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2025 End of year personal computing check-in
I've written quite a bit over the past 11 months about flipping the table on my personal computing. All very unexpected but what a relief to have done it. And also very satisfying to know that my computing now fits my personal ethics in a way that it did not before.
#Permacomputing #GNU #Linux #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Apple #Computing #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Resist #Capitalism #Fascism
Slowly making progress with our local Community Computer Upcycle project. Our first two donated computers have been upgraded to Linux Mint and will be made available to use on-site for clients of Madison County Recovery Allies in the next week or two. Outreach to collect used hardware has just started. As computers are upgraded to Linux they will be offered for free to MCRA clients and county residents. #Linux #Endof10 #FOSS #Library #MutualAid #Community #Computing
https://ozarkregional.org/CCU.html
Great post on the bandwidth, hardware and energy needed for modern web apps:
"Rot Economy" and Software Bloat is Increasing the Digital Divide
"However, there are a lot of hidden costs to this seemingly free online document editor now. This site had to load ~25 MB of data over a network connection consisting of ~250 requests in which my browser is now consuming ~2 GB RAM in order for me to type black text characters onto a white screen."
#DigitalDivide #Computing
https://blainsmith.com/articles/rot-economy-software-bloat-digital-divide/
5/30/2025, 2 engagements
Excellent post by Ploum: "Small low-tech manifesto"
My initial take-away: Even as a somewhat "advanced" user, my relationship to my computing technology precarious. He writes:
"Thanks to the complexity, constant change and the imposition of a strict “intellectual property” regime, users have been transformed into consumers. "
#Computing #FOSS #Apple #Linux #LowTech
Apple, big tech, lock-in and the corporate colonization of life experience
"Over the past few weeks, months really, as I've been considering the state of the world and the US (as many have) I've found myself increasingly of the mind that it was time, probably past time, to more specifically redefine my use of computing technology. I've written about the most recent kick in the ass that finally got me moving and that was Apple's ..."
#Apple #Enshittification #Computing