Freedom Tech Index

[Forwarded from Blueghost05] Are you curious what the /e/ DeGoogled phone OS is like? "Here's a recent review of the Ungoogled Teracube 2e phone from /e/ that came pre-loaded with the /e/ OS operating system, being used as a daily driver for nearly two months. The /e/ project is managed by the e Foundation." "/e/OS is not about hardened security, at least for now. It’s not for people who can be targeted by governments, intelligence services or illegal organizations. We are making a mobile phone ecosystem that lets users escape the permanent and industrial harvesting of their personal data." — Gaël Duval https://thenewleafjournal.com/review-of-e-an-android-alternative-for-mobile-phones/ #e_OS_Review

If you've had your eyes on a Purism Librem 14 laptop or on a Librem Mini, their $100 discount on the laptop and $60 discount on the Mini, this might just be your chance to get one while their current stock of them lasts. Here's your chance to get Linux on a genuine Linux box. This page came out on 8/5/22, so the stock is probably dwindling. Check them out here: https://puri.sm/posts/big-savings/ (Not an affiliate offer. Just trying to be helpful by letting you know.)

Linux Mint has finally released their guide on how to upgrade from Linux Mint 20.3 to Linux Mint 21. Please note, if you are still at a Linux Mint version lower than 20.3 you need to first upgrade that to Linux mint 20.3 before proceeding. Here is their official guide on how to upgrade from 20.3 to 21: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-21.html #LinuxMint_UpgradeFrom20.3To21

The Freedom Cell Network. Create local communities, chat with others, meet in person, buy & sell,date, organize events, and more.... Here is a video on what was accomplished in a year through a Freedom Cell community in Los Angeles, including switching their laptops away from Big Tech MS Windows to Linux. 1. TheGreaterReset.org, FreedomCells.org 1. Set up home garden no matter size 2. Change laptops from Windows to Linux TakeBackOurTech.org 3. Find alternative supply lines FarmMatch.com 4. Shop Local Farmer's Markets get to know your local farms FarmFreshToYou.com 5. Lawfully stepping out of federal jurisdiction and taxation 6. Set up weekly activities yoga, meditation, etc... 7. Acquire some precious metals, and learn how to trade using it 8. Get Ham radios, learn to use them 9. Support local freedom like-minded businesses 10. Buy long term food storage 11. Learn to shoot guns 12. Learn First Aid 13. Encourage specializing

. The CrowPi2 is a Laptop that takes a Raspberry Pi 4, and has a built in development board under it's wireless keyboard with many components, such as an LCD screen, 7-segment LED display, GPIO port, and a little breadboard for custom circuits. This is like having one of those Radio Shack All-in-One Electronics kits and a Commodore 64 all in the same unit. The kits start at $339.99 and go all the way up to $632.98. You can order them here: https://www.crowpi.cc/en-gb/products/crowpi2-all-in-one-raspberry-pi-laptop-stem-learning-platform #CrowPi_RaspberryPi_STEM_Laptop

. If you have been wanting to get a Gabb Wireless phone for your kid, know is the time. For the next 3 days, they a giving away free Gabb phones or Gabb watches with the activation of a new line. Use promo code GABBGIVES at checkout. Read more about it here: https://gabbwireless.com/?promo=GABBGIVES #Free_Gabb_Kids_Phone

. Ironically Google Pixel phones are some of the best phones for DeGoogling. Until recently it has been hard to get genuine parts for Google phones, but as of about a month ago, iFixit now has genuine parts for Google phones. No more taking chances buying cheap Chinese parts online of who knows what quality. You can look up parts for your Google phones on this website: 👇 https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Google-Phone #DeGoogled_Pixel_Phone_OEM_Parts

. Sometimes you may need the latest version of Flatpak in order to install a Flatpak package. UnGoogled-Chromium is a good example of this. In order to get the latest version of Flatpak on a Debian based distribution, do the followoing: 1. Uninstall Flatpak sudo apt remove flatpak --purge 2. Enter this into a terminal to add the Flatpak ppa repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flatpak/stable 3. Update your repository lists, and install: sudo apt update sudo apt install flatpak

[Forwarded from Gokham] Here is a good video explaining how to use the rsync command, which is and always has been the standard Linux sync and backup tool. It is an essential command to learn if you are running your own server, such as a Nextcloud server or an email server. Rsync is also nice for local file sync and backup, although sync & compare programs such as "Meld" and "Beyond Compare" offer a good GUI interface for this as well. Meld and Beyond Compare integrate into Nemo and Nautilus files browsers, making it even more convenient to use them. This video is uploaded here because Jay, the LearnLinuxTV guy does not put his videos anywhere other than YouTube. Maybe we can email him and ask he puts them on Odyseee like most of the other Linux guys. Video taken from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnAohLS-Q4 #Rsync_How_To_Use

This article might help encourage others who should or are considering using Linux. https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-myths-debunked/

the Rsync command line tool can be used to sync and back up files, and it can be automated using a cron job. https://linuxiac.com/rsync-command-in-linux-with-example/ #rsync_file_backup

A coallition of Utah cities have been building their own fiber optics Internet infrastructure for over a decade. It is independent of big tech. If it ever makes it's way into my neighborhood, I'll probably self host my Nextcloud and email directly from home. https://www.utopiafiber.com/about-utopia-fiber/

. Krita is an amazing paint, graphics, and photo editing program that can be used to replace some of the functionality of both Photoshop and Illustrator. Krita has both Vector layers and Raster layers, allowing you to combine the two into one program. The "Help" menu has a link to the Krita Handbook, which you can download in EPub format, or browse online. For interviews of artists and samples of work being done by those artists using Krita, you can go here: https://krita.org/en/features/artist-interviews/ To install the latest version of Krita on an Ubuntu based system, such as Mint: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kritalime/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install krita To remove Krita and it's repository:

sudo apt remove --autoremove krita

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:kritalime/ppa #Krita_Photoshop_Replacement #Krita_Photo_Editor

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. Kubuntu Focus is a company out of Castro Valley, California (Silicon Valley) that offers high-end Linux laptops with a highly optimized version of Kubuntu. Their laptops are targeted at creative, scientific and engineering professionals. Here is there website: https://kfocus.org/ They ship worldwide from the USA. #Kubuntu_Focus

. Syncthing is open source software that lets you easily sync files between all your devices. Linux, Android, Mac and MS Windows. To help you understand how it works, Rob Braxman has a new video where he demonstrates how to sync his BraX2 De-Googled Android phone to a Linux computer as well as an MS Windows computer, directly from device to device, with a cloud server. Here is the video tutorial on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/syncthing:1 #Syncthing_Device_Backup #File_Sync_Syncthing

. Slimbook just announced the availability of it's KDE Slimbook 4 laptop. You can read their news release here: https://dot.kde.org/2022/07/06/new-kde-slimbook-4-now-available You an order them here: (the 14" version or the 15" version) https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kde# #Slimbook_4_KDE

[Forwarded from Gokham] The Google Pixel 3A becomes the 1st device to achieve 100% support in Ubuntu Touch. Here is the Tux Phones article: https://tuxphones.com/google-pixel-3a-full-stable-ubports-linux-ubuntu-touch-feature-support/ You can see the Pixel 3a supported features here: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/ Keep in mind that Ubuntu Touch uses Google's Android kernel, so in spite of people calling Ubuntu Touch phones a "Linux Phones" they are more along the lines of another DeGoogled phone option. #Ubuntu_Touch_Pixel_3A

. For those that connect to their own servers remotely via the terminal and SSH, the duf program is a nice aesthetically pleasing alternative to the df (display filesystems?) command. You can learn about the df command in this video post at the 2:40:35 mark. You can install duf on Debian based distros with:

sudo apt install duf

And then simply run "duf" to list all you disks

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