If you'd like an extra hand getting them loaded/updated/whatever, I'm happy to pop by to do so. I'm usually around on Wednesdays, but I could make myself available on Monday after 5/before wnb night, or Friday after 5.


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On Sunday, March 26th, 2023 at 7:05 PM, Juliana A <julianaferreira@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Jonathan, thanks for looking into this, using the laptops make sense then. I made a list of all laptops inventory but that was almost a year ago, maybe I should do another one just to check which one is working/not working.

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 19:01 Jonathan Cadle <jcadle@pm.me> wrote:
Hi Juliana,

I looked into this this evening, there are a couple of obstacles:

  1. There are very few spare/extra keyboards/mice, so the mac minis, even if set up correctly, would be difficult to use.
  2. One of the mac minis in question has 500MB of RAM, and will be of limited use to anyone using modern applications.
I think a couple of the laptops that are hanging around above those shelves might be more helpful as spare computers for people to use on wnb night.

IMO, the mac minis are probably best utilized as budget media center options, or relatively low-power usage servers. If/when we're interested in doing so, I have a Debian 11 disc specifically for i386 macs I burned that I'm happy to bring by to share.



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On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 3:59 PM, Juliana A via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:

Changing the original subject, but it would be nice to have those mac minis plugged as “communal computers”, at wnb night sometimes ppl ask me to use a spare computer.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 15:54 Jonathan Cadle <jcadle@pm.me> wrote:
Correcting myself on laptop power draw: https://ecocostsavings.com/how-many-watts-does-a-laptop-use/

Looks like idle laptop power draw, on average, is well below the mac mini's 23W.

FWIW, I think the Mac minis, if loaded with a lightweight linux distro, could be used for a basic coding class, or perhaps a DVD player.


Jonathan


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On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 3:45 PM, Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:


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>
>
> Last time Rajah and I went looking, we couldn't find any pis, and the last time I saw the box of SBCs, they appeared to be older models without wifi.
>
> The mac minis I saw (and the one I have at home, which was of a similar model) are late 2006, and according to apple have an idle power draw of 23W: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897
>
> Assuming the info I found is right (https://energyusecalculator.com/electricity_laptop.htm), an average laptop uses 60w. So the mini might be a good solution for us. I don't have the expertise necessary to test/compare power draw of a given laptop though; would anyone be interested in doing so? I'd love to learn.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 3:03 PM, Jake via sudo-discuss sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org wrote:
>
>
>
> > There were three and Rajah knows where two of them are, i have one in my
> > locker. But they are not energy efficient, and we need to be careful about
> > things that get left on all the time because they run up our power bill.
> >
> > The raspberry pi is not a bad idea and i think there are a few around.
> >
> > -jake
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Juliana A via sudo-discuss wrote:
> >
> > > I think I also saw some mac minis at SudoRoom (not sure if they work), so
> > > another idea is to use one of them as a replacement computer.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:56 PM Jake jake@spaz.org wrote:
> > >
> > > > I believe Rajah knows of a laptop that doesn't have a working screen, which
> > > > would be perfect for that TV. It would have wifi and can be attached to
> > > > the
> > > > wall right under the TV, and a mouse and keyboard can be plugged in if
> > > > necessary (although i'm skeptical if that's a good idea)
> > > >
> > > > -jake
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On the topic of the calendar display, the Chromecast keeps going off, so
> > > > > we are looking for a replacement computer. I should have some time to look
> > > > > into solutions within the next week or so.
> > > > >
> > > > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > > > On Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 at 10:11 PM, Z Silver Zahn via sudo-discuss
> > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I added women/non-binary code monday night and hard wear hacking
> > > > > > tuesday weekly, am I missing any other events? This calendar is made for
> > > > > > building occupied spaces. Thinking about installing second tv for online
> > > > > > events since Omni has a lot
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 5:32 PM Juliana A via sudo-discuss <
> > > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nope
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 15:14 Andrew R Gross arg5029@gmail.com
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > That’s a great idea. I will reach out to the Omni events group on
> > > > > > > > slack. I’ll let you know what I hear back. Are you on the slack channel?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:45 PM Juliana A via sudo-discuss <
> > > > > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hey, I was just looking at Omni's calendar and I noticed there's no
> > > > > > > > > SudoRoom events promoted on it, it would be nice to join calendars, or at
> > > > > > > > > least add our events to it and update both calendars when needed.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So does anyone know the logistics to add stuff to Omni's calendar?
> > > > > > > > >
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