25 November 2024
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Read this morning that our government is evaluating the options for
bunkers, and is planning an app where you can find the bunker nearest
to you... man, this all doesn't feel right. I thought i was a member of
the last generation learning the whole cold war stuff (how does an air
raid siren sound etc.), now the whole drill is seemingly coming back.

If you think about it, its in a way funny: Most of the old science fiction
/ cyberpunk stories have in their lore a WWIII or something like that,
now it seems the authors of those stories had a bit more foresight than
i would have granted them.

In other news: I am currently preparing a new latop for my dad. My dad
is 84, living in an retirement home after a injury made it imossible for
him to live with us in this old house (stairs, oh so much stairs...),
and he is - while still a clever man - not THAT sharp anymore since
he had some heart problems some time ago. So, he wants a super simple
system that is quiet usable without internet and robust enoough that he
doesn't need to care about. After some research i opted for EndlessOS.

EndlessOS is primarily designed to be used in regions without good
internet connection and primarily as an educational tool. After looking
a bit into it i thought it could be a good match for this use case.
I started the download of the "full" image (nearly 25 GB!) this
morning and after it was time to leave work it still wasn't completely
finished. Well, THAT invokes memories of days long past, waiting days
for a download to finish...

I hope everything goes well and i can report tomorrow how the installation
and everything else did work out...