Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #righttorepair, aggregated by home.social.
Aquell avís d'actualització que ajornes cada dia sovint tapa forats de seguretat que algú ja està aprofitant.
Actualitza el mòbil, l'ordinador, el navegador i, si el gestiones tu, el router de casa.
Si el fabricant ja no actualitza el teu mòbil, no cal llençar-lo: si el teu model és compatible, sistemes lliures com @LineageOS li poden allargar la vida.
Quantes actualitzacions tens pendents ara mateix?
If we want to effectively fight for the #RightToRepair, it's important to realize that unrepairability is just a symptom. The root of the problem almost always comes down to a lack of software freedom: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/fight-to-repair #FreeSoftware
Linux and self hosting microblog update (which contains no Linux and little about self hosting):
I've routinely paid a quick oil change shop for their services for the past couple of decades - until this year.
This year, one of them made a serious mistake, which cost me an engine rebuild.
Yesterday, I changed my own oil.
I'm not more trained to protect my engine. I am simply more motivated to protect my engine.
This is why I now self-host my own email servers.
Engine oil changes and hosting email aren't a huge deal, but can be incredibly expensive when done wrong. It is scary to do it myself, but this year it became much scarier to trust someone else.
There's someone(s) out there I could trust for either, but finding them is more work, stress and risk than just doing it myself.
There's hundreds of companies who could do a good enough job for a fair price.
But zero of those companies have lately convinced me that they care about the harm that could come to me from mistakes, the way I care. Much less that they would lift a finger to make me whole if I was harmed by their mistake.
So, now, I do it myself, instead of working on something more interesting.
#devops #selfhosting #linux #oilchange #carrepair #righttorepair
🔧 Warten statt wegwerfen!
Das TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 macht es leicht: RAM, SSDs, WLAN-Modul und Akku sind gut zugänglich. Selbst warten, reinigen und aufrüsten – für mehr Langlebigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit. 💚
👉 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/TUXEDO-Stellaris-16-Gen8.tuxedo
#TUXEDO #Linux #Notebook #RightToRepair #Nachhaltigkeit #Aufrüstbar #Reparierbarkeit #OpenSource
The Midterms Were a Pretty Good Sign for the Right-to-Repair Movement
anyhoo, back to #hp and it's a doozy -- a #probook X360 435 G9. although it's "pro" it's visibly inferior to the elite models; plastic vs premium metal and somewhat thicker. the screen is also glossy, none of the matte texture. flipping it into tablet mode here feels even weirder
the 5 suffix indicates it's an AMD model, and it doesn't disappoint. 6-core Ryzen 5 5850u, dual RAM slots, battery looks OK. in the before times this thing woulda gotten dual 16 GB sticks, some 2 TB DRAM cache SSD for next to nothing and with a cheap USB-C dock you're set for at least a decade. nowadays, I gotta go with the minimum and let the new owner burn cash
coupla points of contention. uno, the screen is damaged. usable for me as it cost me next to nothing, but there goes the chance of asking top dollar for the thing. since replacing the touch screen isn't feasible, it's gonna have to function as-is. what can't work as-is is the keyboard, a vertical line of keys doesn't work
on older models that would be $20ish and an easy swap. this thing's got the keyboard welded to the topcase with melted fucking plastic. seven hells, didn't I sing enough praises on account of these things being easier to work than macbooks wtf? so I can either cut it free, replace the keyboard and then weld it back together or get a previous gen topcase with keyboard already mounted
luckily, none of that was needed - unplugging the keyboard flat cable, cleaning the contacts and reseating it worked, the troublesome line works
there's a keycap missing and I thought I'd easily switch it, got keyboards from several probook and elitebook models of similar vintage, they look identical but - none fit! how is this beneficial, keeping stock of different but virtually identical-looking keyboards, that's some fucked up supply chain there, hp... totally don't want to buy a whole keyboard just because of this
finally, this is the only one that's got an admin password. fixable, for a price, but that'll have to be on someone else's dime, boots fine
#Fedora 45 is out just in time and works great (systemd-boot default when?) albeit with the standard cuckoo-clock annoyances; vented about it and some thin-skinned #gnome dev complained to defcon.social and they took my toot down
got a couple more #thinkpad and #elitebook awaiting parts, will continue the thread when I get those
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Bought an EV with a faulty battery you can't repair? A German court says EU product-safety law may already let you hand it back. 🔋⚖️
▶️ https://peertube.tv/w/aKXdJkg6Vwj2gHicSFUNZt?start=10m13s
@mos_8502 I don't think this is correct. I see it more like the #righttorepair movement. That isn't about a love of machines. It's about truly owning the thing in your hands, even if someone else (or even no one ever) actually opens it
Saturday, November 14, 2026
10:00 AM 1:00 PM
CEC's Environmental Hub
1219 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 United States
"Join us for Repair Cafe Santa Barbara, a completely free, community-powered event where volunteers help fix broken items instead of sending them to the landfill. Bring up to two items — such as clothing, electronics, bikes, furniture, toys, small appliances, or knives for sharpening — and work alongside skilled fixers to bring them back to life.
