Insane... I bought an old LG Nexus 5 phone and loaded Ubuntu touch... Put my SIM card in it and BOOM...WOW

Here is a replay recording of tonight's Telegram voice call, Wed Oct. 13th, 2021, for those who could not be there live. In the call, JP talked about where we go from here, after the first 30 days of our new Digital educational community for American Patriots. Then we talked about interesting messages in our technology chat room, and what Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Linux Operating System mean for the United States of America.

We discussed our new technology forum message boards, start connecting with other Patriots to learn how to take back your Digital Freedom with Linux and FOSS -> https://forums.jeff.pro

Learn how to leave 'big tech' behind, a lot of you are starting to see there's a better way to run your mobile device, your computer, with Free and Open Source Software, and Linux. It's the right thing to do, changing your technology devices to Linux is one of the best decisions you will make! 🇺🇸

I've been using Budgie for a few days now. I love it so much I don't want to turn my Mac on again. I'll probably only use that for tests I have to take online. It's such a great feeling to be on Linux. Thank you!

Front page, Washington Post, today. "You've decided to quit Facebook."

Don't ever let them tell you that things can't change fast with technology, because throughout recent history, in the tech sector, change has been the only constant.

If you are one of the 400 Patriots in our Linux for Beginners ongoing course, Course 8 is up and available on the LMS!

Course 8 is a more technical look at a scenario in Linux where you may want to expand the storage capacity of your Home folder.

Congrats to our chat admin, Vasileios Kontodimas, for his great work on Course 8!

If any of you find Course 8 "too technical," don't worry, we will be back to Beginner topics in the next course!

I got a new "factory unlocked" pixel 3xl on Ebay for about 200. They are not from any carrier, and can be rooted. There were 2 sellers of these, and might still be selling them.

That’s my plan as well. Once i get the hang of the phone I’m going to look for a degoogled tablet and ultimately switch desktop to Linux.

See Robert Braxman on YouTube, he's a phone & 'non traceable' wizard.

I also deleted FB and Twitter. I’m still amazed at all the people still on there who get shadow banned and are in violation of the rules made just for Republicans🙃

I took me a year to wean myself off, because I was concerned I wouldn't be able talk with friends. I have found them elsewhere. I'm glad I dumped those sites now.

Wow!

3 weeks ago I had heard of Linux before but knew ZERO about it…

And now…

I’m soaking up as much as possible! And today, I created my first input/output/if/then Shell script!

Elementary from what a lot of "vets" here know I’m sure haha, but I’m hoping to have my RHCSA, RHCE, then Ansible certs in the next few months.

THIS is life-changing and I am very thankful.

Thanks JP and Vasileios👊

Worth looking into options.

T-Mobile is very competitive in coverage and much better for International travel these days. Coming from a Verizon customer that has been overseas and throughout the US in the past 5 years. T-Mobile co-workers had great service for less $$ and no cost roaming overseas for short trips. Meanwhile Verizon was $10 a day for me. My new Patriot Mobile service is riding on T-mobile in my home area working fine. Google Store Pixel Phones are unlocked. I think most non-carrier phones are unlocked.

5G is a mystery. Does it even exist? Friends and online reviews are saying that when the phone says 5G signal, there is no noticeable speed increase at this time. I have my Pixel 5a set to LTE only. This is a tip I found online to extend the battery life and prevent the phone from jumping between 3g/LTE/5G while driving around. Plus, I don’t want to have my phone generating 5G signals.

Posted here for those who have been asking. "IT" is a generic view. Probably fairly accurate across all Linux related job descriptions.

Hi Jeff, I would like to offer a HEARTFELT THANK YOU for what you have done! Four weeks ago I knew nothing about Linux than these 5 letters L I N U X. I am not technical geek and rather have very limited knowledge. Thanks to you that all machines (other than work laptop) in my house are linux based now. I have become more and more interested now and now operate my own cloud, vpn and adblocker. I am so keen and curious to find ways to get away from big tech. Planning on creating my own email server and convert all the people in my friend and family circle away from big tech. Once again, A MASSIVE THANK YOU! WWG1WGA! NCSWIC! God Bless You! God Bless America!