I get a bunch from people that don’t know what to do with them. I nuke the hard drive and then donate, these days. If I can’t nuke it, I take the platters out and destroy those. Haven’t come across with one with SSD yet, but it’s only a matter of time.

Before, Ibused to try to install different versions of Linux and just fix whatever issue the laptop had. Coolest thing I did was replace the charging port on one.

Personally speaking, I have yet to encounter an operating system that didn’t illicit bloodcurdling screams.

From here, it sounds like someone trying to make a local user account.