there’s no fucking way

Debian users should receive their news 6-12 months after everyone else, change my mind

/s

might I recommend topgrade to you in these trying times?

https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade

so far, nobody’s talked about taking away computers. however, you’re correct in that taking them away is not a solution.

american schools are notoriously underfunded. google realized this a few years ago when they came out with the Chromebook lineup, which are dirt cheap entries into the google ecosystem. the hardware is not the problem, the data collection introduced to children in the guise of convenience at early stages is.

my preferred solution to that would be to introduce hardware outside of the google ecosystem. the issue is, very few companies can produce at scale in the way google can. any competitors would have to sell hardware below asking price to compete. its not feasible for small companies to do so. apple and Microsoft could, but they don’t have the same data collection ecosystem that google does for the same hardware subsidies.

another big reason small companies can’t compete is that the entire Gsuite is cloud based. all you need to access it is a browser. there’s not a single public school with the IT team to set up an open-source alternative, so schools are forced (or are enthusiastic about the opportunity) to get a full Microsoft-esque productivity suite for the kids without the licensing fees.

ever tried to convince someone non-tech savvy to switch from chrome to Firefox? attitudes range from uninterested to impossible, despite the functionality being identical at worst. now try to do that with every single tool they’ve been using since they were in elementary school.

its a simple game plan. lock them into a data-harvesting ecosystem. collect their data. nudge their opinions. influence their votes.

the stars and forks should be on github to send a message.

cloning and subsequent rehosting should definitely take place on other platforms.

clone, star, fork. we can all help out.

Github has zero 9’s so at this point just use Arch for everything fuck it

(I would personally recommend Debian)

hey there, this is really cool. please keep us updated if you have any developments on how you solve the problems, and what else you discover

my repos are NOT going to make their code less sloppy let me tell you

Anecdotally, I haven’t run into a single Mikrotik deployment since university.

this service exists mostly for people who can’t purchase a pixel directly. nitrokey ships internationally