Linux Mint is the common suggestion and a solid option.
I tried a lot of distros myself and I’m 10 months into switching to Linux. My personal suggestion would be OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
You can also have a look at suggestions here: https://distrochooser.de/
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I’ve made a huge mistake breaking my personal rule to avoid all political content and I’ve regretted that immediately
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I’ve made a huge mistake breaking my personal rule to avoid all political content and I’ve regretted that immediately
Thanks. I’ll check it out. The downloaded files were 35GB for 1080p resolution. Don’t know what the hell it was doing.
Synology NAS. I think it is a DS220+ or something like that.
You can make a DIY NAS with an old cheap PC. Or pay a premium for Synology and they make things a bit easier (although setup can still take quite a learning curve if you don’t know about this stuff).
I’ve used Mailbox.org for years as a service that replaces most of my Google services at once. I know you just asked for email and Mailbox is worth checking out.
Mostly Lemmy/Reddit/social circle recommendations
Download
I used to download directly to my phone and watch there. Then I got a NAS and started copying from my phone to the NAS. Then I set up download software on the NAS to have it always on. Then got Plex set up. Then the Arr’s (although these are janky and I end up doing a lot of manual additions).
Plex
I would highly suggest getting a NAS and playing around with it. Self hosting is complicated, but I got it as a “dumb” network drive on my LAN. Then slowly I started adding on different Docker containers and added to it. Each setup was a painful learning process of errors and troubleshooting, so don’t try to do everything in one go.
You don’t even need to be a pirate for self hosting. You can buy dirt cheap physical media on eBay and rip it to make a pretty huge personal library on the cheap.
Efficiency is making the same structure work for dual purposes…like garbage disposal + procreation.
Lemmy as a Reddit replacement.
Facebook - pseudonym account solely for FB marketplace.
Do YouTube and WhatsApp count as social media?
Libertarians
They’ve been bullied and fat-shamed their whole lives and they’ve had enough.
Cup straw music
Disappointingly, a lot of good webcomics use Instagram or Twitter and don’t have RSS access.
We have Linux workstations at work…and these can only be used to access a remote desktop of a Windows 10 virtual machine. 👍
I came to Lemmy just looking for a Reddit alternative. I think this is a superior forum system with user scoring and nested comments. But I do love that it is open and federated and I’m glad to be rid of Reddit completely.
I am a huge tech nerd and love doing these things as side projects (but I prefer making hardware). I like making stuff so the things I’ve been making/setting up are:
Now I’m planning making a DIY microphone for MS Teams meetings
Is this thing with unsupported bands ever an issue outside USA? It isn’t a problem I’ve ever encountered in using any phone abroad or heard people of any other could try talk about.
The pro-tip no one told me before my publication: make a secondary email/alias to use for your publication because the spam will never stop.
It is Katy Perry’s little known twin sister, Paty Kerry. Some people have given her the nick name of Emily Blunt, but that’s not her real name.
Very much worthwhile. Pick up Slay the Spire while you’re at it.
That city is one of many in civilisation 6.