I was trapped into a mystery for the past few weeks. You see, I like what Slimbook and Tuxedo provide for the Linux community in terms of making their laptops geared towards Linux. And I want to buy a new laptop. Now….their laptops look like identical twins. So I thought it is the same company …
I made a blog post a few days ago when I received my Slimbook Essential 16 and basically I was not happy with it. Now things have changed, some of them 180 degrees. But still not enough to keep it. Why? How? First of all, I need to take into account a few external factors:1. …
Quick background: I want to buy a laptop that is really well built, easy to upgrade and repair, and portable. Has at least a 16inch screen and a decent battery, plus a good keyboard. Some 2 weeks ago, after spending many weeks searching for a good laptop, I finally decided to order the extremely expensive …
Oh look “leaders” are still meeting to talk about climate change – https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/11/1130832 how cute! They are talking about how this global trade based society pushes us all, from individuals to companies, to pollute, mostly care about profits, destroy the nature, enslave others, coerce. And are taking direct steps to overcome this by providing humans …
On the front page of the BBC website I see an article about Mastodon:That is great, but also not so. It is fantastic that more people are joining the fediverse, but I am concerned and annoyed about a couple of things: A. Popularity gets polluted In a world where trade is the main activity for …
3 days ago I was writing about a laptop I bought for 100 Euros that impressed me. How well it was design making it so easy to upgrade and repair. This post https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-1163-5943-3cb0-731309094804 Well now I have an exact opposite example. A few years ago we bought a very cheap laptop for my father. 2 …
My plan for the next year. Release TROM II, have a wonderful TROM meeting in May, save as much money as possible + work to make some more and buy a motorhome. By October next year have the motorhome, some monthly income from WebApe (hopefully) and then go travel across Spain, Portugal, go to Norway …
A relative of ours who does not have much money, had an old computer. Then she had no more. It went kaboom. We thought to do a good deed an buy a laptop for her. A cheap one. So I found one on ebay, for 100 Euros. Second hand. Yeah, 100 Euros. Fujitsu Lifebook E734 …
In short, I need and want to finish the TROM II documentary before our TROM Meeting in May next year. And I need 0 distractions. In long…. 2019. I remember brainstorming with @Aaron about this documentary some 3 years ago. The idea was that we have so many materials for TROM (think about the latest …
If you feed your brain with culture, then culture is your operating system. But culture is a human invention. Often too simplistic, moronic, competitive driven, trade-influenced. A culture of celebrities and those watching them, dreaming of becoming one of them. Shallow values, fake smiles, fake lives. If you watch movies, listen to music, scroll endlessly …
