Permacomputing Principles

louismerlin

I have been involved in Berlin’s permacomputing scene for a few years now, and have met a lot of very cool people through that. Can highly recommend you get involved in your local meetups or start your own ! https://permacomputing.net/Community/

lynx97

from permacomputing.net: ... an anti-capitalist political project. ... anarchism ... intersectional feminism ... No, thanks. I thought it was a tech project. Apparently not.

HerbManic

I have argued for a long time that Permacomputing will be seen as the missing part of the Free Software movement. What use is free software long term if you do not have hardware you can control, maintain and repair easily? This will mean a sacrifice in performance and functionality but gaining control and longevity. One interesting area is about how to make software that is not hardware locked but easy enough to implement with very little work involved. This is where projects such as UXN come in. https://100r.co/site/uxn.html A system spec that is only 32 instructions deep, something that a single person could implement in less than a week. Essentially the hardest part is building the hardware Abstraction Layer. It wouldn't be efficient but it is very portable and thus makes it resilient to any future possible shocks.

ps3udo

Related (and complementary): https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html