It’s great that he’s speaking about Gaza, but with the wealth, power, and control he has, just speaking isn’t going to be enough. Hopefully, he’ll act on his words and send aid.

Jami.net

Ignore the comment saying signal is “end to end encrypted” “private” etc They are simply stuck in a delusional state where they try to convince themselves that signal is the best option so they can continue using it. Nothing is private if it isn’t fully libre because you never know what the proprietary code is doing. The signal protocol itself has its source code released, and the encryption and security code is publicly available, but the signal Foundation has stated that it uses both free code and proprietary code. Their reason is UI, but it’s hard to make sure whatever proprietary code is being used for because you simply can’t see it. As GNU puts it: “You’re walking in a pitch black cave”. Jami is fully libre and is a GNU project. You don’t even need any phone number!

No, I just buy a new lenovo 9 cell battery. I use my X200T for creativity stuff (reading/writing/drawing) and use my T500 for portable more intense work like programming that I would do on the ASUS KMCA-D8 when I’m on the go. I get about 5-12 hours on my X200T and 3-10 hours on my T500, but I do carry a docking station with me, so I can always just recharge easily, but I usually don’t use it since the 5-10 hours is more than enough for school bus rides and I don’t usually program in a place without a charging outlet nearby. Btw it’s important to note that my computer is very minimal since I use parabola open rc edition with dwm to boot emacs, libreoffice draw, and icecat, so if you have a bloated setup then ofcourse the battery life will differ.

Not only can they just flash custom firmware to bypass this like “unexposedhazard” mentioned, but as long as DJI is getting money, I don’t think they care that their drones are being used for surveillance.

Here in Lebanon, MK drones are constantly above. They frequently strike and break the sound barrier for physical and phychological tornment. The ceasefire merely limited the sonic booms and airstrikes, it didn’t stop them. Speaking of Isreali surveillance, Isreal has apps for both military and civillians that contain personal information of the palestinians that are stored in silicon valey’s tech corporation’s databases through deals like Project Nimbus. The Palestinians are also constantly surrounded by cameras that track there every move whether inside or outside of their property.

Hello, I use the Linux-Libre kernel. As for the claims, I haven’t heard any distro-specific kernel before, but it might be. After all, the Linux kernel is GPL, so I wouldn’t be surprised if users edited/removed/added code for better battery life / performance, but the real question isn’t if it’s true, it’s “Is this worth my time?” Recompiling the kernel is a hastle, so it’s best to research how much you will gain by switching on your specific hardware before you actually switch. Another thing to keep in mind is how much experience you have with documentation. When I started using GNU+Linux, I would do such things and be surprised it didn’t work after copying someone on peertube. I’m not saying you can’t watch tutorials, just don’t rely on them too much, and always double check information if you are going to use one.

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html

Why must the device be new and still in production? The current devices that are currently in production/new both at that price point (sub 40$) and more expensive (up to 3000$) are consumer grade garbage that will last at most 2 years. They’re not repairable, not durable, not built well etc. I personally use a GNU booted Thinkpad X200T /T500 and a GNU booted ASUS KMCA-D8- both running Parabola GNU+Linux-Libre splendisly with the proprietary wifi-card replaced. The cost of the X200T was about 30$ and the T500 was about 20$. I understand that you might not care as much of freedom to get either the X200, X200T, T400, T400s, or T500, but it is important to understand that most of the operating system components you are runnning were made with freedom in mind. If you still don’t want to sacrifice performance for a cheap, libre experience, then just get a newer Thinkpad. It’s not as libre, but they still could be found (more easily) for very cheap prices. But keep in mind the newer you get the shittier it’s going to be. I still suggest the models I reffered to though- esspecially if you want to tinker. You can remove about every component and replace it, and you can replace the BIOS with a fully free bios (GNU Boot).

By the way, most operating system distributions based on Linux as kernel are basically modified versions of the GNU operating system. Richard M Stallman and contributers began developing GNU in 1984, years before Linus Torvalds started to write his kernel. Their goal was to develop a complete free operating system. Of course, they did not develop all the parts themselves—but they led the way. They developed most of the central components, forming the largest single contribution to the whole system. The basic vision was theirs too. In fairness, the GNU project ought to get at least equal mention. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html#gnulinux https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html

There are a lot of things that are wrong with the world. These things vary from person-to-person, but digitally, non-free software