16 May
2013
16 May
'13
10 a.m.
Hi everyone,
Please join us this Saturday 5/18 at 2PM at Sudo Room (2141 Broadyway,
entrance on 22nd St., take the elevator upstairs) for Fix-It Day and Linux
Install Day!
We have a lot of computers and other equipment at Sudo Room in various
states of functionality. You may also have computers and other kinds of
equipment in various states of functionality! During this session we will
come together to test/repair computers and learn more about fixing
computers.
BONUS: Have you always been curious about Linux but not sure where to
start? If you are interested in installing Linux on your Windows computer
(it is not necessary to delete Windows to install Linux), we will also be
helping participants install Linux.
Sudoers who are interested in helping people install Linux: please bring
cd's, thumb drives, etc. for people to use.
*This workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free
workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative
community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule
at http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned and please forward widely.*
- Marina
16 May
16 May
10:49 a.m.
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I can't go, because I have plans that afternoon... bummer. I think I could
be a big help, if we do this again.
In addition to setting up these PCs, I still think we should help people
root their phones and install stock-android and have a donation box out. I
also think we should do glass repair for iphones, and put a sign out on
broadway that says "teach yourself how to fix your iphone" and put an arrow
upstairs. I bought tools for sudoroom to do this, and we can buy some
iphone glass.
We don't have a BEAR license, so we can't charge money for electronics or
for fixing them, but we can teach people to fix electronics, and then
recommend that they give donations. We can also ask that people give us
donations if they take computers, but that shouldn't be a requirement. It
should be on the honor system, and not be a way to dehumanize people.
One thing that doesn't compute for us having all these desktops is that we
don't have monitors, or peripherals for them, and just like with the rPis
email I sent, the cost for someone to buy that stuff, isn't really
practical in my opinion, unless we can track down crates of old lcd
monitors.
There is also a cost of electricity for running an older computer for us
and for other people, and to the environment, when some of that stuff is
recyclable(although I don't know what the dust to dust is on that, so I'm
not sure recycling is the only issue, but old laptops are low-power, and
more ideal for our donation-cycle).
-Rusty
11:13 a.m.
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"We don't have a BEAR license"
unfortunately, i left it at home. along with my free speech license
May 16, 2013 10:49:25 AM, rustylindgren(a)gmail.com wrote:
I can't go, because I have plans that afternoon... bummer. I think I could be a big
help, if we do this again.
-Rusty
11:15 a.m.
New subject: [sudo-announce] This Sat. 5/18 at 2PM: Fix-It Day & Linux Install Day!
Be careful, as you might offend bureaucrats. This is a safe-space, Hol.
11:41 a.m.
New subject: [sudo-announce] This Sat. 5/18 at 2PM: Fix-It Day & Linux Install Day!
thanks rusty - this is helpful!
it sounds like one of the tasks for saturday will be to do a basic
inventory of what elements we have, what state they're in, etc.
would it be possible to do a quick straw poll for who is currently planning
to come for fix it day so that we have a rough sense of who will be
available to work on what kinds of fixes?
- marina
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Be careful, as you might offend bureaucrats. This is
a safe-space, Hol.
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