I just got an old Compaq from my aunt, and I'm ready to try Ubuntu! I've done a few Mint installs and one Lubuntu but not straight up Ubuntu yet. Looks exciting!

On this Telegram channel, we teach Patriots how to defeat tyrannical 'big tech' organizations like Microsoft (Windows), Apple, Google, and more, by learning to use Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Linux Operating System.

We go beyond the concept of 'alternate social media platforms', to the place where you need to be to truly take back control -- the operating system level -- and show you how to get complete control over your technology, once and for all. Linux is the future, it is Digital Freedom!

@Jeffrey_Peterson

I'm listening to the 3rd LMS class. Jeff says, "If you stick around my classes for a month you'll never look at your windows machine the same again." @ the 1hour03minute mark. ....I've been here 2 and a half months.....and I am now on my old Dell XPS with Zorin Core, which I installed on my own on Thanksgiving. (66 year old lady, non-tech casual computer user) I am totally loving Zorin, and I only pick up MicroShaft when I absolutely have to!! Thank you, Jeff!!!

Our group has given me so much peace of mind. As big tech seems to be tightening their grip we are escaping!

Sunday Prayer

Dear Lord,

In this season of advent,

May we be like the Wise Men who were guided by a star to celebrate the greatest gift ever given to this world.

We thank you for the twinkling lights we see all around us, reminding us of the star that brought people to Bethlehem when your Son was born.

As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, may we continue to see the world every day more in the light of the understanding You give us.

Open our hearts to receive His life more every day and increase our vision with the rising of dawn, that our lives may be filled with His glory and His peace, who lives and reigns forever and ever.

In Jesus name, Amen. 🙏❤️

Maybe they thought they had you locked-in to your laptop. Your computer.

Considering how smart everyone here is, you probably knew there was a big problem with your technology, even if you didn't know exactly what it was. So, we told you: They had a master key to your entire system.

I started this channel to teach my fellow American Citizens about alternatives to 'big tech' Microsoft Windows and MacOS, the incredible world of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Linux Operating System.

The day you became interested in Linux, "they" lost control over the future of you and your technology. Even if you haven't made the switch yet, on that day you got back on the right path towards Digital Freedom.

@Jeffrey_Peterson

An important quote about "Facebook," (Meta) from Free Software Foundation founder, Richard Stallman.

@Jeffrey_Peterson

Two solid months on Linux. I had to log onto a Windows machine the other day because I was having a hard time aligning my HP printer cartridge. It was so slow, anti-virus was going wonky telling me I had to do all these updates. I got on the HP app, aligned the cartridge and did a clean boot of Mint. Done, Windows is a mess! Bye bye. Thank you Jeff! Couldn't have done it without you.

Every time you hear someone say, "I'm not interested in technology." "Technology is too complicated." "I don't have time to be involved with my technology," etc., remember:

The consequence for opting-out, saying we "don't care," or that it's "too late," is a world of total surveillance. (h/t Utopia)

We can do better. Anything is better than continuing to let them do whatever they want to our technology. Learn to join the fight for Digital Freedom.

@Jeffrey_Peterson

On this Telegram channel, we teach Patriots how to defeat tyrannical 'big tech' organizations like Microsoft (Windows), Apple, Google, and more, by learning to use Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Linux Operating System.

We go beyond the concept of 'alternate social media platforms', to the place where you need to be to truly take back control -- the operating system level -- and show you how to get complete control over your technology, once and for all. Linux is the future, it is Digital Freedom!

@Jeffrey_Peterson

I installed Linux Mint 6 weeks ago on a 2008 HP core i7 laptop that had just been gathering dust for the past 5 years or so. I had gotten so frustrated with how slow it ran w/ Windows. It took forever to boot & had endless updates seemingly every time I logged in. My PC is screaming fast now! No more bloated, clunky OS. I love it! I appreciate everything this group continually does to not only inspire us to break away from Big Tech, but arm us with the knowledge and references to do so the best way.

The only thing I’ve been able to accomplish is getting rid of Google and using duck duck go, what’s next? I want these ppl out of my life

I installed Mint on an old Acer laptop that had been running Windows Vista. No problems and it is now running like a champ.

here is my Kubuntu desktop with Latte Dock

Any Verizon customers here? Look at this email I just got today. You are automatically "opted in" to allow Verizon to watch the websites you visit and even the apps you use on your phone. I don't have my degoogled phone yet (hopefully under the Christmas tree) so I opted out immediately. This is very creepy. I just read JP's post about 'surveillance state' a couple of hours ago. NO Verizon, you may NOT watch everything I do on my phone. I immediately went to the privacy settings and shut them down. Sheesh! 😡

Pixel phones are IMO the best phone to use as a degoogled devices. There are plenty of bloatfree custom roms you can chose to not install google services. Extremely vanilla experience.

I have a Samsung and just disabled the customization option. Also disabled the Google customization option while there.
I hope that takes care of it.
Samsung sends constant messages to insert updates, so I think I have to make a habit of checking my privacy settings frequently as they try to "re-set" my choices... 😡

I switched from Gmail for business to protonmail professional and found it so much more user friendly

Protonmail are being actively attacked. I was forced on to pandemic relief in NY and after I used my Protonmail for 8 months, the NYS told me my email was invalid because it was a 'throw away' email and I could no longer use it for the state site. My benefits, my dmv, my business tax file, my licensing. I got blocked out of signing in to all unless I used a 'real' email. I notified Protonmail support and they said they were aware of the problem and were working on it. I was in the process of moving so I borrowed my daughter's email to tie stuff up. I had had no Microsoft or Google account for over two years at that point. Big tech don't want alternatives to exist.

Strange. I've been with Protonmail for many years now and not one single issue ever. And I've been away from all the other BigTechs, BigMedias, BigSocials too for the last 3 years now. Again, zero problems at all, compared to when I had those things. Heck I don't even see so much as an advertisement for anything either.