[kwlug-disc] OT: Laptop repair Nov 21

[Keefer Rourke]

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I'm good for the 21st at around 4:00pm. See you then!

Cheers,
Keefer Rourke
<http://krourke.org>


On November 3, 2015 3:07:58 PM EST, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>Originally I had proposed Nov 7 for a Computer Recycling laptop rescue
>day, but it would work better (for me, if nobody else) to hold it on
>the 21st.
>
>For those unfamiliar: Computer Recycling (at The Working Centre) gets
>in all kinds of laptops, but for a few reasons it is not
>economical to refurbish them as part of general CR sales. (The biggest
>problem is that we cannot offer warranties on the laptops because we
>have no replacement parts.) Last year some of us got together to
>prepare some of these laptops for sale, and scrapping laptops that
>were not appropriate.
>
>We pick out laptops, match them with power supplies, make sure they
>have wiped hard drives installed, use an autoinstaller to put on
>Xubuntu GNU/Linux, and test the machines for things like battery life,
>sound, wireless, and video abilities. None of this requires
>pre-existing
>knowledge much beyond using a screwdriver, but there is a fair amount
>that we learn along the way (and being familiar with computers and
>Linux is definitely an asset, especially when trying to get wireless
>cards and sound cards to work).
>
>Interest fizzled out by summer, but now that it is winter I am
>wondering whether people are again interested in helping out.
>
>The date would be Saturday November 21.
>
>The time would be the afternoon, starting at 4pm and going until 8pm
>or whenever people have had enough. (You would not need to be there
>right at 4pm; coming in later in the afternoon would be fine.)
>
>The location would be Computer Recycling, at 66 Queen Street South in
>Kitchener.
>
>If you are interested then please RSVP. This helps me get a sense of
>how many tools we need, and lets me tell you how to get into the
>building.
>
>Ideally it would be nice to have five or more people participating in
>this, but I will probably be present on the 21st regardless.
>
>If the 21st is bad (or Saturdays are bad) then I am completely open to
>scheduling something for a different weekday evening, but you have to
>make suggestions for when and we have to make sure we have enough
>people RSVPing to make the additional session worthwhile.
>
>- Paul
>
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