Every device you own reports back. Google, Apple, Microsoft — the operating system is the product. We run free events that replace it. You bring a laptop. You leave owning it. No experience needed. No cost. Ever.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.Galatians 5:1
Come to an Install Party. Bring a laptop if you have one. If you don't, tell us when you RSVP. We keep a hardware pool from donated machines for exactly that reason. No experience needed.
Follow the Roadmap. Four levels. Each one earned, not bought. You move at your pace with a community behind you.
Become a Vanguard. Once you have the skills, you come back and give them away. That is how TFM grows. Graduate to graduate, city to city.
Four levels. Each one earned, never bought. You move at your own pace. The physical card you take home from your first event tracks every milestone.
The first event. Three hours. You walk in and walk out with a laptop you actually own. Made possible by people who donated machines so someone else could have a first one.
Level 1 complete. You own the machine now. Nobody has root but you.
The why behind the how. Stewardship, sovereignty, surveillance, and the long arc of how we got here.
Level 2 complete. You understand the machine now. That changes how you see every other one.
You stop renting. You start owning. The Homestead is where the muscle memory becomes a way of life. Donated hardware from the TFM pool is available for members building their first home server.
Level 3 complete. You stopped renting. Your data lives where you put it, and nowhere else.
The student becomes the teacher. The mission continues because of you.
Level 4 complete. Take the oath. Find your city. The next Exodus is yours to run.
The most useful thing you can give is a working laptop. It becomes the reason someone shows up. If you have hardware, that is where to start. If you want to give financially, that funds the drives and the room.
