This week I’m refurbishing a 15+ yr old computer which was stalling on windows 10 and got abandoned. Currently making a huge backup to an Icy box (the self built variant of a wd passport or similar).
On wednesday, a friend comes over and we’re repasting the old i5. I might add some ram and a better but used cpu later which should give this thing another 10 yrs as a server. The mainboard is full of features and would accept a 4 core with 8 threads and 16 GBs of DDR3. Nothing to play recent games on but maaaaany docker containers will run on this baby! :)
Let me know what you’re doing to spit on consumerism and built-for-the-landfill-economy.
Reminder: I made a petition on change.org to make consumer electronics manufacturers open their devices after they stop supporting them. Please sign it, your support is needed.
I buy local and independent. If I need something I can’t get that way, I shoplift enough from whatever corporate giant has the thing I need to offset the purchase revenue.
I’m very active in the local mutual support and buy-nothing groups, meaning not only do I spend little on consumer purchases, my neighbors spend less, too.
Thats crazy! I like it. I didnt know that this is actually a thing. Obviously, big media doesnt talk about it because it gives power to the people. Congrats to you for helping and sticking it to the man! :)