Libre Culture

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What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

That copyright should expire after a certain period of time.
That knowledge should be available to people, not locked away.
That no entity should have unjust control or possession of others.
That mass surveillance is about mass control, not justice.
That we can all band together to help liberate each other.

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Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Please show common courtesy: Let's make this community one that people want to be a part of.
Please keep posts generally on topic
No NSFW content
When sharing a Libre project, please include the name of its license in the title. For example: “Project name and summary (GPL-3.0)”

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

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How do I pivot to a career in FOSS/Sys Admin? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/libre_culture@lemmy.ml

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Here's my situation: I'm somewhat advanced in my career. I've been working in media for over a decade. I'm currently unemployed and looking for more work, but I haven't been finding a lot of success. And the truth is that most of the media jobs available to me are deeply uninspiring: the kinds of producing/shooting/editing roles that I've done for a long time, and that no longer bring me joy.

But there's one thing that HAS gotten me excited over the last few years: Learning more about self-hosting and FOSS. Since ~2021 I've been on a journey, building my own computers, setting up my own home server, changing my workflow over to FOSS apps, and slowly moving more of my devices to Linux. I love the idea of using my skills to break up the power of tech giants and their consumer lock-in. This is political for me, and I love it.

Is there any way that I could transition my career to something along those lines? I'm not experienced or knowledgeable enough to be a systems admin. But is there some role I could perform that would let me pursue this passion, learn more about it, and get paid?

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[–] nazgul666@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A good starting point for people coming into the industry is usually tech support (L1). Maybe you can find a position in a company where they use many FOSS applications (they are quite widespread). From there you can specialize yourself and transition into a system admin.

But keep in mind that "breaking the power of tech gigants" will most likely not pay well (unfortunately).

Edit: depending on your degree you might also fullfill the criteria for graduate training programs. They will usually put you in a higher ranking position in a shorter period of time.