One option that doesn't require any commitment is to just make a bootable usb drive that you can run to 'test drive' Linux. Ubuntu is probably the easiest for beginners to learn since there is so many forums online to look at when you have issues.
If a large group of people do not agree with the direction the Lemmy devs are making, why not get together and create a new site forked off Lemmy's source code?
It seems like the fediverse is a return to a more liquid internet, similar to the early internet of the 90s. A lack of existing large infrastructure here is actually advantageous for new sites to startup.
To be fair both the US and EU are a federation of states (the latter sharing aspects of a confederation as well 1. In the US all state borders do look like this, so in a way free travel among the 'independent' states is allowed the same as in the posters picture.
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I just switched to Debian after having enough of Canonical. There is hardly any UI difference, if anything Debian actually works better in every regard for me.
You can select any DE to use during the install process. Gnome, kde, xfce, etc
I'm leaning towards Debian myself. I don't like the direction Ubuntu (mint is essentially Ubuntu too) is going. Ubuntu is ran by a for profit company, and it is only going to get worse after snaps.
From what I've read Debian is about as new user friendly as Ubuntu is.
I use libre at home and MS at work, and hands down Libreoffice is terrible in comparison. It's UI is harsh and doesn't do 10% of what microsoft can do. As sad as that is to say.
Back in the early 2000s Open Office was actually better than MS for a brief period, but Libre isn't really on the same level anymore.
fortunately the fediverse is much more liquid than reddit so no one really knows honestly what it will look like in a year. Right now it's going through rapid change, and I think there will be a sort of equalization that will happen eventually.
I was a mod early on in reddit's creation and several subreddits used to group together and list each other each others sidebars to create an index of sorts. I think maybe having multiple communities across different servers, by the same name, but with different topics of interest could possibly serve to aid in more in depth discussions.
I hope Lemmy incorporates some of the features of RES, like something similar to the ability to +shortcut community links to an area (top or side) to quickly go to your favorite communities.
how are the mod tools on Lemmy? I created a test community and I don't see where the moderator tools are even located