[nmglug] recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux?

[Ted Pomeroy]

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 cnnm_mike at cybermesa.com; 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 <wwcorigan at mail.com> 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" <donguitar at gmail.com>
> *To:* "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at lists.nmglug.org>
> *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 <mark at galassi.org> 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.
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