Reusing existing hardware: let’s build a community HCL!

yuriy@sentrium.io (Yuriy Andamasov) — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:35:51 GMT

Hello Community!

The hardware crisis isn’t getting any better. If anything, there’s a chance that it’s only the beginning.

It’s not yet certain whether high prices and shortages will become the new normal or not. Still, it’s certain that keeping old hardware in use for longer and reusing old hardware for different purposes has always been the environmentally-responsible approach.

It’s just that until recently, that approach was mostly practiced by environmentally-conscious people and people who simply couldn’t afford to purchase new hardware on a whim. Companies with big budgets often looked down upon it. Well, now the economic reality forces more people to make decisions that are also environmentally friendly. Still, if people can easily see whether they can reuse a certain box for VyOS, it will simplify those decisions.

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Reusing existing hardware: let’s build a community HCL!