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Jeremy Jongepier
Jeremy Jongepier
@Jeremy@social.edu.nl  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#SURF will be handing out a new laptop model for employees. So I was asked if I could check if #Linux would run on it. I first checked if it was an Ubuntu Certified laptop. That was the case. Then I installed #Ubuntu on it and everything worked OOTB. Which is really cool because now the service desk will be handing out laptops that are checked beforehand if they run Linux which will save employees the frustration of having to figure out themselves how to get it running properly.

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Wladimir Mufty
Wladimir Mufty
@wlaatje@social.edu.nl replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@Jeremy great!! Very helpful to have these checks been done to support each others!!!

Also some positive news from @Radboud_uni:

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/243746/radboud-universiteit-geeft-werknemers-fairphone-smartphones-als-werktelefoon.html

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Radboud Universiteit geeft werknemers Fairphone-smartphones als werktelefoon

De Nijmeegse Radboud Universiteit geeft werknemers vanaf 1 februari 2026 standaard een Fairphone als werktelefoon. Voorheen kregen werknemers Samsungs en iPhones. De universiteit zegt dat Fairphones duurzamer en goedkoper zijn dan alternatieven.
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Jeremy Jongepier
Jeremy Jongepier
@Jeremy@social.edu.nl replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@wlaatje @Radboud_uni Thanks! And regarding Fairphone, we discussed that today too actually. There is a pilot running at SURF regarding the Fairphone 6. We also talked about the interview Tessa Wernink gave for De Volkskrant back in 2024. She's one of the founders of Fairphone but she left because, well, you might want to read it yourself: https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/door-idealisme-kun-je-minder-empathisch-worden~b68296d3/

It's paywalled though :(

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‘Door idealisme kun je minder empathisch worden’

Ze was een van de oprichters van Fairphone, de producent van een zo verantwoord mogelijk geproduceerde smartphone. Daar ging het doel het ideaal overheersen, merkte Tessa Wernink (47).
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