I left Facebook back in November 2020. It took awhile to download all of my photos and videos, considering I had 13+ years of history there...but I got it done and never looked back. Leaving Facebook was one of the best things I've done!

Same! Knowing Zuckerberg paid $400,000,000 to help steal the election made me nauseous.

JP mentioned vi editor during tonight's voice call. When I started using Linux, I had some experience with it already because I had used it in a Unix environment at my university. VIM or NVIM are updated versions of vi (vim is vi improved...). These are the editors I go to most often at the command line just because there are some powerful features available. They are worth learning at some point but not necessary. The beauty of Linux is there are many ways to do the same thing. You'll eventually find your way of doing things.

The source code is public, and created and reviewed and tested in public. It is not the property of any company. You can even modify it yourself if you wish (although knowing what you're doing is a help 😉).

I've been using it for 25 years, and am a maintainer of one open source project, and creator of a couple if others. One is even somewhat popular in its niche.

It truly is a different beast.

Here is a audio recording of tonight's Telegram voice call for those who were not able to be there live. Best wishes to you, Patriots, as you set out to discover the very exciting world of Free and Open Source technology. If you, like many other Americans who love their country, are ready to leave the spying and abuses of the "big tech" Windows/MacOS/Android operating systems, Linux is Digital Freedom!

Follow -> @Jeffrey_Peterson

I got my Mac Mini up and running on Linux Mint tonight! It's wonderful!

So happy I joined your channel today. Started at the beginning. I'm also excited about migrating to Linux.

There’s a very small portion of Americans that are good enough to start designing these phones (that run linux) better. And even then, there’s never been a great need (that we knew) until now.

I feel like if everyone that feels like we need to step away from big tech, actually take the steps, we could have minds come together and produce a great phone that’s open source, quality built, replaceable parts, etc., that we can run to.

It’s because we bulk at change, that we have let companies control our cars, phones, watches, computers, and more. It’s time we change the routine and create the solutions ourselves.

Freedom is worth it.

I DID IT, WOW! I downloaded Ubuntu to a flash drive, tested it, then cleared out the hard drive and installed on an HP Envy. I followed that youtube video that some of you have posted. Now I've got telegram installed, the wifi works, I'm so excited. Took all night! Now for some experimenting! Maybe after a nap.

I literally now have every single function/app that I relied on in Windows 10 running successfully on Linux Mint—with a single exception. I have a pretty extensive file repository on Microsoft OneDrive. I've not been able to find a client for OneDrive yet that will connect and synchronize my files. I am open to moving all that data to another repository—especially if you guys think connecting to OneDrive is going to compromise my Linux Mint install. It does have a huge number of files on it that I rely on daily so I do need to find a way to access that data from my new found system, Linux Mint. I absolutely love it. I'm never going back.

Oh my gosh! This is all so wonderful but I have no idea where to start!! I have a MacBook Air 2015. Can I use that to do this. And can someone just tell me where to start? I know there are instructions step by step but I just need to start at the beginning. How do I find that place?

Stupid question, but how do we know that there aren’t bad actors also contributing to the programming?

Open sourced. Many eyes on the code.

Thank you to Patriot blogger Bill Lawrence, who recently wrote a very nice article about this new Telegram channel. "Tech pioneer Jeffrey Peterson ... is taking it to a new level. On his Telegram channels, he’s evangelizing for the wholesale migration to the Linux operating system. It’s about time."

You can read the article here -> https://billlawrenceonline.com/jeffrey-peterson-linux-crusade/

Follow -> @Jeffrey_Peterson

I have three older Toshiba machines that run Linux Mint splendidly. Two were pawn shop finds for under $200 each. The third is a "netbook" I bought new that's over 10 years old (it came with Windoze 7 Starter). I set up one laptop for dual boot with Windoze 10. It's remarkable how the Microshaft OS drags it down compared to Mint. I suggest you check your local pawn shops and mom and pop computer businesses for an inexpensive machine to experiment with and learn on.

Mint for Windows folks, Elementary for MAC users. Easier for them to move around and get familiar with the OS