Why do Lemmy instances automatically federade with every other instance? Wouldn’t be more wise to add instances manually, from a list?
Why do Lemmy instances automatically federade with every other instance? Wouldn’t be more wise to add instances manually, from a list?
Download BalenaEtcher and burn an .ISO of your selected distro to a USB memory stick - Pop!OS and Linux mint are perennial favorites. Bear in mind that this will erase all data from the stick.
Boot the laptop into BIOS (you will need to check with the manufacturer to see which key you will need to hold to do so) and scroll down to the “boot from device” or similar option. Select “Boot from USB”, save settings and reset your laptop.
If all goes well, and your laptop likes the distro, you should see a bunch of cryptic text scroll by. Don’t worry, this is what Linux shows instead of a loading screen. A menu should pop up, asking you if you want to try out the Live distro, or install the OS. Choose the live distro first, this will create a version of the OS that works from the RAM disk and does not install on the hard drive.
You can now play around with the OS, browse the internet, play games, anything except saving locally to the hard drive (unless you Mount it, but that’s another story). When you are good and ready, you can either choose to dual boot to Linux and Windows, or take the plunge and use Linux as your primary OS!
Hope this explanation wasn’t too rambly. Have fun!
Oh look, it’s almost as Meta is an untrustrworthy actor that plans to EEE the fediverse. I consider any instance that federates with Meta a lost cause, to be defederated as well.
Thunderbird is a pretty decent client, and OSS to boot!
At this point, you will either try to mitigate the harm caused by proprieatry software by adding as many Open source programs to your MS system, or treat the underlying cause and install a FOSS OS.
Ah yes, lies on how North Korea is a stalinist hellhole and not a workers paradise, right?
At this point you might as well design an app that is 100% ads and give the users a cut of the ad revenue.
Depends what you mean by “best”. Personally, I use Lubuntu, as it is an ideal combo of features vs. resource lightness for me. Linux light and Puppy Linux are also among more popular lightweight distros.
It depends what you mean by “mainstream”. If by that you imply that the Fediverse will become a true public forum, and a place to exchange ideas and form opinions, then yes, I would like for it to be a counterweight to legacy media and corporate content silos. However, if the fediverse becomes yet another astroturfed propaganda outlet, then no, I do not want it to become mainstream. Fortunately, the loose Fediverse network makes it hard to take over and control, provided that the ActivityPub protocol remains untainted by actions of bad actors.
Let’s be frank, how many bong rips do you have before coming to this conclusion?
I bought the entire CPU, and I’m going to use the entire CPU.
The biggest mistake they made was using the awful new gnome desktop. Seriously, it feels like I’m using those shitty info kiosks you find in poorly maintained bus terminals. Fortunately, I have the option of booting into xfce, and Lubuntu on my laptop has Lxqt.
Snaps do feel like a half baked implementation though.
Error: Arch logo detected, coolness not found.
And then there’s me, who copy pastes terminal commands from the net without checking them :3
Then block all other instances and keep the one that is most relevant, if you are that bothered with cross posts. Frankly, the main value of link aggregator sites are the comments, and having multiple instances can be great for making comparisons.
Yes, absolutely! Although, I don’t get this “there must be only one” mentality regarding communities. R*ddit had competing subreddits, since the organizational structure was ripe for mod abuse, and the community often made an alternative. Worrying about duplicate communities kinda misses the point of site federation.
The stall is obviously not installed yet, but whatever, funny picture on the internet, gotta get those points.
Spray all over your family for one last time.