[kwlug-disc] donating hardwares for hobbyists or highschool tech classes

[kyoung]

Hi Jason,

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:59:57PM -0500, Jason wrote:
> I would take the Macbook Pro Air to test out Asahi Linux on, if possible.
> Might be able to turn it into a light workstation for a friend of mine who
> doesn't have a computer.

Does asahi linux support older intel macbooks?

Also I could not find charger for this one so I will probably just treat
it as an e-waste. My old friend left me with this years ago but I never
bothered with mac...
 
> I agree that The Working Centre could be a good home for some of this
> equipment.  I'll email you a direct link to their Discord.

sounds good. you can email or send invite to my discord account
(i think my tag was "floating_signifier" or something)
 
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM kyoung <lseo at plg.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Good point. Here is the list.
> >
> > laptops:
> > - t410 g1 (no battery pack)
> > - t480 g7? (need usb keyboard and mouse as something went wrong with
> > controller) + two battery packs
> > - X1 Carbon g3
> > - macbook pro air 2016
> > - powerbook g4
> > - two generic x86_64 laptops (one from samsung and one from lenovo not
> > sure about models)
> >
> > SBCs:
> > - Zaurus SL-C3000
> > - USL-5P
> > (both runs old unsupported version of openbsd)
> > - pine64
> > - Banana Pi M1 A20
> >
> > GPU:
> > - gtx 1650 4GB
> >
> > If nobody wants them I will just drop them off at university's e-waste
> > collection but I always feel bad when I try to imagine how many
> > functioning computers I will be able to find in landfill...
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:11:05PM -0500, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > > Your first stop would be right here in KWLUG.  If you can post a list of
> > > what you're got, some of the members might be interested.
> > >
> > > The second option is the Laptop Rescue, but I'll leave it to Paul or
> > > Charles to provide the details on that.
> > >
> > > Last option would be any e-waste site.  I use Reality Bytes in Elmira.
> > > https://www.realitybytescomputers.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 14:02, kyoung <lseo at plg.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am a student who is about to graduate and would like to give away
> > > > old but fully functional equipments.
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody know if there is a way to donate old laptops, SBC devkits,
> > > > spare components or old GPUs etc to school or local hobbyists?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > -kyoung
> > > >
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