From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On 26 Oct 2025 22:51:40 GMT, Gordon wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-10-24, s|b  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > We would be   
   > > doing these people a favour. Of course, we (well, especially him) need   
   > > to learn a lot more before we decide to go further with this.   
      
   > I would suggest that you needs to take the transmission to Mint (linux) off   
   > into a separate place. Get/buy a spare and use it as a protype. Get it   
   > running with the setup you envisage. Document your progress. Keep the   
   > existing set up in place and running.   
      
   The municipality is also involved and through them I've got a laptop I   
   can use. Its battery is defect and so is the eID card reader, but that's   
   alright. My supervisor had an old laptop laying around and he's going to   
   use that one.   
      
   I've already been trying out every setting and scribbling down notes.   
   The main problem for me is that it's in Dutch (I always choose English   
   for Windows and Linux) and the translation was clearly done by some   
   language purifying Dutchman. I mean, he literally translated 'chatroom'   
   into a weird "Dutch" word 'kletskamer'. I'm pretty sure it's a made up   
   word; it's not even in our van Dale dictionary.   
      
   > Once the protoype is working bring it into the fold, test run it in the real   
   > world and check out for any glitches. How do the customers like it, what are   
   > the issues for them.   
      
   That's good advice. As I've said: early days, but we can use the   
   guidance.   
      
   My supervisor said something about replacing Windows with Linux on the   
   laptops of his coworkers. So in a sense they could be alpha testers.   
   'could' because nothing has been decided yet. We could also use someone   
   who is connected to a Linux Repair Café.   
      
   > > If you have anything valuable to add, please do, but don't start   
   > > nitpicking.   
      
   > I read through this post thinking, now we have a better understanding of the   
   > situation. Then the last sentence brought be up short. Somethings it is   
   > better to stop rather than carry on.   
      
   I felt (feel) I didn't (don't) have the need for negative reactions. I   
   certainly have no need for legal advice where it isn't needed. It's   
   preposterous to state this could bite us in the arse, in a legal way.   
      
   The idea of using (old) hardware and install a Linux OS is already been   
   done by the Linux Repair Café. And as I've said: it doesn't work like   
   that in Belgium. People here are responsible for their own actions. If   
   they decide we can install Linux on their hardware, they are still   
   responsible. We will of course strongly advise to backup their Windows   
   data on an external hdd. Linux Repair Café uses this m.o. as well.   
      
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