it seems like one of the key defining principals of the fediverse is platform evolution - mastodon, bluesky, and lemmy are just going to be footnotes in history.

so what? the media is stored/hosted elsewhere. the domains are just an access method. this is just as effective as nailing the front door shut and ignoring the windows/back door.

not that open - I tried to run rm -rf in the terminal and it did nothing.

bunches of refurbished t-series thinkpads out there - t480, t430, etc. apparently the 490 is one to avoid. I got a t470 some months back for $150 - put mint on it and have been very happy with the performance.

lol good luck tracking down someone who releases software into the wild.

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got a t470 refurb for $150 last year and have been very happy with it.

wow, everquest is still a thing? that’s sort of amazing.

that’s ok, ill just use linux

i only use it because it comes with Prime, which I do use, quite a bit.

win10 is still supported for 3 more years - if you pay for it.

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tried to do that but mom wanted some esoteric bookkeeping software to function - so back to windows for her

well, to an extent that xorg only exists in outdated distros that no longer get updates is what I meant - but in essence, yes.

it sure will be interesting when xorg gets deprecated

bought a (used) t470 a few months ago, been happy with it - especially for the price.

bunch of not that high end dedicated music players when I looked on amazon just now - around the $40 - $70 price range

almost like “purchasing” it was the real crime.

this should be a sticky for the community. simple, concise, answers the major questions.

been rockin kde neon for the last little while, but also really like mint