biddy

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[–] biddy@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

monkrus.ws idk how it works but it's even easier than installing the legit way.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, even for them, the information they can get through a phone is lifesaving. They can learn how to build water supply and sanitation systems and shelter. They can learn how to farm and forage for food. They can find the best way to cross international borders and become a refugee. And so on, they can improve every aspect of their lives. Information is power, and with a smartphone they have access to the entire world, rather than just word of mouth knowledge in their local community.

Obviously, places without any form of electricity are screwed, but satellite internet is rapidly becoming cheaper and more accessible so soon they won't even need cell coverage.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  1. Those in extreme poverty need access to more important things than access to these gadgets.

We're going down a sidetrack here but this is just false. A smartphone these days is a ticket to many things required to live. Applying for jobs, applying for government services, buying essential items cheaply, cheap/free education.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago

Don't buy a Windows key. If Windows was installed initially it should remember your hardware and activate. If it doesn't, there's numerous ways to pirate Windows.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 17 points 9 months ago

Debian. The basic install is very bare bones.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago

Further evidence for this is ChromeOS. It's just a Linux distro, but worse. It does little more than run Chrome. Yet it's popular. Anyone that tolerates ChromeOS would have an even better time on most of the standard distros if they had someone to set it up for them.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't had any issues with Nextcloud yet. But any torrent client refuses to work. I've tried various qbittorrent containers, transmission, deluge briefly, they all work for a while but eventual refuse to do anything.