<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Max Shinn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:max@bernsteinforpresident.com">max@bernsteinforpresident.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">>> So, does anyone know of any place within the metro area that will take ANY<br>
>> computer equipment for free?<br>
</div><div class="im">> <a href="http://www.freegeek.org" target="_blank">http://www.freegeek.org</a> Should be Twin Cities chapter.Tom<br>
</div>Yes, FreeGeek Twin Cities just got up and running last fall if I<br>
remember correctly. They take "free" hardware donations, but also<br>
suggest a monetary donation to properly dispose of it. See:<br>
<a href="http://freegeektwincities.org/donate" target="_blank">http://freegeektwincities.org/donate</a><br>
Another nice thing about FreeGeek is that they reuse as much of it as<br>
possible and build computers to be given to volunteers (who learn as<br>
they volunteer) and other people who need them.<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
</blockquote><div>Free Geek has a focus on reuse, not just recycling. If you think <br>
your old hardware has some life left in it and like the thought of <br>
it helping some people who could use a computer but maybe<br>
not afford one - this is the place for you. They are also very <br>linux-oriented. I think everything they send out has a linux <br>distro loaded on it. <br><br>
-Rob<br>
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