CloverSi @ CloverSi @lemmy.comfysnug.space

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That makes more sense. Still, I think the point stands; tracking different things is different enough that trying to fit all of them into the same framework wouldn't be ideal. Off the top of my head, one example is how a 'watched'/'read' list is needed for books and movies, but a 'listened to' list wouldn't make a lot of sense for music; while on the other hand an 'owned' list is important for music, but not as relevant for books and movies. There's plenty that would make sense to federate of course, like reviews, but if it was me making this I would be much more inclined to have separate backends with certain parts having ActivityPub integration.

Books, music, movies and so on all have big differences in how they're best presented, what sort of information they should have, how social features are best integrated. I don't really see a monolithic site that tries to do all of that being better than separate federated sites that can cater to their own unique focus.

That makes sense. Though I prefer the customizability of Plasma I really liked Budgie's default experience when I last played around with it. Combined with the intuitive package manager, I can definitely see the potential - the current major simple / beginner-friendly distros feel a bit dated and/or have some frustrating design choices so I'm happy to have Solus as a competitor in that niche. I hope they're able to make the move to Wayland and expand their package repo.

I'm glad it's back, but I don't really see a reason to switch. What does it offer that alternatives don't?

Not just you, it isn't working for me either.

I second the ukulele! Another plus is that the skills transfer pretty well to all sorts of other string instruments, so if you want to learn guitar/mandolin/bass/etc next you'll have a much easier time.