In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might promise. More
@Forbearance @r343l while reading:
Still, it was a good article. I liked:
Aside: I swear to god, if your answer here is “get a MacBook Air, they’re only $600,”
But I was thinking "how do we grt #Linux on those $300 cheapo laptops?"
Ideally, we don't.
If you want to run teh linux on a cheap laptop, your best bet today is a refurb thinkpad from an ebay seller with lots of sales and a good rep.
Yes, it's older hardware - but that's why it works.
If we all opt out of new shit hardware, they'll stop making it. Not giving them your money is kryptonite.
Sadly - it won't help,with most of the points in that excellent rant. But it's a toehold. It may not give you what you want, but it might get you what you need.
Rachael L
Forbearance
Kevin Neely 
Tom Bortels