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happysmash27 wrote

Time to work towards not using the proprietary devices they provide us :)

I wish I had people like you at my school. Maybe then there would be a bit more advocaion for using Linux...

They actually BIOS-locked the computers they give to programming students this year, and I couldn't stand this, as for one, I am very picky, and care a lot about software politics, and even worse, they did such despicable things as blocking the school WiFi, which made it so I couldn't do any of the many of the assignments which require computers while I was away from the computer science class (which had its own WiFi network), and even blocking Wikimedia Commons, which I use in every assignment I need images for! They eventually unblocked it later, but hadn't at this point, and I was so furious that I spent $100 to buy a tiny computer just to use at school as soon as I possibly could. After this they said that I couldn't even do that, as it bypassed restrictions, so I hacked the BIOS locking and even overwrote the Windows partition with zeros out of rage once I got back onto my familiar Gentoo system. Eventually they said that I had to use Windows in the computer science class, so I let them reinstall it onto the school computer, but although they BIOS locked it again, I just removed the BIOS locking yet another time and now use Linux in every other class, and at home if I am too lazy to just use my desktop PC. I am even using Linux on that PC to write this now, but that WASN'T ENOUGH! It turns out that Windows doesn't have an Esperanto keyboard layout! And on Windows, one needs admin privileges to install a keyboard layout! So, although I had failed at it before, I tried yet again to write the encrypted Windows partition from Linux. This time, I actually figured out how to do it, by mounting the TrueCrypt partition as system, and I then added myself as an admin so I could install my keyboard. So much for not wanting me to use my own equipment due to it not having restrictions...

Things like this for schools are seriously offensive to me. I do my work, never slack off in class, and am one of the best students... why do you need to rule me with an iron fist? I just want a familiar working environment...

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