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:

> 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@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@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@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@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 physically
>>>>> 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@techliminal.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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