xia

joined 9 months ago
[–] xia@links.hackliberty.org 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

...with crypto-locked bootloaders/ECMs/tractors to make sure none of the serfs threaten the king's power with digital pitchforks.

[–] xia@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 9 months ago

Assuming they keep the upstream pronunciation theory, I think it would be: fringe-n-x

[–] xia@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 9 months ago

One could argue that they do "try to stop you"... technically... by disabling the execute bit on software update tools (like apt & deb)... but I see that more as a gentle reminder and acknowledgement of your ownership of the machine, as they could have easy just not had those tools present at all.

[–] xia@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The ability to financially support those one would leech off of (both bandwidth & sourcing)... Nothing mandatory, but perhaps being able to post a bounty for particular hard-to-find material, or for someone to seed a dead torrent.

[–] xia@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 9 months ago

Pretty much anything from protectli. Very flexible.