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"friendly computers": starting my own computer co-operative friendlycomputers.club

• anarchism
• free and open-source software
• hardware

via vidak 2 years ago | archived | plain text cache (formatted)| source | 2 comments

vidak wrote :

I have had very little luck getting employment that didn't make me mentally unwell. So, I started my own 'small business', which is very quickly turning into a worker's co-operative.

I went to the local rotary markets and sold almost all my stock that day, and left the markets early. I install a GNU system onto every computer I sell, and it forms an interesting talking point. When I demonstrate MATE or xfce desktop environments to people, they are more than happy to walk away with a Friendly Computer. Seemingly, not having window$ installed on a computer doesn't deter people!

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  epilys2 years ago | link | reply | source

  Wow! Congratulations and I hope it picks off.

  Some recommendations:

  • "Power supply box" instead of "powe supply box" in the materials section
  • Put who you are and where you are located in the homepage, I guess that's most important info to the customer
  • Highlight current stock once you have it
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    wholesomedonut1 year, 12 months ago | link | reply | source

    All good suggestions.

    The web dev inside me wants to make some others:

    Sans-serif fonts

    a favicon for browser tabs

    basic CSS that allows for better formatting and quality of life. It doesn't have to be fancy. But seeing <p> tags extend all the way from one side of the viewport to the other is messy. It will distract people from the content they're reading.