That travel router looks good. Will you also be using it to connect to the internet using a phone hotspot or just using it for a local network?

Not enough just to get someone else to take your cheap plastic shit to landfill after it’s cluttered their space then I guess.

Looking forward to someone answering this

I saw a youtuber once reviewing the distro that the Russian military uses. It had some crusty retro desktop environment iirc.

I’d like to design a similar off-grid system. What do you have in mind for mobile wifi router and cellular signal booster?

Check out Ardour for music production 👍

No need for that tone old bean.

I heard that some employers are having to teach new ‘gen z’ employees how to download email attachments…

If anyone wants my ebook library just let me know.

Looks fun!

I got a random payout from my building society which I wasn’t expecting, just for being a member. Separate to interest on savings.

I’ve always wanted to broadcast encrypted signals from a ham radio out of the back of a van parked next to a nuclear power station.

You could try Jami. It’s peer to peer, so essentially any participants are self-hosting it. Its E2E encrypted, supports group messaging, voice and video calling, has easily ‘linkable’ mobile and desktop apps for all platforms and requires no email address or phone number to use. It’s also the only messenger I’m aware of which is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. I highly recommend it 👌

I wish I could donate to more novelists directly via their websites. I tend to pirate ebooks because I don’t want a) the fuss of removing the DRM and b) to bankroll the destruction of the economy for 99% of people by giving money to big companies.

I do this too.

Fuck Adobe. They are effectively a monopoly and are actively exploiting that position. I refuse to use their software, even if it slows me down.

Imagine what projects like GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus etc could do with a fraction of monthly revenue of Adobe.

Y not?

Y tho.

I work with print a lot too. Very interested in the imminent release of GIMP 3.0 with it’s colour upgrades.