On the plus side I ended up trying out [[MX Linux]] in the process, mainly as a cheap way to avoid Wayland, but it seems pretty nice. I like that it’s built on [[Debian]], but not too far removed from it, and is XFCE rather than Gnome.
Currently re-acquainting with some old Boxcutter e.g. https://stream.resonate.coop/track/14179
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https://newbooksnetwork.com/patterns-of-connection
As you might expect, there’s a lot about systems thinking, complexity science, science and sprituality, activism.
The ability to self-govern feels key to any alternative to big tech that we build or use, and feels a lot like commoning.
And the ‘stack’ element is vital – what use would a democratically-owned social media platform be, say, if it runs on a server owned by Amazon and you access it on a device locked down by Apple or Google over internet from a big telco.
It’s a great article.
"With almost half of humanity without access to basic forms of connectivity and entire countries with a pending digitisation process, new patterns of domination have just begun to emerge. This paper identifies these problems and suggests a technical and regulatory path to neutralise and reverse them in order to secure a future of digital autonomy, democracy, sovereignty and dignity."
on resonate.coop
https://stream.resonate.coop/artist/8177/release/brutal-minimalism-ep
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The best way to improve access is enabling the local means of production of vaccines. That is prevented at the moment by patents and blocked technology transfer.
Basically a lack of knowledge sharing due to profit motives is killing people.
It has a preference for social ownership and community governance of platforms and infrastructure rather than antitrust etc, kind of reminded me of @ntnsndr governable stacks.
Looks like it gets into proper nitty gritty proposals for alternatives later, and mentions Fediverse, should be good.