Build a Cyberdeck

Big Tech rents you your own digital life. This hands-on build day gets you out from under it: you'll assemble a cyberdeck -- a pocket-sized Linux computer you fully own -- from a cheap single-board computer (or an old phone gathering dust), a touchscreen, storage, and an all-day battery, in a case rugged enough to go anywhere. No coding or Linux experience required; we walk through every step, from flashing the OS to first boot. Along the way you'll learn what it actually takes to own your compute -- off the cloud, off the surveillance grid -- and how to push it further with off-grid mesh networking, satellite comms, and local AI. Build a machine to get you out of Palantir's grasp.

What you leave able to do

• locate a substitute part when the named one is unavailable
• locate an open source replacement for software you pay for
• run a program someone else wrote and read its error
• assemble a working computer from parts you chose
• repurpose a retired device into a working server
• produce a parts list you can actually source
• reproduce your environment on a machine that is not yours

How you show it. The declaration file, and the same program running on a second machine with no steps taken that are not in the file.

It sits on 2 paths

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