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Happy International Repair day! Let's remember that having the #RightToRepair your equipment, electronics, car, house, etc frees you from corporate greed. On this day, I like to look back at the previous year of what all I have saved, restored, repaired, and discarded. #InternationalRepairDay

17/10/26, 3:10 pm2 reposts5 likes

Eric Duncan 🔵

@eduncan911.com

Usually I use my phone to snap pics of everything I mess with, but this past year I had to come to grips that Google dropped support for the Pixel 3a and GrapheneOS could no longer provide security updates. Also, the cracked screen (that I replaced twice) finally stopped working.

Eric Duncan 🔵

@eduncan911.com

Switching to a new Pixel, Google has guarantees for 7+ years of security updates. I never even booted the phone - I immediately loaded GrapheneOS. ...and then I broke the screen. Lol. ...and so did my daughter. Lol x2. So the first noted repair of the year were two LCD replacements.

Eric Duncan 🔵

@eduncan911.com

I also cleaned out my homelab and put dozens of pieces of equipment up for sale. This has provided at least a dozen people to continue their own #RightToRepair by utilizing gray market parts to further their own homelabs and repairs.

Eric Duncan 🔵

@eduncan911.com

Of note was my adventure into the latest Chromebooks to see if they would support native Linux (not the sub-linux). docs.mrchromebox.tech was fantastic. Unfortunately, the Asus I picked didn't have Audio nor Touchpad drivers in the latest 7.x kernel. That sucked, restore it, and sold off.