Do I need to have elevated network permissions to do that? I don’t have admin access on my WiFi network and it is shared with a lot of people.

The hardware switch looks promising. Are there any decent ones for under $50 out there or are they usually a big investment?

I’m thinking use it to host a Minecraft or matrix server. I’m not expierenced with networking so nothing super advanced.

You don’t want to learn how computer works and it’s fine, it’s your right, but don’t pretend it’s anyone’s fault.

One of the core tenants of solarpunk is accessibility. Not everyone is able to grasp how computers work, especially people who didn’t grow up with them. Our focus should be making the barriers to entry smaller, not bigger.

I’d argue that at least for at least the use of it that the energy costs and water usage are not significant if you self host. There’s a decent amount of self hostable, open source LLMs out there which can be used on repurposed old hardware.

LMDE is rock solid. I’ve been using it for a while and It Just Works.

Awesome! I’ll check it out. Thanks for sharing.

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You can get a used thinkpad T480 off eBay for ~$150. I’ve dropped it multiple times and spilled orange juice on it and it works perfectly fine. No issues running Linux mint Debian edition. Main drawback is the fan which isn’t the most efficient at cooling, but it is upgradeable.

I keep them in my bag

Let’s all love Linux

It’s insane how many perfectly usable machines get designated for e-waste.

I mean, I’m not into networking but I have a lot of computers. I usually clean them up and give them to other people and repair them.

That’s super cool and I hadn’t heard of that city before. I’ll look into it more. Congratulations on living life on your terms!

That’s super cool and I someday wish to live a life like that.

Isn’t the fabric that you buy also apart of the textile industry?

I really wanna get to the point where I don’t have to buy new clothes. How do you find stuff that lasts that long?

I would really like to reduce my reliance on the electrical grid and have solar panels and a rainwater collection system. I also wanna have a bigger archive of music albums and movies.

One makes them money and the other doesn’t, unfortunately.