linux

Choosing freedom

Julian-X

25 Sep 2024 — 1 min read

I finally killed my last Windows box this week. Dragged it to the balcony, wiped the drive, and left it to rust.

Not because I hate the interface. Not because I miss the blue screens. Because I can’t trust a system that talks when I don’t.

Even silence has become data.

So I moved fully to Linux. Vim doesn’t ask me if I want help. Grep doesn’t pretend to be clever. Bash doesn’t lie with confidence. They all just do what I tell them. And that honesty is worth more than a thousand features.

Someone joked that switching to Linux is like stepping back into the 90s. Maybe. But at least the 90s didn’t sell my keystrokes while I wasn’t looking.

The Rebels are recommending migration now. Not because Linux is perfect, but because it’s honest. And honesty is the last bastion we have.

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Mission brief: building distributed communication

The mission on September 9–10 is clear: we will design and prototype a distributed communication system for the Rebels. This system must allow one-to-one and group conversations without relying on a central server or service. Messages must pass directly between participants, making manipulation by Maynet impossible. The goal is

Mission guidelines: environments and tools

With the mission less than a week away, we confirm the technical requirements for all participants. These are not suggestions. They are rules. Maynet thrives in careless environments; we will not give it an opening. Operating systems * Linux remains the primary recommendation. * MacOS or Windows may be used only if

Recommendations repeated

For those at the back of the class: here are the rules, again. * Use Linux. Prefer European distributions. * Trust open source. * Avoid .NET, React, TypeScript. * Never use AI online. If you must, run it local, offline, and air-gapped if possible. * Communication? Radio is safe from manipulation, but open to listening.

Mission secrecy

The Rebels confirm that details of the September mission will not be shared until the beginning of the month. This is intentional. Channels cannot be trusted. Manipulated words could collapse plans. The less we write, the less Maynet can twist. [2025-08-17 22:55] mission_plan.log Date: September 9–10