-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steve Petrie and Russel Reiter conversed:
If I do decide to build the new Linux PC myself, I will check out Hacklab. And find my "build buddy(ies)" on GTALUG
I live close to that location so if it is just unfamiliarity with the build process and it can be done there, I'd be happy to lend a hand at some point.
Another place to learn some computer building skills is FreeGeek Toronto: http://freegeektoronto.org/ They receive donated computers, refurbish (rebuild) them, and "re-sell them at an accessible price to help low income communities get connected." After you've helped build four or five systems you get to keep the next self-built system for yourself (at least, that's how it once was). We've got something similar in Kitchener, the Working Centre's Computer Recycling: http://www.theworkingcentre.org/computer-recycling/178 - --Bob. On 07/26/16 16:50, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
On Jul 26, 2016 9:39 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hello Russel,
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I get nervous when I read "standoofs, odd screws, little odds and ends"
That's OK as Lennart pointed out name brand stuff usually comes complete with the necessary parts.
However in twenty five years of tinkering and a couple of hundred builds, I've learned to plan for my own fumbling fingers and trying to mix and match from different supply streams.
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Hacklab -- I remember vaguely reading about them. Thanks for the reminder.
I brought them up because GTALUG doesn't have a particular place of their own. I checked the Hacklab website and it looks like the list administrators have their monthly meeting at that location.
Also FYI Tuesdays after 6pm is the open house.
If I do decide to build the new Linux PC myself, I will check out Hacklab. And find my "build buddy(ies)" on GTALUG :)
I live close to that location so if it is just unfamiliarity with the build process and it can be done there, I'd be happy to lend a hand at some point.
HTH Russell
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