CornOnTheGob<p>Microsoft thinks you should recycle pcs that can't be upgraded to windows 11...</p><p>Please do not do this. Try linux or give them to someone else who will, or donate them to charitable organizations.</p><p>Goblins need spare computers everywhere!</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a><br>Can we have a <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtag</span></a> on here for people who wish to discard perfectly good computers, so other people on here who are less fortunate can get them and use linux or something?</p><p>Any opinions on a best hashtag for that?</p><p>*edit <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@generationX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>generationX</span></a></span> mentioned a hashtag, <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/computertruhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computertruhe</span></a> (which is a group or the german equivalent to this paying it forward of computers or related parts, and is active on mastodon!) This may translate to <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/computerchest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerchest</span></a> and is the best lead on a relevant hashtag for this purpose so far!</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/retux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retux</span></a> (for games?)<br>possibly <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upcycling</span></a></p><p>Unique for this purpose suggested:<br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/takemytech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takemytech</span></a> (at least 2 votes!)<br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/sparePChere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sparePChere</span></a><br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pc2hand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pc2hand</span></a> </p><p>by area:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wien.rocks/@PCsfueralle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PCsfueralle</span></a></span> for Austria, like computertruhe for DE</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/LinuxInstallParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxInstallParty</span></a> may be relevant! DE I think!</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FreeGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGeek</span></a> for <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> and maybe <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> 12 Bookworm made installation and GUI much easier than previous versions, including nonfree repositories for proprietary driver support! Debian 13 Trixie (stable) drops later this year. It is upstream and all about open source, as a Linux option.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/recyclewindows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recyclewindows10</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/terriblepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terriblepolicy</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/payitforward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payitforward</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/computerrepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerrepair</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/goblinsolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goblinsolutions</span></a></p>