The Working Centre Linux Project

I've mentioned The Working Centre Linux Project (WCLP) a few times already. For those who've just surfed in from Google or some other portal WCLP is a Debian-based linux distribution we created to make it easy for computer recycling volunteers to install linux on recycled machines.



WCLP can be run on as little as a 486DX66 with 16MB of RAM and a 500MB hard drive, and this means a full desktop OS with a few necessary programs: word processing, web browser, etc. Realistically, a decent machine would be a Pentium 133MHz with 64MB of RAM and a 1GB+ hard drive.

WCLP takes over any partitions you have and wipes out your whole hard drive. Be aware that if you decide to try out WCLP, it destroys anything that's on your hard drive, so save important data first.

Originally the distribution was designed to be installed over a network from an NFS server. That meant all machines had a network card - which was the case anyway because we wanted to make all machines high-speed internet ready.



The Working Centre also has a number of display showcases of old hardware ranging from punch cards to reels of backup tape and more modern stuff like the ECS K7S5A motherboard.