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1. Easy Ways to Sell, Donate, or Recycle Your Stuff

   A good step towards living a more sustainable lifestyle is knowing where you can responsibly offload your electronic devices.

2. Service and Support Satisfaction for Laptops and Smartphones 2021: Who Offers the Best Service in the US?

   NotebookCheck reviews their Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) quality survey results.

3. LVFS Serves Up 25 Million Firmware/BIOS Updates to Linux Users

   The LVFS project thrives and continues to help GNU/Linux users update their systems' firmware.

4. Move Over, ARM: BeagleV Is a $150 RISC-V Computer Designed to Run Linux

   Seeed Studios and BeagleBoard produce an affordable RISC-V system designed to run GNU/Linux.

5. GNU/Linux System Information and Configuration

   Learn how to gather information about a GNU/Linux system and configure its components.

6. Design, Activism, and Fixing the World: Three Authors Talk With iFixit

   The authors of three new books chat with iFixit on the importance of repair.

7. Tourists on Tech’s Toll Roads

   The future of open general purpose computing is threatened, but there are people and products that can help sustain it.

8. How to Shop for a Used Laptop or Desktop PC

   Getting a nice computer can be expensive. A used computer is an affordable alternative, but what do you look for?

9. 5 Years of Intel CPUs and Chipsets Have a Concerning Flaw That’s Unfixable

   Intel's Converged Security and Management Engine contains an unfixable flaw that may allow an attacker to compromise a system's root of trust.

10. Meet the Woman Behind the Repair Café Movement (2019)

    Martine Postma is helping pave the way for a global Repair Café movement.