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How Can I Donate Old Hardware to Developers?

Posted by Cliff on from the forlorn-hardware-seeks-good-home dept.

olddoc asks: "I have a computer I'd like to get rid of. It is still pretty useful for a developer, being a fairly powerful dual Athlon MP box, but there is no Microsoft OS on it so most charities in the area don't want it. I live in Eastern Pennsylvania, USA and I'm sure there are dozens of people who are developing GPL or BSD licensed software, who would be happy to get their hands on it. If my old computer is used to help develop free software, I'll get all warm and fuzzy inside. If I get a tax deduction for it so much the better. Does anyone know how to give a worthy project a hardware gift?"

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  1. Contact + Pickup by comwiz56 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Conctact some projects you deem worthy of recieving the box. Since shipping is impractical unless they feel like dropping the money, you should try to find someone in a reasonably close area (you mentioned Peensylvania, shoudn't be a big prob) that would be willing to pick it up. I know I wouldn't mind a few hours of drive time for a box, especially something like yours that isnt a piece of junk.

  2. or craigslist by m4c+north · · Score: 3, Informative

    there's one for Philly.

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  3. Or Freecycle it... by madaxe42 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Freecycle.org, i think.

  4. OSS projects often need hardware by Neil+Blender · · Score: 4, Informative

    And they accept donated hardware. FreeBSD is one:

    http://www.freebsd.org/donations/

    You can get a tax deductionn too.

  5. KDE by Punboy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Go to KDE-Artists and see if there is anyone there that might need it.

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  6. How about giving it to these guys.... by rsax · · Score: 2, Informative
    They write some pretty decent software: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, OpenCVS. And they need your hardware as well: "AMD64 and i386 hardware, especially with multiple processors"

    If I were you then I would contact Theo to see how you can get the box to a developer. By the way, no matter who you end up donating it to, it's an awesome gesture on your part. Good on ya.

  7. Re:LUG's by Mattcelt · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or find the freecycle list in your area.

    Philly has several large ones.