Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Date: 26 Feb 2025 19:26:00 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <44dirj5k94a97bbcoemadg84e19g1d89rq@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net PVXF7ryB/8fZuKnXsymhZQkKNQeVu14GjD1U04gocQASVONaZz Cancel-Lock: sha1:zk4RbIgAFPZjBNkK3DClKPXmll0= sha256:xMX2gS6+2dsyAat64JYExgV+8LeWPKLr3zqpxzQcRXY= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Bytes: 2085 On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:47:10 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote: >>> While I think it would renew the device to put Linux on it, I think >>> that there is no point. The keyboard on this thing is absolute >>> garbage, and I don't see myself using it at work for any purpose >>> either. Recycling it is putting it out of its misery. >>> >> Or you could get yourself an external USB Keyboard/Mouse. >> >> Might give it a bit of an extended life!! > > Nah, it will be recycled. Recycled to what? I'm suspicious that electronics recycling is one of those feel good programs. Years ago there was a guy that ran a business out of his basement for electronics components. His recycling technique was crude but effective. He'd toss a printed circuit board on the gas grill until it was toasty, turn it over, and strike it sharply on the rim of a barrel so the components would fall off. I doubt that could be effective with SMC and many custom unmarked ICs. What do you do with a CRT other than a controlled implosion a little more sophisticated than shooting with a .22?