25 Nov
2024
25 Nov
'24
6:24 p.m.
I am not sure when I could go to oaktown, if so on a Saturday most likely.
Anyway, if the laptops still with the original disks (5200RPM), I recommend
to replace them first.
A place where one can learn about the laptops original hardware
configuration:
https://applesn.info/
A place where one can buy SSDs + RAM:
https://www.crucial.com
On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
When do you want to come in and help do a pile of
laptops?
-jake
On Fri, 22 Nov 2024, danarauz via sudo-discuss wrote:
physically
I have some experience installing Linux Mint on
2012, and 2015 MacBooks.
Whoever going to work on them, if first time… you may want to consider:
1. Replace their old drive if is not an SSD, and max the RAM (8GB, 16GB
depending on model).
2. Plug it to an Ethernet cable to make sure the WiFi Drivers can be
installed, because not of these models WiFi drive comes in the Linux Mint
installer.
3. Attach USB with Linux Mint installer.
4. Plug power cable and Turn it on.
5. Press and hold down the Options key.
6. Choose USB (usually orange icon).
7. Let it boot from USB, it will bring you to the Desktop.
8. At the Desktop double click (or right click and choose open) the
Install
icon.
9. Follow steps.
10. Once Linux Mint has been installed and machine had rebooted and
BEFORE
anything else, check and install the WiFi driver
(if not installed during
the OS installation process. Here is how:
10.1 Click on the Start button, then click on Administration, after that
on
Driver Manager.
10.2 After the driver (usually it is the WiFi driver) gets installed
reboot
the laptop.
11. Once the laptop is back the WiFi should be available to use.
12. Now go ahead and proceed applying the regular Software updates (GUI
or
Terminal, your choice).
I suggest Linux Mint because it’s GUI is easy to navigate, and that
encourage new Linux learners.
Thanks,
Daniel
On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 10:35 AM Anca Mosoiu via sudo-discuss <
sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
> Sweet! A good time for me is around 2PM. Would that work for other
folks?
Thanks so much for the additional context, Jenny. Do we have a document
or anything else we can start from?
anca.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM Jake Watters <typeinthenumber(a)gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>> I'm available Sunday to help with this! Who else is in?
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM Anca Mosoiu via sudo-discuss <
>> sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, considering that I've got this pile of laptops, maybe I can
>>> organize this event. What are folks doing this Sunday?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If they are laptops then we can triage them and redistribute, as part
>>>> of the
>>>> Laptops For All project. But if they're desktops, we can't
>>>> deal
>>>> with them and there won't be any demand for them in our audience.
>>>>
>>>> Speaking of which...the Laptops For All project needs volunteers!
Who
>>>> wants
>>>> to organize an event where we go through the enormous stacks of
laptop
>>>>> donations and sort the good from the bad?
>>>>>
>>>>> -jake
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Anca Mosoiu via sudo-discuss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A friend of mine is trying to get rid of 6 old macs. Is this
>>>>> something
>>>>>> Sudo would be interested in?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are 2011-2015 vintage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anca.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> -=-=-=-
>>>>>> Anca Mosoiu | Tech Liminal
>>>>>> anca(a)techliminal.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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