Change the world one pc at a time with trashware
summary
PCOfficina runs a weekly volunteer workshop since 2011 that collects, repairs and redistributes donated PCs using iFixit tools, memtest86+, badblocks and a standard image based on Linux Mint with Xfce. Acceptance criteria: dual‑core 64‑bit ≈ i3, Linux machines ≥6GB RAM (Windows ≥8GB + SSD); stopped taking 32‑bit in 2020 and sub‑4GB in 2022. Projects include 107 km delivery to a psychiatric day‑centre, laptops for a legal clinic, school lab rebuilds with SSDs; refurbished machines meet a two‑year usable target and often continue working.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:06PC Officina and its goals
- 3:35PC Officina in Milan
- 6:45Trashware defined
- 9:58When Trashware fails
- 12:33Standards for donated PCs
- 16:25Preparing PCs with Linux
- 21:09Choosing Linux distributions
- 24:24Three impact stories
- 28:5311 years of lessons
- 31:27Answering audience questions
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