ds ✅ @ds@social.bau-ha.us

Thank you so much! to the many supporters of the project! <3 <3 <3

To maximize the accessability to our #upcyclelaptops, it was most important to us, that the condition to get a #free laptop was simply, to be a pupil in need of a laptop (or to know one to convey the device). No birocrazy, no questioning, just an appointment with a 10-20min introduction to the system and a new laptop-owner was born.

Devices considered to be worthless and the small town helping mentality of our supporters ensured us a widely abuseless free operating context, based on trust. =*

Further luckily, #onelaptopperchild was prohibited, from being junked, or stored uncared for – often considered outdated (or otherwise not worth to use anymore) – until they acctually are. 🌱 🌱 🌱

To make things easy for the kids, we provide a support-service for problems (eg to connect printers, that need special drivers or to install certain games, etc.).

The feedback was extremely positive from all sides.
To me, the kids' and teenagers' bright eyes, when they got their "new" laptops, was deeply touching. Special moments I will never forget =)

As a political space, Maschinenraum is happy, that these 50+ children further advanced in their #digitalsovereignty by getting used to the ease (and difficulties) of free software. That will a) show the potential of free software & b) enable these poor families‘ kids of the information age, to participate without having to pay tributes to software companies. BD

The intention was first of all, of course providing laptops for children and teenagers, desperately looking for a solution to the problem, that they couldn't afford access to their right to learn during the pandemic.

Since beginning of last year, surely more than 50 laptops were handed out to pupils and not one cent was spent for the project. We only processed donated hardware and it was all done by a few Maschinenraum people in their free time in our workshop.

At the weekend I finished the last load of @maschinenraum #upcyclelaptops.
Comparable to #heyalter and @computertruhe "Maschinenraum hackt Bildungsungerechtigkeit" was a project, to collect old laptops with the aim of forwarding them to poor pupils of Weimar, who cannot afford computers for home-schooling. If necessary we repaired and if possible we upgraded them. An all round maintaining service was applied and we installed a #linux system, customized to the needs of our "clients". =)

Auswärtiges Amt outet Homosexuellen in Nigeria bei Überprüfung seines Asylanspruchs.

https://www.zeit.de/zett/politik/2021-06/homosexuelle-gefluechtete-aysl-outing-auswaertiges-amt

Da fällt mir ein trauriger Witz zu ein. Er beginnt mit: "Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland | Art 1 (1) Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung aller staatlichen Gewalt. …"

This time the topic is »Lernraum.Bauhaus«: A multimedia-room at my university, equipped with technology (an advanced sound system, big screen, cameras, microphones, etc.) for "hybrid online meetings".
It is ment to give space for experiments with collaboration of digitaly and physically present participants in lesson.
So eg in a project plenum of a design class the professor and some students are present in the room, while some other students and an external guest patricipate online.

I have a research job for the computer center of our university, that is quite appealing to me:

I have to gather information about #opensource candidates for programs and services, our uni is planing to implement, to make sure, that in the evaluation process alternatives with #free licence aren‘t forgotten. =D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgiNGs7VdEA

@inkscape 1.1 bei @LinuxGuides vorgestellt von @Moini

Mit bauhaus.OS bei @LinuxGuides :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kki4Z6B5EE

Nele is super nice!

I once read a studie from a Hackspace, i guess located in Frankonia (Nürnberg or so), that showed the differences in how long hardware can be used depending on the installed operating system. I remember that one of the results was, that with linux hardware is operable up to 10 years longer compared to other operating systems.

Unfortunately I cannot find the link anymore and search engines don't find it either. Does anyone here know the study? And if so, could you please send me the link!? =)