This is not a drop-off service; you’ll collaborate directly with a volunteer who will assess your item, guide you through the repair process, and share practical skills along the way. Open to the public and designed to empower you to repair your favorite items, this is a hands-on, educational experience rooted in sustainability and community connection. Interested in getting involved? Contact [email protected] to volunteer your skills, attend future events, or simply help us spread the word!
This event is part of the Community Environmental Council's A Year of Active Hope, a series of free events hosted at our Environmental Hub to unite the community and create space for courage, connection, and change."
FMI:
https://cecsb.org/events/repair-cafe-santa-barbara-november-2026
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes
#RepairCafesCalifornia #FixIt #BuildingCommunity #RightToRepair #ReuseRestoreRepair
@swizzlevixen @sylvia Success! Thanks both for your notes and links. Using those steps I've managed to jailbreak the Kindle, and install KOreader with the Simple UI. That'll now make a nice Christmas present for Child A.
Was isn das für ein Artikel? Ich musste erst mal gucken, wer der Autor ist. Ich hätte vermutet, dass es einer meiner Lieblingsautoren war, aber nein. Na, nun gibt es ein neues Mitglied in der Reihe der „Lieblingsautoren“ (alles Männer).
Irgendwie scheint Herr Braungart das Konzept der #Klimaneutralität nicht verstanden zu haben. Klimaneutralität bedeutet, dass das, was man emittiert, nicht das übersteigt, was durch CO₂-Senken ausgeglichen werden kann. Wir haben Jahrtausende klimaverträglich gelebt. Erst als wir angefangen haben, Zeug zu verbrennen, begannen die Probleme. Wenn wir beim Sporttreiben einen erhöhten CO₂-Ausstoß haben, liegt das immer noch im verträglichen Bereich. Es sei denn es ist „Motorsport“.
„Gleichzeitig landen die seltenen Elemente, wie Indium, Gallium und Germanium, in der Schlacke und sind damit verloren. Die EU fordert ein Recht auf Langlebigkeit von Produkten, dabei leben die Gegenstände doch gar nicht. Meine Studierenden machen Lebenszyklusanalysen von Coca-Cola-Dosen. Hat jemand schon mal eine lebende Coladose gesehen?“
Hat das echt jemand in der Zeitung geschrieben?
„Dabei ist eine Waschmaschine, die 30 Jahre hält, der größte Albtraum für die Wirtschaft, weil dadurch keine Innovation auf den Markt kommt und 30 Jahre lang Ersatzteile von den Herstellern bereitgehalten werden müssen. Wenn man keine Waschmaschine veräußert, sondern lediglich für 9 Jahre das Recht auf 3.000-mal Waschen verkauft, hat der Hersteller ein Interesse an Intaktheit und nicht an Reparatur.“
Really? Wegwerfgesellschaft für Innovation?
Wir hatten eine Waschmaschine, die 11 Jahre gehalten hat und dann die Küche geflutet. Mir wurde gesagt, dass Waschmaschinen immer so ca. 10 Jahre halten. Jetzt haben wir eine Waschmaschine, die 20 Jahre halten soll. Wir sind bereits in Jahr 15. Ich habe sie damals gekauft, weil sie besonders leise ist. Sie war teurer als andere Waschmaschinen, dafür spare ich aber Geld, weil ich keine neue kaufen muss. Ich kann nicht sehen, was mir so an Innovation entgeht. Meine hat einen Warmwasseranschluss, weil wir das Warmwasser praktisch umsonst bekommen (Wärmepumpe mit Photovoltaik). Mehr brauche ich nicht.
Dann gibt es sehr merkwürdige Behauptungen über #rightToRepair. Natürlich soll der Effekt von Right To Repair sein, dass Firmen ihre Produkte so gestalten, dass sie prinzipiell reparierbar sind.
Die paar sinnvollen Vorschläge zu Kunststoffen kann man natürlich zu sonstigen Nachhaltigkeitsansätzen dazu nehmen.
Kein Glanzstück von der @tazgetroete. Und gerade haben sie es auch noch auf der Titelseite …
