Also see:
USPIRG’s petition to extend the life of Chromebooks:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-QGoW0UzE0t0oUsKzM6Xsxft1kHM-d6boyLS0UAGvwagUWA/viewform
For more background see “Chromebook Churn”:
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/chromebook-churn-report-highlights-problems-of-short-lived-laptops-in-schools/
And Fixit Clinic's efforts to keep already AUEed Chrombooks in service as general purpose computing devices:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSbGXhJFJeABWVOn1wO4M6bPT-gPBLV4oQ85xMyvYtM/edit
Maybe we can launch a broader "Keep 'Dem Chromebooks" public good program at Sudoroom and get a bunch of Linux-enhanced Chromebooks in circulation in the community to improve digital literacy, digital equity, and digital inclusion?
Cheers, -Peter
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| tom r lopes
<tomrlopes@gmail.com>: May 18 09:24PM -0700
This Sunday 21 May 2023 from 11am to about 2pm at SudoRoom in Oakland. SudoRoom is on Shattuck Ave between 51st and Telegraph 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609 The entrance is on the corner of Shattuck and 48th https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wtxH4mtxL2HUe3y5JXJlhe7iqSDnikT8/view?usp=share_link The project this time is converting chromebooks to Linux. Peter Mui of Fixit Clinic was given a stack of EOL chromebooks from the Fremont school district. Unfortunately they neglected to unlock them first. But I have found that the bios can be reflashed so you can boot a Linux installer bypassing the Google check. I had a thought of using a Pi to do the flash as PI gpio can do SPI. But most of the chromebooks have 1.8V bios chips while the PI has 3.3V gpio. I probably have level shifters but I have recently dumped stuff unorganized into storage. So I will likely not find them in time. For now I am using a USB programmer with an 1.8V adapter. Yes I will also try to be online at meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG This will be a conference room mic and speaker in a shared space so maybe some background noise. Thomas P.S. You may be interested: SudoRoom has a hardware hack night every Tuesday from 7pm Also It's a Fixit Clinic. |
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