Back then, while working at radio stations, Jeff made another friend in his home town, J.R. Richards. J.R. was a young aspiring musician who had a mutual friend with Jeff.

At the time, J.R. had a band called "Life Talking." Jeff got the band its first public attention by playing their music on KCSB-FM, later KHTY-FM 97.5, and KIIS-FM 102.7FM in Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter, J.R.'s band changed its name to "Dishwalla," and they went on to become a powerhouse on the American rock and roll charts for a long time.

It was J.R.'s song, "Counting blue cars," and it's lyrics, "Tell me all your thoughts on God," that sparked Jeff's interest in his journey back towards Christianity.

J.R. and Jeff remained friends through present-day. J.R. is an amazingly talented musician and song writer with one of the "biggest voices" in modern rock. While a lot of his music is classified as "rock and roll," he covers many musical genres. Despite having top-10 hits that are playing somewhere in the world right now, J.R. is a humble guy, one of the most down to earth performers you will know. For your Sunday evening, here's J.R. Richards performing "Angels or devils." Talk to you soon, friends! 👍👏

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdcawsJtA8

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Learn how to set yourself and your technology free from the 'big tech' overlords like Microsoft, Facebook and Google with Free and Open Source Software & the Linux Operating System! -> https://forums.jeff.pro

"As mainstream computer and mobile operating systems move towards tyranny,
As machines begin to think,
As citizens are told to disengage from technological innovation,
As Silicon Valley and Washington focus solely on profits, where it's never enough,
As foreign governments increasingly act to bribe and buy our politicians,
As Silicon Valley acts as a branch of tyrannical government,
Who will stop them?
Who will fix America's dependence on 'big tech'?

We will. We the people.
The people of America,
One Nation under God.
We need to start working on this now.
It's more important than you may imagine."

@Jeffrey_Peterson , September 11, 2021

Running Mint on a Dell from 08 using it to take a learn Linux course on Udemy while a windows machine behind me grinds away on one of its endless updates.

So…. Have a general question… What is the best password manager in your opinion??? And are there any thoughts on Dashlane? I am thinking of using them because they also have a built in VPN. Eventually I’m planning on making my own vpn. But for now, any thoughts?

Yuval Noah Harari At The World Economic Forum In Davos 2020:

"Rise Of Digital Dictatorships By Corporations And Governments... Will Be Able To Systematically [Biologically] Hack All The People."

Learn how to stop 'big tech' tyranny from affecting your digital life!
-> @Jeffrey_Peterson

Does anyone here have the freedom phone?
Is it a good option?

I went with the pinephone as a learning project!! Since we are all in the learning mode with linux, it made perfect sense to get a phone that you can learn with and from. It's not a RollsRoyce as today's phones go, but you have total control over everything about the phone. No bigtech influence, unless you're just a glutton for punishment :)

I have thousands of digital photos and have for years backed them up when upgrading computers, etc. A result of my haphazard process, I have many duplicates. Is there a program that can help me manage my photos and remove duplicates? I would like to have a copy on computer and a single backup. My plan would be to burn to DVD for longer term storage. thanks.

I took my 80+ year old mom's Win 10 laptop from her and gave her one with Ubuntu after I moved her email and browser. She said, "how come my computer is so fast tonight?" She loves it, and I'm not even sure I want to tell her we dumped Windows! Ha.

💡I posted this at forums.jeff.pro and thought some may be able to utilize it here as well:

"Not sure if you all are familiar with this, but if you have an email service you already like that is privacy centric, you could go with an email alias provider such as SimpleLogin. I have been checking them out since yesterday and I think I may give it a shot. Basically, it camouflages your personal email address with one of many aliases you can set up. The idea is to assist you in camouflaging your personal email address from OSINT databases that collect your data and sell your information for premium. The free subscription offers 15 aliases while the paid sub is unlimited..."

First time posting here:-) ...finally ready for a new laptop (been MAC user many yrs ) and want out ... any help on making a new change on what you be top choice make/model etc? any suggestions graetful!

Ubuntu loaded on my HP. This laptop would take over 5 minutes to start up brand new. Now it's up and running quick and everything is so much faster.

The hammer and the nail!! Last month Jeff asked me (us) a question about my (our) satisfaction with big tech. I could have tried to justify if I wanted, but, Apple decided to tell me at the same time that my privacy was theirs and I'd just have to love it!! Not so I screamed!! I replaced the MacOS with Mint - The hammer! Score one for the home team, However, that left the nice cushy, do everything I wanted, I-Phone! It fit so nicely in the palm of my hand :) I searched and found the pinephone - the nail!! Now my I-Phone is crying, literally begging me to stay - don't go, it whimpers! I can tell you what you need based on what you've done in the past After all, I know your every whim!! I closed the door and walked away a free man who's discovered the power of FOSS!!

If you don't have an email addy you like, go with a provider focused on privacy like ProtonMail or HushMail

I took my 2010 iMac and put Mint on it. The Mac hardware is still outstanding for driving the Linux OS. Stick with what you have and breathe new life into it

Bill Gates welcomed by chants of "Arrest Bill Gates" and "Murderer" before his dinner with Boris Johnson on Downing Street.

@KanekoaTheGreat

Absolutely! You'll be able to replace most everything with FOSS. May take a little relearning, but that's half the fun. iCloud is a nasty one, but Evolution or Thunderbird can get all of your mail. Download all of your pictures from iCLoud, then delete from iCloud. Music is another story but it can be done. You can fire Apple/Microsoft/Google?facebook and still live a very productive life!! LOL :) Just WIN!!

I got a MacBook Pro on eBay for $200. It took no time at all to replace the OS it came with to Ubuntu. Go for it

I will be getting a PinePhone soon but.... want to mess around with my rooted iPhone 8. What other OS can I put on there?