Re: recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux?
Ted Pomeroy <[email protected]>
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NMGLugers, Right, the "Computer Charity, Inc." is at that address, at least it was when I last checked. Mike Harcharik is the current Exec. Director. You can try him at [email protected]; the phone is still 505-983-2577. That is a little more current than the 501c3 listing. Thank you, Ted P. On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 2:27 PM Harold Furbiter <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are a 501c or other non-profit you may want to contact > > > https://www.centerfornonprofitexcellence.org/nonprofit-directory/nonprofit/41954 > > That's what they do. > > Cheers, > > *Sent:* Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 9:28 AM > *From:* "Don Crowder" <[email protected]> > *To:* "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [nmglug] recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux? > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/EVOO-15-6-FHD-Ultra-Thin-Intel-Core-i7-8GB-Memory-256GB-SSD-Windows-10-Home-Black/980142444 > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:29 AM Mark Galassi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dear nmglug-ers, >> >> I'm about to have 11 students in the upcoming Institute for Computing in >> Research internship program (https://computinginresearch.org/) purchase >> laptops to run a GNU/Linux distribution. >> >> We subsidize them for up to $400 on these laptops. >> >> In the first two years things went OK but with some problems: most of the >> laptops ended up being $400 plus something, straining our budget, and some >> of them had annoyances with microphone and wifi drivers. >> >> Does anyone keep up to date on best laptops for the linux kernel in >> various price ranges? Any advice? >> >> And there is also always a question running in the back of my head: would >> anyone know how to find a local (or global) business that might subsidize >> the laptops for our students? I keep thinking that there must be some way >> to get Lenovo or some other company to either give away some laptops, or to >> sell us a $560 laptop for $400 -- we are a very deserving non-profit, after >> all. >> >> Unfortunately so far my attempts at following the chain of companies to >> their educational outreach people have turned out to be time-consuming dead >> ends. >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > > _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org