Permacomputing

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Computing to support life on Earth

Computing in the age of climate crisis is often wasteful and adds nothing useful to our real life communities. Here we try to find out how to change that.

Definition and purpose of permacomputing: http://viznut.fi/files/texts-en/permacomputing.html

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Reviving Chromebooks with Ubuntu: Autonomous Servers, Planned Obsolescence, and Permacomputing (anarchosolarpunk.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by schmorpel to c/permacomputing

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Chromebooks came up a little after I worked for the big Garseholes as a ~~translator~~ typing monkey. I didn't believe the hype anymore and never bought one. But this looks like a good option if you happen to have one sitting around.

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[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is very helpful if you're trying to liberate an old ChromeOS device. His scripts allow you to install a regular BIOS and any OS you want from there.

https://mrchromebox.tech/