[sudo-discuss] Re: Laptop De-Branding?

all the dells (which do not need debricking like the chromebooks) have those metal stickers, i believe, and I disagree that we should pass them out without removing them first On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 4:08 PM Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss &lt;sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: > Which laptops have these anti theft stickers? Perhaps we can just suggest that they cover them with other stickers. > > Does August 26 (the last Saturday in august) sound good for a test run of this idea? I’m not much of a graphic designer, but I can whip up a basic flyer. > > Jonathan > > Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 2:09 PM, Jake via sudo-discuss <[sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org](mailto:On+Tue,+Jul+25,+2023+at+2:09+PM,+Jake+via+sudo-discuss+%3C%3Ca+href=)> wrote: > >> I love the idea of more events like this, but i want to say two things: >> >> The anti-theft stickers on the laptops are difficult to remove and leave a >> "STOLEN PROPERTY 1-800-488-STOP" mark behind, which is obviously really >> crappy. This is absolutely the last thing poor kids need to deal with, both >> for their own personal self-worth and also practical matters that they might >> be harassed and even arrested even though they've done nothing wrong, let >> alone have their computer taken away. So this needs to be the first focus: >> developing a process for removing these tags and cleaning the "tattoo" off >> before doing anything else. I recommend first confirming the computer boots >> properly from USB but doing nothing else, let the new owners experience the >> joy of installing linux themselves! But this removal process should be done >> by us, before inviting people to receive computers, and it's going to be >> boring unfortunately. But it's super important. >> >> https://www.computersecurity.com/stop/ >> >> Secondly, decorating a computer can be a highly personal activity, and i think >> that people should be given the chance to decorate their own computer that >> they're taking ownership of. This goes well with the fact that we need to >> move these computers into the hands of their new owners. >> >> I have just escalated my attempts to connect to the Boys and Girls Club of >> Oakland, because i hope it's a great way to find young people who can't afford >> computers and can benefit from them (as well as whatever support we can offer) >> so prepare to hear back from them. >> >> that said, i am pretty busy lately so I am not bottomlining this effort :) >> >> but i can offer lots of potential laptop stickers! I'm sure many people on >> this email list have stickers they want to offer as well. >> >> -jake >> >> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023, Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss wrote: >> >>> So, I had an idea that I wanted to run past everyone: What if we invited people (both within Sudoroom, and perhaps some of the creative/art groups at the Omni) to redecorate our giveaway laptops? My reasons for suggesting this are as follows: >>> >>> - It's fun >>> - It's an opportunity to introduce other Omni people to Sudoroom >>> - People who might not be comfortable coming to sudoroom for technical stuff might be interested in a creative project, and find us friendlier than they'd expected >>> - A lot of the laptops just have IT stickers on them indicating machine iDs and such, that don't mean anything anymore. >>> >>> What do you all think? Would a weekend be good for this? Maybe a Saturday? >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org >> More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org > To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org > More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/