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Cake day: June 1st, 2023
  •  rancidity9480   ( @rancidity9480@beehaw.org ) toAskBeehaw•Do you currently use Linux, or would you consider giving Linux a shot?
    2•2 years ago

    I’ve been interested in Linux since the late 90s and have tried living with it on and off. At this point in my life, it works for most of what I want to do. I have Linux Mint running on one of those mini PCs you can get on Amazon for like $200. If I really need Windows, I have a couple of really old machines I could use. It doesn’t happen often.

    My PC gaming is limited to mostly classics anyway, so GOG and Steam have enough for me.

    Other than that, I need to be able to get online, play some music, edit some photos, and mostly work with text.

    As long as they aren’t catastrophic failures, I enjoy the…quirks of living with Linux. It’s come a long way, but when something goes wrong (and it absolutely will), you’re going to have to work for it. Small things are fun and give you a chance to learn. Big things suck.

  •  rancidity9480   ( @rancidity9480@beehaw.org ) toTechnology•Re-Focusing on Privacy-Focused Applications - Where to Begin?English
    4•2 years ago

    After years of just feeling like it was an overwhelming task to take on, I recently figured it was time to make some changes. I figure any change is good change, so started with things like moving to Firefox (and Kiwi on mobile) and adding some privacy focused add ons.

    I spent a weekend moving from LastPass to Bitwarden and changing tons of passwords.

    Then I spent a day setting up Nextcloud on a spare RPi I had around, so now syncing photos, contacts, and calendar there.

    This week, I opened a Protonmail account and moved my personal address there instead of using Gmail.

    The Privacy Guide link someone posted looks great. I’ll definitely use it to keep me thinking about what I can change. One step at a time, you know?

  •  rancidity9480   ( @rancidity9480@beehaw.org ) toTechnology•What's currently the best Lemmy app for Android?
    55•2 years ago

    I’ll put my thoughts on this post as it showed up as I scrolled to get to the one from a day or two ago…I have 5 different Lemmy apps installed right now. Figure that there is going to be a lot of experimentation and work being done right now, so it’s nice to see what everyone is doing.

    • Jerboa - Personally, I really like Jerboa. Being the most mature of the bunch shows. It’s well laid out, has just enough UI options, and works. Except that now Beehaw isn’t on v0.18.

    • Connect - Not open source at this time, I get why that matters to people, but not a deal breaker for me. Typing this comment in Connect. Just updated this morning with additional and redesigned settings. There is about a thumbs width of space between this comment box and my keyboard. That’s kind of yucky.

    • Liftoff - I’m hopeful for this one. It LOOKS the best to me, but there’s some weird UX issues. Biggest being that the only place to see your replies/notifications is the top of the Home feed with no quick way to get there if you’ve been scrolling.

    • Thunder - I can see the potential, but it’s not for me right now. No buttons on comments, you have to use swipe gestures. But posts have buttons. Changing UI options doesn’t actually change anything 95% of the time.

    • Summit - You want a zero frills, dark mode way of browsing and interacting? This is that. I’d love a FEW options (like light mode), but it’s fast and easy. Uhh…just realized I can’t find a way to make a new post…

    • Wefwef.app - Last one. Really slick looking and responsive, but too iOS-y for me. It also claims to have light mode, but I can’t figure out how to switch it. Really polished though.