Sounds like a good way to make use of old eMachines, at a large discount too.

Finally, the year of the Linux Desktop! (eMachine edition)

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    9 months ago

    That depends on their setup.

    Taking donated PCs to save them from e-waste. Hooking it up to a large KVM and running hardware diags then a image script to load OS, software and quick check for drivers and functionality…

    Maybe 15-30 min labor if you’re efficient and doing them in bulk.

    … Yeah still a good deal haha.

    I used to do this kind of work. With a wall of monitors mounted and PCs below. It was pretty chill and just needed to poke one when needed.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t mean time on the bench. I mean tech time working on it.

        Hook it up. Start diag. Poke a different system.
        Diag done? Passed? Start imaging with post kickstart or Ansible script. Work on a different box.
        Image done? Check drivers, updates and functionality checklist.

        If you had to do 100 of these you can get pretty good at it.