Post #493450
2026-03-02 14:09 UTC
Replies (23)
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@justdude@mastodon.nl 2026-03-12 20:28
****** Sorry for some late answers. A bit overwhelming and heartwarming these kind reactions and words ****** I pass the messages to the volunteers, the person who made this happen (Rinus) is a true pioneer with a big ❤️ So limited to the Netherlands, primarily for students from Dutch schools and for asylum students for example. But others are welcome too. We do not have background checks. But misuse is rare. We let them sign a form, to formalize the handover. No legal stuff. #LaptopRevive
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@disisdeguey@expressional.social 2026-03-02 17:19
@justdude This so cool and nice 👍
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@WilmBoerhout@mathstodon.xyz 2026-03-02 17:37
@justdude Aangemeld!
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@beaiouns@is.nota.live 2026-03-02 18:56
@justdude Holy shit that's awesome.
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@Bobo_PK@chaos.social 2026-03-02 19:04
@justdude is it NL only?
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@NatureMC@mastodon.online 2026-03-02 19:15
@justdude tagging #fedigive for ⬆️
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@Morpurgo@mastodon.nl 2026-03-03 06:47
@justdude It's just like a bag of candy we want to share?
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@xinit@mastodon.coffee 2026-03-03 12:00
@justdude Nice to see something like this here in the Netherlands.
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@badrihippo@fosstodon.org 2026-03-04 06:42
@justdude how awesome! I'm not in need of a laptop (and neither am I in the Netherlands) but I can think of situations where this would've been a lifesaver :blobcatthumbsup:
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@vivekanandanks@mstdn.social 2026-03-04 10:41
@justdude This is honestly one of the coolest initiatives I have ever seen. Would love to start something like this in my locality too🔥 Very inspiring to be frank🫡
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@MxAlba@blahaj.zone 2026-03-05 11:45
@justdude@mastodon.nl In je berichtje zeg je "students or anyone who is in need of a laptop" maar op de site staat wanneer je er een wil aanvragen "Laptop Revive verstrekt alleen laptops aan leerlingen en studenten van erkende instellingen." Hoe kan dan iemand die geen student is een laptop aanvragen?
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@vksxypants@mastodon.social 2026-03-05 14:32
@justdude this is a great idea. i would love to do this in my region. how do you source the laptops? are they ex business?
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@beanbagashtray@kolektiva.social 2026-03-06 22:32
@justdude When we switched to apple products last year in my school, I asked my IT guy what was happening w all the old Dell laptops and he just looked sad. The district has no plan to dispose of them and he'd basically been hoarding them in a closet. He brings me five a week now and I put Ubuntu mate on there and hand them out to kids. I've given out maybe 70 or so now, and have a weekly lunch bunch to troubleshoot and play around
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al 2026-03-12 08:59
@justdude @GeofCox I wish we could get some of these to Gaza.
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@jsbilsbrough@mastodon.me.uk 2026-03-12 10:14
@justdude that is awesome, I’m guessing this putting older machines and Microsoft abandoned perfectly good laptops to a good use
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@killyourfm@layer8.space 2026-03-12 14:11
@justdude Hey @codemonkeymike you two should meet :)
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@ken_fallon@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-03-12 18:32
@justdude @hpr
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@bardmoss@autistics.life 2026-03-12 18:49
@justdude That does sound like a miracle. Keep up the good work.
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@Frantasaur@mastodon.ie 2026-03-12 19:22
@justdude This is great! My kid goes to middelbare school in Amsterdam and they insisted that they only support windows or apple 😡😡😡 I sent them to school with a Linux mint laptop anyway and it’s been fine so far, so I will pass this along to the school and see if they can see the benefits for low income kids (and saving e-waste of course).
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@OpenTech_AUC@social.edu.nl 2026-03-12 20:11
@justdude oh wow! We are looking for just this. We want to organize a Linux install party and we were about to all chip in to buy some second hand thinkpads! Are we still in time?
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@mdione@en.osm.town 2026-03-12 20:46
@justdude any pointers how to start getting HW to refurbish and give away?
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@sb@metroholografix.ca 2026-03-12 21:34
@justdude I think about starting something like this in my community every day.
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@mees@sunny.garden 2026-03-27 20:20
@justdude iets voor @armoedemaaktmoedeloos ?