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Im sorta a computer hoarder but what can i do with some older desktops? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 11 hours ago by Grumpy404@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Over the past few years ive gotten desktops from various smaller thrift stores but not i feel like i have too many and im not sure what to so with them? Do i save them and turn them into a bugger project? Do i make a nas out of one of them? Im stumped theres so many things to do with a pc that i dont know where to start, or if this is even the right place to post in?

I pretty much saved theses from e-waste and scalpers but most of the machines are devices nobody wants or has a issue.

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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 41 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Repair what's broken, slap Linux on them and donate to charities.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 hours ago

Yeep there are quite a few of these that get them into the hands of disadvanteged people or underfunded schools and such.