional analysis software.

    OpenTeacher
    OpenTeacher is an open source vocabulary training application that helps you learn a foreign language.

    StarDict
    Dictionary, encyclopedia, word translation and thesaurus lookup.

    Stellarium
    Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

    TuxTyping
    "Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor for children.

    TuxMath
    TuxMath is an arcade game that helps kids practice their math facts.

*** All software is free an open source. This is the beginning list, and is always open to suggestions and amendments. The idea is to give them as much ability as possible to jump start not only thier education, but also health/nutrition/finance software for parents. Anything that can be useful should be included. **


    Community outreach for receiving:
Compile some sort of list? as to who is in need. This could possibly be fast tracked by reaching out to schools, churches, community organizations, and through friends. It also never hurts to walk through communities and just TALK to people to find out what thiers and others needs are.

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