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

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: