Around 2004, maybe 2005, I had to recover some files from an old laptop and landed on a live CD of Knoppix for the job. Dabbled in Linux a bit after, but not seriously, for the better part of the decade after - mostly distro hopping and having fun, especially with old hardware, back when Ubuntu was in better standing with the community.
Ended up using it more seriously in the last ~5 years. Hopped around Mint, Manjaro (actually lasted 2 years before I borked it), and OpenSUSE before finally landing on Fedora, which has been my daily for maybe 2 years now. With the Red Hat stuff, depending on how that pans out, I'm debating on just going to vanilla Debian at this point. But I've always had a soft spot for Mint, so we'll just have to see.
As for Windows, I still have my main tower with Win 10 (no Linux) that I've upgraded throughout the years from Win 7. But Win 11 isn't having it, so once Win 10 hits EOL, it'll get Linux as well (assuming it doesn't kick the bucket first).
The difference is, most people in Phoenix have air conditioners. The danger, aside from the heat itself, is that there is little refuge other than going to a place that does have AC, which isn't an option for everyone.
Depends. I work from home. That said, technically, it's recommended to brush before because the stuff in toothpaste is meant to protect your teeth. But yes, if I were going out and about into the world, after. 😂
Twice a day (sometimes three). Once when I wake up, before breakfast/coffee (but might get pushed til after on occasion), and once before bed, every day. A third time might be in the middle of a day before heading out somewhere if my mouth feels like it needs it, especially if I've eaten something with garlic (etc).
Knee jerk half thought: Troll-y "liberal" account that happens to be a mash up name of two South Park characters, Eric(a) Cartman and Randy Marsh, with the over exaggerated antics of both.
If you're coming from Blokada, check out AdAway. It works the same way unrooted, setting itself as a VPN that can be toggled on and off. So if you're coming from Blokada, it's like that, but without the recent-ish subscription stuff - so you'll feel right at home.
AdAway works very well unrooted. It sets itself as a VPN that you can toggle on/off within the notification or app. I've had no issues with it, personally. Recommended, especially if coming from Blokada since they moved to subscriptions.
Mastodon can interact with Lemmy as well as far as posting and commenting. On a basic level, kbin offers microblogging (your Mastodon-style posting) and a more sleek interface. The visual polish is a little better on kbin, in my opinion. Right now, I'd say the biggest thing is that kbin development is slower, so new feature rollouts are slower than Lemmy at the moment as Ernest works to make sure everything is stable as kbin grows. The API might be available now for third-party development of apps, but for a few weeks there, it wasn't, whereas that started almost immediately on Lemmy with API availability. But with Artemis for kbin in beta, it sounds like that might have changed. Otherwise, though different, Lemmy and kbin are both based on ActivityPub, hence why you can interact interchangeably with communities, users, voting, and so on. And maybe worth mentioning, kbin allowed community creation earlier than a lot of Lemmy instances, though that did change quickly.
I think it just depends on what you're looking for - a polished experience with interesting features (kbin) or more cutting-edge feature rollouts and updates more frequently (Lemmy). Of course, I don't know what the future holds for either platform, so that might change if Ernest gets more of a team on board.
Unless something happens, I'm sticking with Lemmy. As for interface and everything, I liked kbin more initially, but I feel like Lemmy development is moving much faster, plus all the third-party development at the moment. As I've said in the past, I'm going where the people are. And right now, that's mostly Lemmy - and since it can federate with kbin, picking between the two is kind of a moot point ...at least for now.
Liftoff has been my favorite so far. The only thing I don't care for is how accounts and subscriptions are handled. There's a lot of room for cross contamination because you can switch subscriptions without switching the active user (and vice versa).
It looks like articles today are saying that Meta is delaying integrating ActivityPub at launch.
That said, I'm not seeing how we get to the last E, extinguish. By its very nature, ActivityPub is decentralized to avoid total control. So even if Meta embraces the technology and wants to monetize it (because capitalism, of course), extending ActivityPub would (hypothetically) be open source - or they would fork it, diverging and making their version closed, and otherwise not function in full with other ActivityPub instances (like with kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon). Without buying the platform from the developers in full, I don't see how ActivityPub or the greater Fediverse dies. And I could just be missing something obvious, so if you can explain how we get there, I would really like to hear and understand.
I guess the only way I could see it is if Threads got so popular that people literally stopped using the other apps - but I also don't see that happening, because anyone already using stuff like Mastodon are using it because Twitter, Facebook, etc, suck ass and they've moved away from sites like that.
EDIT: Thanks to the one person that actually replied, I saw I was on the right track at the end, but failed to see the obvious (as I assumed).
It's a cute pic and a beautiful kitty, but please be careful. I hate to be that person, but letting your cat normalize being in the dryer is a potential tragedy waiting to happen.
I guess the possible saving grace here would be that the books are finished. They did a good job adapting what was already there for GOT - that's to say, made very entertaining and engaging TV.
Honestly, I'm torn. I like kbin a lot. It takes some getting used to with understanding the terminology with magazines and threads and whatnot. I use it on desktop and as a PWA on my phone (through Hermit). Initially, I liked it more than Lemmy. It felt more polished, and I felt more at ease morally with the "Lemmy is developed by tankies" stuff (but each instance has their own ethics and politics, so eh).
But now, I find myself on Lemmy a lot more. It feels more "at home" when migrating from Reddit - and things are more straightforward with communities, posts, and so on. Plus, Jerboa on Android is nice (don't know about iPhone app experience). Both the app and Lemmy itself seem to be getting quicker updates with features, bug fixes, etc.
That said, I've personally chosen to keep kbin with kbin and Lemmy with Lemmy - but you definitely could sub to and interact with both from either. So it's kind of a moot point in terms of which is "better," as it boils down to personal preference. I'm leaning more Lemmy these days.
Around 2004, maybe 2005, I had to recover some files from an old laptop and landed on a live CD of Knoppix for the job. Dabbled in Linux a bit after, but not seriously, for the better part of the decade after - mostly distro hopping and having fun, especially with old hardware, back when Ubuntu was in better standing with the community.
Ended up using it more seriously in the last ~5 years. Hopped around Mint, Manjaro (actually lasted 2 years before I borked it), and OpenSUSE before finally landing on Fedora, which has been my daily for maybe 2 years now. With the Red Hat stuff, depending on how that pans out, I'm debating on just going to vanilla Debian at this point. But I've always had a soft spot for Mint, so we'll just have to see.
As for Windows, I still have my main tower with Win 10 (no Linux) that I've upgraded throughout the years from Win 7. But Win 11 isn't having it, so once Win 10 hits EOL, it'll get Linux as well (assuming it doesn't kick the bucket first).