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Linux systems are usually laid bare for people to tinker with, which for me is specially good if I see something I don’t like, be it software, UI or UX.
Plus, most PC’s I’ve seen from at least the past ~20 years can run Linux, so if I get my hands on a working PC, Linux becomes an easy choice.
Plus², Linux can be made very privacy friendly.
On the plus side, this gives people plenty of time to tackle their ever increasing backlogs, and also to give companies more reasons to put out a functional product in order to compete with all the kilometric backlogs people already have.
And besides the discussion that brought the controversy, from what I can gather, Linux benefits the most from KVM, making using a virtual machine with some super old Linux system in it very viable. _
Yes. ( also just remembered there are some mix up in naming conventions across the fediverse… "<.< )
Just checked your instance, and this page seems like a good start:
https://lemm.ee/communities?listingType=All&page=1
Then you can filter pages around, subscribe to pages as they pick your interest, etc.
Then, if it’s anything like Lemmy World about sorting (can’t verify since I don’t have an account in your instance), you can visit https://lemm.ee/?dataType=Post&listingType=Subscribed&page=1&sort=New to check all your subscribed contents, and by newest (I recommend “newest” because I get the impression posts start repeating themselves after a while with other sorting features).
If I may suggest, start following federated pages too. Each social media has its niche, and now, with federation that allows direct communications, it’s the perfect opportunity to find a social media whose features you like (which you seem to have already gotten), and curate your contents so it’s perfect for you without depending solely on your chosen social media’s niche.
Haven’t been around Linux overall for long, with my first proper introduction around early 2021. But from what I hear and read, plus my own observations in those past 2.5 years, even if, most of the time, it’s not “ideal” (as in, “plug and play”), Linux as a whole seems to be getting better and better for gaming. And ever since behemoth Valve came with the Linux-powered Steam Deck, I expect it to help increase Linux’s naturally-slow-but-constant momentum even more.
Dunno how your instance fares regarding moderation, but looking at the modlog of my instance, Kbin Social, moderators seem to act only against disruptive behavior, like spam and gratuitous offenses:
https://kbin.social/modlog
And I haven’t seem people complaining elsewhere, like on Discord, about Kbin-related instances, unlike certain Lemmy-related instances, so it appears to be fine for now.
Perhaps the reasoning changes from person to person, but for me, it goes along the lines of this image posted, oddly enough, on a memes page:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/cbae2e12-4fe0-45c4-8657-f033da6eab20.png
If it’s the same as Kbin Social, you can break line with either double enter, or double space at the end of a line.
The majority of posts on Reddit are also like that. Perhaps a curse of a feed-oriented forum (or whatever this type of social media is called)
If you absolutely must get something from Google Play, I suggest Aurora Store, which acts as an alternative frontend for Google Play, so you don’t have to have GApps installed.
If you have use for command line programs, Termux, a terminal emulator, is a great option, and it also works with root.
For reading eBooks, I also have a recommendation, Librera Reader (but I’ll check the OP’s recommendation too).
Material Files and Simple File Manager are great file browsing tools. But if you need a file browser for root specifically, I recommend Material Files specifically.
This is just a hypothesis, since I never dug on the subject, but considering sparkling beverages overall, at least in my side of the globe (Brazil), use carbon dioxide, which, when mixed with water, becomes carbonic acid, which, when mixed with basic compounds, becomes salt, I’d imagine sparkling water would be a good way to increase salt levels in the body, which could perhaps be bad in your case, since you need water for medical reasons.
I use the Android app Librera Reader, since it’s the best one I could find that is officially distributed outside of the Play Store (de-google, anyone?).
You can find the APK on both F-Droid and GitHub.
For ebooks, since Librera doesn’t seem to be able to validate DRM (thankfully), I buy ebooks in DRM free formats, meaning I usually pend to Itchio, IndieGala, Fanatical, Humble Bundle, Story Bundle, etc.
The only one I knew (before checking the other comments lol) is WinLaunch:
Not Reddit specifically, but from Reddit Enhancement Suit, like tracking new and edited comments in subscribed posts (and I guess microblogs too, with Kbin Social’s scope) and automatic formatting preview.
Oops. Forgot to include the name. Is Brazil. e.e"
Not much of a fast food culture over here as there is in the US that I can tell, but I often like some crispy french fries.
On Reddit, the only thing I noticed is mob mentality behavior, specially when something goes against a community’s opinion. In which case, they’ll try to silence you as much as possible. And never saw any subreddits with such disingenuous “policies” as the ones you commented, luckily.
Playing Hollow Knight. Pretty fun so far! Just a tad too hard and far more expansive than I’d expect even a metroidvania to be, so progress is slow.