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Heh, just in time;-)<br>
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A client of mine has some redundant computer hardware minus HDDs, I
was just there today working on their phones, and a colleague is
going over there tomorrow to work on their network. <br>
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Two Dell desktops, large tower configuration, and three old laptops,
all minus HDs. If interested, someone say something and I'll email
my client to ask if it's possible to save from going to e-waste.<br>
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I also have a half dozen or so ancient Mac desktop machines,
approximately Mac System 7 vintage, if anyone's interested. <br>
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And hell yeah! it would be a great thing for SR to recycle old
machines with new Linux distros with the privacy & security
settings cranked up to 11, and sell them to the public. With
sufficient quantities that could become another source of part-time
right livelihood income for some of the folks who are in difficult
economics, splitting the income between SR and the folks who are
rebuilding the machines. <br>
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This service could also be promoted to local businesses. If we get
nonprofit sponsorship, any such donations, as local businesses
upgrade their machines and give us the used ones, would be tax
deductions for them. This will bring in truckloads of mildly
obsolete computers that can be reincarnated as fast secure Linux
boxes. <br>
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Yeee hawwww!<br>
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-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-09-Thu 6:55 PM, Matthew Meier
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">random idea: wouldn't it be neat if we could
reclaim computer hardware from local businesses (which typically
come without hard drives) find a cheap way to package a small
linux distro onto a cheap drive (maybe even: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Adapter-Converter/dp/B0078PVL8U">http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Adapter-Converter/dp/B0078PVL8U</a>).
then resell them as "sudobooks" for some ridiculously low price
(25 bucks?) to raise dollars for sudo?</div>
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