[sudo-discuss] Chromebooks (was) 4/19/23 Meeting (Jonathan)

The serial numbers have been submitted to Fremont Unified School District IT so the Chromebooks can be de-provisioned from Google Enterprise Enrollment. After that they can have their write-protect screws removed and any alternative OS (Linux-based, probably) can be installed. I'd love if Sudoroom would build out a practice to help students and residents remove write protection, install an alternative OS, and empower them to get the most out of that alternative OS. For more background see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSbGXhJFJeABWVOn1wO4M6bPT-gPBLV4oQ85xMy… -Peter Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:25:13 +0000 From: Jonathan Cadle <jcadle(a)pm.me> Subject: [sudo-discuss] 4/19/23 Meeting (Jonathan) To: SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> We didn't exactly have much of a meeting tonight, but progress was still made. - We talked about what to do with the recent influx of Chromebooks that came in. Most of them currently cannot be used because the Fremont School District hasn't de-authorized them yet, so they're hard locked to those Google Accounts, and can't even be properly wiped. This may resolve itself soon, as we were told they would be deauthorized soon. - Discussions about what OS we want to favor for the laptops we're giving away were also had...