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Shipped out the first two rehabilitated Thinkpads this morning. These have SSD drives, upgraded RAM and are running Linux Mint instead of the usual bloatware/spyware. Light and lean. Yay for repairability. 🛠️

If there's someone in your life that needs decent laptop for general use, let me know. I will refresh and ship one at no charge. (Donations are welcome, to cover the cost of shipping.)

More info at the top of this thread.

#SolarPunk #RightToRepair #Linux #EthicalTech #reuse #EthicalTech

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A Thinkpad laptop on top of a cardboard panel, being prepared for shipping.

Four Thinkpads stacked with their power cords.

The bottom cover of a Thinkpad has been removed and sits in the background. The components are visible including CPU fan and upgraded RAM.

Brennan Kenneth Brown

@brennan@social.lol · 4 days ago

@coreysnipes wonderful initiative! I've done the the same locally (I just wanted an excuse to tinker with ThinkPads mostly), how do I donate to you for this?

Corey Snipes 🕯️❄️

@coreysnipes@hachyderm.io · 4 days ago

@brennan Excellent! My motivations are really similar, if I'm honest. Giving them away locally is a smart move. I've been thinking about that too, possibly integrated in a low-key linux install fest or small tech meetup. Maybe that's overcomplicating it. How have you found homes for yours?

TY for the donation offer. That's very kind. There's a "pay what you want" tip jar at the bottom of this page, if you're inclined: https://elephant.computer/tip-jar.html

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If you would like to help offset the cost of pairing, refreshing, and shipping an Elephant laptop, use one of the payment links or QR codes below. Thank you for supporting repair culture and equipment re-use! $40 (US) covers the packing materials and shipping to…

BrambleBearSnoring

@BrambleBearSnoring@mastodon.ie · 2 days ago

@coreysnipes

@DoomsdaysCW is there anyone in Maine doing this kind of laptop refurbishment? Who could maybe teach folx how to do it too? Increase and spread cozy #solarpunk laptops?

Roy

@RABid@mastodon.world · 5 days ago

@coreysnipes You're amazing! I've been wanting to do something like this, but can't really afford to. Thanks for stepping up!

Corey Snipes 🕯️❄️

@coreysnipes@hachyderm.io · 5 days ago

@RABid Thank you! I'm fortunate that I can devote a little $$ from the rest of the business to making this happen, and I also enjoy fixing stuff and helping people. So it works out.

Toby

@xenotrope@bsd.network · 4 days ago

@coreysnipes @RABid I just started selling Mint-flavored USB sticks on eBay for similar reasons. Not in it for the money. I just see too many people who have no idea what an ISO is suffering needlessly. Glad to see other people lighting candles instead of cursing the darkness.

Corey Snipes 🕯️❄️

@coreysnipes@hachyderm.io · 4 days ago

@xenotrope @RABid That's a great idea. If you can share a listing or store link, I'd be happy to add it to my resources list.

Toby

@xenotrope@bsd.network · 4 days ago

@coreysnipes @RABid Just started this week. I sell these at a profit. Well, "profit". I'm looking to not lose money shipping hardware to strangers. I'm also considering an Etsy store for the same thing and maybe branching out to Zorin or MX or elementary OS if there's interest. I'm sick of people posting online "I hate Windows 11 but I have no idea what a sha256sum is" and then getting sandbagged by an optional procedure they may only end up doing once or twice in their lives.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/188067467380

Every USB stick is handmade by me and used to install on a real device. If the device fails, it goes in the trash, not in the mail.

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