We’re going to buy the enterprise support plans for Nextcloud and Proxmox. I understand that some specialized knowledge would be needed, but we’re making guides for it where anyone can do it (guides for flashing Coreboot, setting up Nextcloud, etc., this will be a guide for my boss for him to look back on). We will test this through slowly and try to see if this is something we can realistically do or not.

I’m a low level IT Support Specialist (it’s my first IT job), I honestly just recommended all these and my boss wants to go through with it, plus it’s something I love to do. In the coming weeks we will start to implement Coreboot w/ LinuxBoot and Proxmox onto most of our machines. I’ve messed with Coreboot a lot, not a dev, just good enough to build/customize and install it for them. I honestly want to see the world change, I mean hell yeah money is great too, but at the end of the day, all I want is for other companies/people to see that this way of doing computing is much better. Sure, you may have to get through the hurdles of learning it, but if you have someone to guide you it makes it so much easier. Now imagine if everyone used it, everyone could lend a helping hand.

Just wait until Windows 10 drops support, we’ll probably see a 2%-4% increase within a year. Who knows, maybe more. I was fine with Windows 10, but when I made the move to Windows 11, I said fuck no. It’s what made me switch to Linux as a daily operating system. I’d say with tools like ChatGPT, it will make it much easier for your average joe to switch over. Windows has reached peak enshittification. Do more, teach people, show people how much money they can save.

I already convinced the company I started working at to replace their outdated BIOS firmware with Coreboot. And soon, we’re going to start using Proxmox VE on all of our machines. We have about 40-50 computers, and we’re going to install it on every single one of them (edge virtualization) and manage it them all from a server. Once that’s done, we’ll have even a bigger incentive to switch to Linux. I’ll also soon setup Nextcloud with OnlyOffice, as a replacement for Microsoft Office. I hope to see us transition over fully.

They probably spend around $5000-$6000/more a year in licensing for software. Once we have all Free Software, I think it’ll truly be better for the long run. Sure, a couple issues with people getting used to it, but these are short term issues, down the line we can save so much money and have better security/privacy.

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Yes, yes, and no.

Nextcloud with OnlyOffice?

Is it just me or does the lead singer sound like squidward when he peforms live?

Jobs that only do weekdays are such a blessing, I hated working rotating shift!

Yes, I understand that, but I don’t need all the games and stuff installed by default. Sway is a whole different experience. I use i3 on my older laptop (Macbook A1181 w/ Libreboot) but I personally wouldn’t want to use it unless I needed to.

GNOME is a gorgeous desktop environment, I just hate the fact that I have to take a additional 5-10 minutes every install just removing all the stuff I don’t need. Is there a debloater script for GNOME that you know of?

Is there a way to download Debian with GNOME without all the bloat?

The creators of MullvadVPN or their identities are not prominently disclosed, which means you have to trust them. For all we know they could be working with Swedish law enforcement or other nations and you’d never know.

It’s just not the same man.

I’m pretty sure Startpage got sold out to an ad company. I think the best option is just to use SearxNG

A bit, it’s actually not too bad. Rarely any micro stuttering on ultra settings in RDR2, I am actually planning on buying the AMD 7900XTX graphics card to put in this machine. I want to run local LLMs on it, I’m not too much of a gamer as I used to be. Anyways, this thing rocks! I love it. Eventually, I’ll plan on buying a MSI Z690-A DDR5 motherboard and install Dasharo firmware onto it.

It can play all my games at 1440p and ultra settings (RDR2, GTA V, etc.) I’ve never had a time where I’ve wanted to upgrade from it. I built most of this computer for about $450-$500, all used parts I got off eBay plus some other parts that I pulled from my other computer

Libreboot Gaming Desktop

• Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT Motherboard
• i7 4790K
• 32GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
• 9TB (1TB M.2 NVME, 2x4TB Hard drives) RAID 0 with LUKS and LVM (/boot stored on SD card)
• NVIDIA 2080 SUPER 8GB VRAM
• NZXT S340 Elite Case
• EVGA 700W BR
• Kicksecure GNU/Linux

Libreboot Server

• Dell Precision T1650
• Xeon E3 1275 V2
• 32GB DDR3L 1600Mhz RAM (ECC)
• 8TB (2x4TB Hard drives) RAID 1 with LUKS and LVM (/boot stored on SD card)
• AMD RX580 8GB VRAM
• Proxmox VE / Learning to use YunoHost inside VM

Libreboot Laptop

• Lenovo Thinkpad T440P
• i7 4810MQ (Recommend i7 4700MQ for better battery life)
• 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
• 1TB SSD (/boot encrypted with Argon2)
• 100% Free BIOS (LibreMRC), Intel Management Engine is still present but neutered
• Intel AC 7260 (Can run without blobs when running Linux-libre kernel)
• AR9271 USB for WiFi (100% FOSS)
• Kicksecure GNU/Linux with Linux-libre kernel (Removed all non-free-firmware with vrms)

GrapheneOS Phone (100% FOSS in the OS layer)

• Cheogram / JMP.chat for Calling / Texting
• Mint Mobile for Service (Cash)
• Ported number into JMP.chat
• F-Droid

LibreCMC Routers (100% Free Firmware/Software)

• ThinkPenguin R1400 Ethernet (1Gbps)
• ThinkPenguin R1300 WiFi Router (100Mbs)
• Running under MullvadVPN (Paid in XMR)

OpenWRT Network Switch

• D-Link DGS-1210-28MP
• VLAN Support

Yeah that’s pretty much my setup, don’t know if it’s really strange or not lol

Source?

Since your on board with the government only having guns, then please explain to me how Putin has stayed in power for the last 24 years? What about Nazi Germany?