Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 187

@adfeno projects like #sr.ht and #ForgeFed are trying to replace GH in the same way that KDE and GNOME set out to replace the Windows GUI, to make GNU/Linux accessible to more users. That latter effort has been a tremendous success. Hopefully the efforts to replace GH with a user-friendly, federated workflow will be too.

@adfeno if the Git CLI was a satisfactory replacement for what GH offers, GH never would have got off the ground in the first place. I remember when people used to argue against GNU/Linux GUIs because "everyone should just learn the command line". #YeahRight

@adfeno Purism devices use PureOS, which was recently added to the #FSF list of endorsed distros. Along with #Trisquel, it's one of the few distros on that list that is actually usable by mere mortals, and still in active development.

> " We want to be able to use our devices until they break!

Hell yes! PostmarketOS is based on #Alpine Linux, so probably not 100% free code, but better in that respect than the vanilla #Android/Linux that's on most phones now.

#PostmarketOS is a new #GNU/Linux distribution that aims to provide a long term OS for mobile devices:
https://postmarketos.org/

@sir that's a good write-up. Hopefully it gets a few more projects interested in self-hosting, so you can do more testing of interaction between instances :)

@dansup @cj What kind of format/ technologies did you have in mind for a virtual conference? This is something I've thought about a lot, here's a summary of my thinking and the research I've done on what tech could be used:
https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/core-us

@LeoSammallahti totally agree. Where it gets complicated though is that in the development of cyberspace we've applied "how to collaborate with [x]" to *everyone*, including corporations. This has worked for us in some ways, and allowed our efforts to be recuperated in other ways. I still think it's possible to work constructively with the humans enmeshed in corporate structures while trying to win against those structures, but it's tricky. Constant evaluation and correction is required.

@lynnesbian woah. Just skimmed your thread on the sexualization of laptops. I had no idea that rabbithole went so deep. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "male gaze" ...

@bleakgrey hmm. I have a "Vodafone 785" according to the 'About phone' info. No idea how popular those are. Did it brick either of your devices, or just not do anything? Basically, I'm keen to give it a go if I'm not risking giving my Android permanent brain damage ;)

@falgn0n just tried to install #Aurora. #FDroid says it's incompatible with the version of #Android on the device (4.2.2) :(

Has anyone had any experiences using the Kingoroot app to get root on an Android/Linux device? Positive? Negative? So-so?

@adfeno I'd spend about the same money getting a #Purism #Librem5 (once they become available) and get a much more useful device for the same money. One with a full GNU/Linux system, instead of a crippled Android/Linux. With all due respect to the efforts of the Replicant team, that's currently what it amounts to from a user POV.

@adfeno I got given the Android/Linux device. I do want to give some money to someone working on a freedom-respecting device at some point, but can't afford to at the moment. I did consider getting a Replicant phone from #Technoethical, but they charge a *lot* for what is essentially a reconditioned device with broken WiFi.

@Adoxographer ok, you've convinced me. That's some powerful reasoning right there ;-P

@Adoxographer also, define "capitalism". See:
https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/what-s-a-capitalism-anyway

@Wolf480pl yes. But I presume Ubuntu does as well, since Trisquel is basically just a deblobbed Ubuntu with a different DE, and Ubuntu.com isn't blocked. Maybe people have been discussing how to use the VPN in China on the forums?

@Adoxographer define "meaningful change"? Because for your claim here to be true, we must be using that phrase *very* differently