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

[Jason]

Hi Kyong,

If it's Intel, then it's even easier to get Linux running on it.  Happy to
mess around with it.
It's fine if you don't have the charger. I'm sure I can scrounge up a
MagSafe connector or USB charger to give it a try with.

Cheers,
Jason


On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM kyoung <lseo at plg.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> 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
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > kwlug-disc mailing list
> > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> > > > > with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> > > > > kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > kwlug-disc mailing list
> > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> > > > with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> > > > kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > kwlug-disc mailing list
> > > To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> > > with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> > > kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.
> > >
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > kwlug-disc mailing list
> > To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> > with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> > kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kwlug-disc mailing list
> To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/attachments/20250130/dee9fdc0/attachment.htm>