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

Wow, I just installed the latest #LinuxMint with #Xfce desktop on a 19 year-old #iMac with a beautiful 20" screen (4gb RAM, 1tb disk) and it's 😍

Absolutely usable for web surfing, emails, documents, like all normal office use. Blown away by just how good old hardware can perform if one uses the right software.

Big kudos to everyone contributing to @linuxmint ♥️

#Linux #reuse #recycle #sustainability

Wow, I just installed the latest #LinuxMint with #Xfce desktop on a 19 year-old #iMac with a beautiful 20" screen (4gb RAM, 1tb disk) and it's 😍

Absolutely usable for web surfing, emails, documents, like all normal office use. Blown away by just how good old hardware can perform if one uses the right software.

Big kudos to everyone contributing to @linuxmint ♥️

#Linux #reuse #recycle #sustainability

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

Just took my iPhone 13 to the Apple Store to fix its charging port. Thankfully they could fix it up on the spot, but I asked how much it’d cost to replace the port: €400 was the answer.

Holy shirtballs, Batman! Apparently the entire back of the phone is one piece, including the camera and charging port. That is absolutely horrid repairability!

I knew Apple phones were bad for repairability, but that’s unacceptable.

#apple #reuse #repair

Helping people save money and the planet is a great double act of kindness - especially when it also includes celebrations!

I bought decorations for my daughter’s 18th birthday that I then shared them with a friend whose daughter turned 18 a few weeks later.

They’ve now passed them on to someone else with an 18th birthday coming up.

The balloons came to us after 2 other parties and were passed on to another friend.

1/2

#Kindness #Birthday #Reuse

Helping people save money and the planet is a great double act of kindness - especially when it also includes celebrations!

I bought decorations for my daughter’s 18th birthday that I then shared them with a friend whose daughter turned 18 a few weeks later.

They’ve now passed them on to someone else with an 18th birthday coming up.

The balloons came to us after 2 other parties and were passed on to another friend.

1/2

#Kindness #Birthday #Reuse

1 of 2 completed. #reduce #reuse

Faut aussi que je vous raconte quand j'arrive pas à faire des trucs : j'essaye d'installer @postmarketOS sur un Geeksphone qui avait du Mozilla FirefoxOS dessus et qui date de 2012. J'ai galeré pendant un moment à essayer de flasher https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Mozilla_Flame_(t2m-flame) avant de me rendre compte que c'était pas le bon. J'ai fait des modifs pour compresser le kernel, du adb et du fastboot... Ça marche pas encore mais je ne perd pas espoir.

#postmarketos #reuse #recycle #fail

Faut aussi que je vous raconte quand j'arrive pas à faire des trucs : j'essaye d'installer @postmarketOS sur un Geeksphone qui avait du Mozilla FirefoxOS dessus et qui date de 2012. J'ai galeré pendant un moment à essayer de flasher https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Mozilla_Flame_(t2m-flame) avant de me rendre compte que c'était pas le bon. J'ai fait des modifs pour compresser le kernel, du adb et du fastboot... Ça marche pas encore mais je ne perd pas espoir.

#postmarketos #reuse #recycle #fail

It's been non stop at the #repairCafe here.

The queue was out to the car park.

70 items arrived and many have left successfully repaired! I've heard the successful repair bell ring at least 20 times but a few people snuck out without dinging...

#repair #reuse #circularEconomy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/115920474181013749

@GeePawHill

#can #we #post #from #only #old #hashtags #and #still #beat #that #record #for #max #numbers #hit #in #tags #without #care #to #body #text #words #oh #fuck #no #this #is #time #eating #trying #not #to #reuse #or #RepairReuseRecycle #butIcantresistshitposting #goddamnit #weAreSoFucked #WIN #ha

It's been non stop at the #repairCafe here.

The queue was out to the car park.

70 items arrived and many have left successfully repaired! I've heard the successful repair bell ring at least 20 times but a few people snuck out without dinging...

#repair #reuse #circularEconomy

Cleaned up the #Filofax binder with same stuff used for car interiors (its very similar material) and a detailing brush, it looks a lot better now

#1980s #reuse