Post #1947877

2026-05-04 06:04 UTC

@stargazer I mean it depends... * 30+ computers is honestly pretty easy, offices and governments just want to offload their equipment they no longer have support contracts for and so will sell that hardware for dirt cheap or even free depending on the place. In most cases just installing and easy to use Linux distro to refresh them will likely be fine. Providing them to schools to give to poor students is a good way of giving them new life. It was after all the budget friendly way to build a gaming computer not that long ago. * 30 phones I guess, but honestly very limited in terms of devices in which this is possible sadly. * 30 hectares being 300000m² is definitely a bit much but community clean up days are a thing here. Not a one man thing. * Converting 30 people to a FOSS OS is a lot but some community projects like End of 10 have resources around physical places to help new users switch to FOSS. * Taking out 30 techbros, tbh the rate their going they might take out with them (and everything else).

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@stargazer@woof.tech 2026-05-04 13:23

@Umbreon >30 computers In your country, maybe. In here, I recently got Athlon I-based desktop (incomplete build) because its former owner died. That's probably the most someone can typically get for free. PCs are used until they break, "support contract" is barely a thing, and if something is deemed "obsolete", there are typically friends and friends of friends of govt officials who are first in line to get the thing. I saw Salem's ("The Greatest Technician Who Ever Lived" :) videos of refurbishing laptops that were thrown out because Win10 support expired. And while it is admirable, it is also wild that there are countries where this is a legit reason to dump a working laptop that is not even 5 years old. I wish I was in a country like that. Would help me finally upgrade :)

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