Hi I'm a volunteer in a youth center. Some time ago, their organization switched to OneDrive and their old server got shelved. I thought it would be a waste to just throw it out, but I'm not sure what to do with it. It runs on an outdated system (CentOS 7, I believe), but otherwise works fine.
I have dipped my toes into Linux, but I am in no ways an expert.
So I would like to ask for ideas, suggestions or maybe just some pointers. What is a fun way to use a server for a youth center? While I'm at it, any ideas what to do with this?
Use it, donate it, sell it? I'm not trying to profit, by the way. Selling would mean to reinvest it into new equipment for the kids, whatever that may be.
I also have a bunch of Lenovo ThinkCentres and old or broken Notebooks at my disposal.
I think so as well. The computer isn't really good to "use" it. That's more the category for experiments. Or teach people how to install Linux. Or a computer museum corner and you put vintage games on it. Or just recycle it.
And a box with RAM sticks collecting dust isn't useful either. Put whatever is compatible into other computers, and then try to sell and recycle them. Seems 4GB DDR3L RAM modules still sell for 1 to 4€ on eBay?! So maybe you can make a few bucks to invest in other projects for the kids.
I think that's a noble cause right there. Get them <ahem!> hooked while they're young and impressionable.
I'll do my very best. I mean not "have you heard of our lord and saviour RMS" style... But you can definitely have some fun with teaching teenagers to use Kdenlive. Or ask them whether they're interested in setting up a Luanti world with loads of additional mods. 😀
Talk to your kids about compiling the Linux Kernel.
Before somebody else does.