On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Max Shinn <max at bernsteinforpresident.com>wrote: > >> So, does anyone know of any place within the metro area that will take > ANY > >> computer equipment for free? > > http://www.freegeek.org Should be Twin Cities chapter.Tom > Yes, FreeGeek Twin Cities just got up and running last fall if I > remember correctly. They take "free" hardware donations, but also > suggest a monetary donation to properly dispose of it. See: > http://freegeektwincities.org/donate > Another nice thing about FreeGeek is that they reuse as much of it as > possible and build computers to be given to volunteers (who learn as > they volunteer) and other people who need them. > > Free Geek has a focus on reuse, not just recycling. If you think your old hardware has some life left in it and like the thought of it helping some people who could use a computer but maybe not afford one - this is the place for you. They are also very linux-oriented. I think everything they send out has a linux distro loaded on it. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100708/78643744/attachment.htm