I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #1352 - The Importance of Choosing Sovereign Technological Frameworks - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Saturday, April 10, 2026

I live naked and barefooted, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i, and I have for more than 7 years now. Although there are many challenges, I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

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I talk about community-driven, sovereignty-focused, and freedom-first technology and technological frameworks in these posts so often because, first of all they deeply fascinate me, and because there are so many people, the majority, that are basically completely unaware of the incredible potential that exists with them, or of the notable freedom, empowerment, and multitudinous practical uses that they provide. So part of my intention in writing about digital sovereignty in general, and of my adventures in Linux and free and open-source software (FOSS) specifically, is to bring greater awareness around them regarding what exists and what's possible within that framework, and to help educate and teach people about just how essential it is to take control of our own devices and the software the runs on them.

As I've mentioned many times, the vast majority of all the software (even hardware too in some cases) that people use every day, is actively being used against them and their best interest, and in innumerable very quantifiable different ways (it's pretty horrifying actually), and yet most people seem completely oblivious to it, or they just don't care. This technological ignorance does not serve them at all, quite the opposite in fact.

My dive into digital self-determination and freedom began many years ago, first out of curiosity and the desire to explore what I could do, and as I've gone deeper and learned more over the years, I've found myself becoming ever more proficient across an increasing diversity of technological frameworks. For most people who knows me, I'm a tech fellow who assists them with their own technogical challenges and needs (among assorted other things), though they have no idea about what I'm talking when I attempt to explain various techy things to them. It's like I'm speaking a whole different language, which in a sense I am. I just wish more people spoke it fluently as well.

I strongly suggest that anyone and everyone reading this who has not already done so makes the decision to finally start learning how the technology that they use actually works, and about free and open-source software, including Linux (I'd say the BSDs too, but those usually require even more know-how), which across its assorted and numerous distributions, provides access to a vast software ecosystem, for just about anything that people could want. It's also possible to run many Windows and MacOS applications in Linux as well, though the opposite cannot be said about Windows or MacOS running native Linux applications. Linux is just so much more flexible, and it offers so much more control and freedom in terms of how and what we do on our computers.

There are a large number of Linux distributions which are focused on being beginner-friendly, so it's easier than ever to dip your toes into the FOSS and Linux world, and to give Linux a try. It doesn't really matter which distribution that you choose to try out, and you can take several for a test drive if you'd like, as under the hood, Linux is Linux, so what is learned in one iteration usually carries over to all others as well, with generally minor variations. Give it a go, my friends, you'll be grateful that you did! Learn Linux!

Yesterday, Friday, I left the Flow House, after finishing up my Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, and continuing with troubleshooting a few small issues in my new Artix (from Arch) installation, quite late again, partly due to rain, by around 3:30PM, giving my attention first to some photography for my posts, and then to a few small jungle-community tasks. In the early evening, I went to turn on the generator in power sharing, and to make myself some food (spiced-and-seasoned ground beef, eggs, onions, longevity spinach leaves, olive oil, and sea salt) in Wabisabi, and with that and my jar of leftover superfood fire coffee in hands, I headed back to the Flow House, to continue troubleshooting newly-converted-Artix issues, and to write this post. It's now just after 1:45PM, so it's a marvelous time to wrap this up, so that I may attend to my few other impotant Hive Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, before leaving the Flow House a little later in the afternoon, to focus on some photography for my posts first, and then on some jungle-community/land work and tasks. I deeply appreciate y'all so very much! Until tomorrow's incarnation of these posts! Always forward, onward, upward, and whaleward, ho, together we go! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

2026 Life Goals

1.) Do regular integral practices again, alone or with others.

2.) Prepare regular batches of my medicinal teas collected from the land again.

3.) Make my plant nursery, and the gardens, beautiful again.

4.) Begin learning relevant coding/programming languages to more fully contribute to the sovereignty-driven technologies where I am active, like Arch Linux, Hive, Qortal, DeSo, and Bastyon.

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Play 2024 Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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