I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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As long as people are moving away from Windows and Mac
If people don’t like it or Linux Mint doesn’t meet their needs, they will go back to Windows or switch to MacOS. The article points out that there may be better stepping stone distros these days
Whoops, I meant to say “only downside”. Edited it
There are lots of positive differences
Unless I misunderstood, it will eventually dry up? Investors aren’t going to be willing to give money with no returns indefinitely
The only difference downside really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.
I’ve been trying out VSIX Manager for my extensions so that I can keep track of which ones I want to install on each machine. This can make it easier to install the weird extensions that you can’t install otherwise
It’s hard to tell what was wrong with that post without seeing it. At the same time, we’re not a hive mind. People will disagree from time to time :)
or they need a third party APP
I’ve seen this complaint from other new users. Is there something wrong with a lack of an official app? Would it be an ok compromise for the official project to recommend some third party apps?
A lot of these projects don’t have the capacity (yet) to develop an official app on top of the main platform.
As for the recommendations
These are harder, or there’s not as much motivation for them. The projects are still going, but they’re slower:
Facebook: a lot of people dropped Facebook completely without replacing it with anything. The only real value is private groups and buy/sell tools, of which the first can be replaced with chat platforms and the second already has a patchwork of proprietary alternatives depending on where you are
LinkedIn: network effect is extreme with this one since it depends on where everyone else in your field of work is hanging out. Some fields don’t use LinkedIn at all already
Amazon: I don’t see the benefit of having a fediverse version of this? Building tools that independent stores can use to stay competitive might be better
Spotify: Funkwhale exists, but there are some concerns around piracy. Other options are self hosting or using one of the many other proprietary streaming platforms
Cloud storage: there are a number of alternatives https://ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/category/file-storage/
shrimp taming
Darn I had a chance until that one.
Last time I tried taming shrimp, bad things happened…
A lot of great comments, but another one that’s not mentioned: money and advertising
Open source / non profit run websites don’t have money to burn on mobile ads, and many wouldn’t want to put money into the ad industry even if they did.
It doesn’t guarantee users, plenty of startups fail after promotional campaigns, but it definitely helps people learn about the platform
Since you’re on lemmy.ca, are you Canadian?
If so, you can watch all the events on your own time through CBC Gem.
https://gem.cbc.ca/section/olympics
Audiences can watch on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service. Once launched, CBC’s website, cbc.ca/milanocortina2026, will offer full event schedules, results, highlights, athlete profiles daily updates and more.
For those in other countries, check who is broadcasting locally and you might be able to access it for free through official channels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_formula
In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms present in a compound
In this comic, the “compound” is the entire observable universe. So it’s the simplest whole number ratio of every atom in the observable universe
A more in depth explanation for this comic (and all other xkcd comics) is here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3200:_Chemical_Formula
Great to hear! I’ve updated the post title and linked to this comment
If anyone else is curious, here is what I found on the link
https://docs.hollo.social/intro/
Hollo is a simple, single-user microblogging tool that lets you run your own little corner of the internet. Think of it as your personal Mastodon instance, but stripped down to the essentials.
I see the original post got removed by moderators to prevent panic. Would you have an update that you can share in this thread? I’m happy to edit the title of this post too :)
Voyager works, although I don’t think it’s intended for Desktop use
Assuming you’re looking for Lemmy/Piefed clients, you might be able to install some of the front ends as PWAs. Photon and Blorp for example
@alam@lemmy.world is also on the threadiverse, and may post updates about this as it develops
Predictions
Showerthoughts
I had no idea Reddit invented having deep thoughts in the shower, or making predictions
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Am I the Asshole?
Yea they can keep that one
No problem :)
Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for questions about selhisting, and !lemmy@lemmy.ml for questions about running a Lemmy server
I’d recommend including a lot more details in your post about your machine, your budget, why you want to do it, etc