Hello other newcomers! It’s been decades since I’ve participated in open source discussions/forums. So fun! I joined the fediverse the other day but decided to try out PieFed on several recommendations from Reddit users.
I have been trying to make my phone dumb, not be tracked by advertisers or surveilled by government, increase digital privacy and get off of big, addictive social media with mindless scrolling & algorithms.
I hope to install Linux Mint on an old computer soon. I’m not very tech savvy and old, so for tech purposes, I’m going to try using AI to install Linux and hopefully to try out self-hosting, eventually. Seems like a better use of my time than doomscrolling! I don’t want to use AI and will avoid it for frivolous or personal uses because it goes against my environmental morals. My spouse says AI may become less energy, resource intensive in the future. Hopefully so. But for now I don’t want to use it unless I have no other options.
I look forward to more interactions as this noobie learns more. Thank you for this platform.
AI as we have it now can't become less energy and resource intensive. They are literally only scaling through brute force that's why it's destroying the computer parts industry for everyone but AI.
As for linux it's pretty easy these days. Once you get it to boot off a USB I would be surprised if you need help at all. Been rocking it for awhile personally on CachyOS.
As INeedMana said there are some communities here as well that can probably help.
I went and bought a USB today! I have to back everything up tomorrow before I can attempt, though.
Yeah, we have a data center getting ready to be built near us and am worried about our water resources. :( I didn’t know about the computer parts issue.