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Saoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to libre@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

The Fate of All Thinkpads

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The Fate of All Thinkpads

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Saoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to libre@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1352815

Reject the upgrade treadmill, become LoTek.

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  • dannoffs [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    You’ll have to pry my refurbished x220 from my cold dead hands

  • jaeme@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    I’m writing this comment from my librebooted Thinkpad X220i running GNU Guix. hexbear-trans

    https://minifree.org/ - A company (based in the UK) run by a transfem to sell refurbished thinkpads with libreboot.

    • Zvyozdochka [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      Minifree mentioned 🥳

    • Saoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      I do wish X250’s had a libreboot image.

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Get like a w540 or w541 and it will last you a lifetime. Posted from my ThinkPad P50

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Holup… are think pads a trans girl thing?.. Because I just picked up a new think pad for work.

  • zongor [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    This except it’s running 9front instead of arch

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A comm dedicated to the fight for free software with an anti-capitalist perspective.

The struggle for libre computing cannot be disentangled from other forms of socialist reform. One must be willing to reject proprietary software as fiercely as they would reject capitalism. Luckily, we are not alone.

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