Amen! I need your help to switch and get away from tech tyranny… Please outline the steps so that it will be easy for ex Silicon Valley seniors (MS trained) to follow along, lol! May God bless all the patriots here in these wonderfully helpful rooms🙏🏻✝️💖🇺🇸💟

Okay I'm in! I just installed mint on an old PC.

Friends, we will announce the branding (where you can find it) and signup for our new free Linux/opensource blog and newsletter this afternoon, in a few hours. Thanks for all the positive energy today here in our new technology community!! We all built this, together!! When is the last time you saw such a helpful, well behaved chat room on Telegram where you can actually learn something valuable that will make some part of your life better? ☺️

There will be a Voice Livestream (cameras deactivated) tonight at 8:00pm EST, where we will talk about everything being discussed in this Telegram Channel. Thanks!

Friends, we will soon make some important announcements. If you are not yet in our Technology chat room, you can add it by clicking here -> @jptchat (Disclaimer: It is a -lot- to follow, it is there for those who want to start to learn fast by assimilation. Be ready to see a lot of messages. You can always leave the chat if it's too much for you to follow, and come back any time as you wish.)

If you have good Linux experience and history in academics or training, and are interested to help out with our upcoming courses, please email your salary requirements ($/hr, per class), resume or even a quick description of your experience to jp@jeffreypeterson.com , Thanks!

My sister had a laptop that had MS bit locker configured. Her employer would not help me to get into the laptop. It was her laptop with her employers configuration on it. We were unable to get into her laptop so I decided I would install mint on it. It was easy to load and it runs very well. I would like to install it on my MacBook as soon as I can find software for my 3D printer to run on Linux. I recommend anyone thinking about to jump in and try it. It is not difficult.

Chuck, just in case you didn't know, Mint comes with the driver for the Macbook's Broadcom wireless that most distros don't come with. So you will be able to enable wireless without a reboot and just by going into the driver utility in Mint. If you knew already, apologies....just trying to get word out to people who have Macs that about any Mac outside the M1 processor Macs can still work with Linux.

Slightly different route then many
Wished I had kept my first PC - a 386sx local built. But I didn’t - massive street cred loss. 😢
*Bought at $195 open box special HP from Best Buy
* using Ubuntu 20.4 from USB
* WiFi and printers are happy
* going to wash away Windows
* I have docs stored off cloud and on secured drives
* going to move primary laptops over after a 2 week test


Good stuff!

I’m entry level but just installed e/OS (deGoogled open source software) on my Teracube & Ubuntu on an old iMac!
I am eager to dive in & help with this revolution. Bye big tech!!

I love you Patriots! Great job fostering an inclusive community of support and knowledge sharing. This is how ideas blossom into tangible reality. Thank you all!

My only computer is a 2015 MacBook Pro. Can it be converted to Linux?

Yea! I've got Linux Mint installed and am working on installing apps. I've got Telegram up and running and I'm so pleased with myself! Not bad for an old dog!

Yes, I have successfully converted my Early 2011 MacBook Pro to Linux Mint 20.

that is true of coarse. I always assume people will want to get rid of windows. i will remember what you have pointed out here for future questions

successful load of cinnamon. is there a beginning video on how to use or next step?

Happy Friday Patriots! On tonight's video/voice call (cameras deactivated) at 8:00pm EST we will continue with our ongoing trainings: Learn how to take back your digital freedom by leaving the "big tech" Windows/MacOS/Android operating systems and teaching yourself how to use the free opensource Linux O.S. Then we will talk about how we start our journey to Digital Freedom together, starting tomorrow! See you here on my Telegram channel at 8:00pm tonight!!

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Nice! After using Ubuntu for 24 hours. I’m all in!!!

Friends, we will be opening slots for our first FOSS/Linux course, first thing early tomorrow (or possibly late tonight). After you enroll, it will start Monday, and I will take everyone on a journey to learning Linux from zero, starting at the "beginner" level, for at least three months. I will do the first class. We are using a very nice LMS (learning management system) so you will be able to study and do quizzes throughout the week on your phone, tablet or on your computer in a web browser. We purchased 250 seats for the LMS software because that is about what we estimate is correct for the first batch. If you want to be in our course and move along with our group, be sure to be ready to sign-up tomorrow when we post the link. If you want to learn on your own, there are tons of free resources we will continue to post links to. Another good site where you can find Linux courses is Udemy. Thanks everyone!

P.S. I am sure we will do some more classes so don't worry if you are not in the first one, but someone else will probably be teaching. I do plan to continue writing and posting on the free blog and newsletter, though, for the foreseeable future.

A bunch of people are asking how much, first of all no one has to buy anything if you just want to use our free blog and newsletter. We will post a lot of content there over time. It all just takes a while to get going but we are working as fast as we can. Our paid course is $20/month, some people asked for it to be lower but we are producing a high quality product and actually paying for a mobile Learning Management System (LMS) software ourselves so that is how we will start. Udemy has a bunch of good courses, you can check the course ratings, many of them go on sale there for $19.95 - $39.95. Our is a monthly subscription but you can cancel at any time, most casual Linux users can probably learn everything they need in a month or two. Thanks!!