I tried bazzite, unfortunately I had some odd quirks that I can only attribute to an immutable OS. Things like window and UI scaling wasn’t consistent. My mouse cursor would blow up to twice the size when hovering over one window then shrink back down on another. I can only guess this is because the base filesystem is only readable and it can’t write any values for scaling on certain themes/window decorations. While not a huge deal, it comes off as sloppy and inconsistent. It’s not a great user experience and first impressions are everything. It’s easy to make a first impression, it’s damn near impossible to make a second one, and my first impression of an immutable OS has been soured. I installed mint 22 and it’s been a completely different experience, from window decorations, to time shift backups, system updates, Bluetooth, cinnamon theming, it just works out of the box with little to no setup.

I’ve looked at revolt and well, when I tried using it it was filled with less than reputable individuals. I don’t remember specifics but I remember noping the fuck off revolt real quick. If you want text chat, try matrix, if you want voice well, then idk what to say other than discord, team speak or guilded. Guilded is pretty cool, I actually like the client way better than discord but my friends all use discord and guilded isn’t a huge platform. It is backed by the Roblox company so you at least know it’s gonna be supported, but then again, it’s the Roblox company…

I’m all for defederating, but only until we know what their intentions are. I’m more worried about Mastodon than Lemmy, but still, that’s not the point. The only power any of us have is to file an official complaint with the FTC and make a distinct point, not just “I hate meta/Facebook and want them to go away” it has to be a logical complaint such as “their terms of service are overstepping their boundaries and taking ownership of data on competing platforms that they do not own to lock out competitors.” It’s really the only thing anyone in the US can do.

I would hate for the fediverse to die by zuck the cuck’s hand, but the sad truth is open source is the enemy of corporate platforms, and it’s encouraging enough that ActivityPub is enough of a threat to Meta that they’re willing to go to these measures to make sure their bottom line isn’t harmed. The real fucked up thing is their intention to farm other platforms users with their consent and that’s the real problem.

Any way to use a compact cards view in the full app? The PWA has this option but I don’t see it in the dedicated app.

Good Lord, the name definitely checks out with you doesn’t it?

It’s performant and smooth on my pixel6a, every mastodon app I’ve tried is jittery and choppy. The interface is just easy to understand, I’m sure fedilab is fine once you get used to it, but it felt like jumping into the deep end without a life jacket.

Interesting, I’m just looking for a twitter replacement so it sounds like mastodon is probably the best option right now for me. I’ve been happy with it, fedilab is a little confusing so I’m currently using megalodon.

I just started using mastadon, is there something wrong with it? Why would I want to switch to firefish?

Whenever one of these handhelds pops up the main selling point is always “more powerful than the steam deck!” or “steam deck is only 720p 60hz!” But no one seems to understand that valve picked that specific hardware for a reason. The 720p screen uses less power and the APU doesn’t have to push a 1080p panel on a handheld meaning more battery life, the APU at the time was probably the most power efficient for the performance so the battery doesn’t last for only an hour, it last for 4 or 5 (not sure on exact numbers). The ROG ally is probably going to run very hot compared to the steam deck, but that’s speculation on my part. Valve is full of smart individuals, they didn’t pick the hardware they did on a whim, that’s where the difference is going to show between these devices and the steam deck.

Breath of the wild, I hated it, thought it was the worst Zelda I’ve ever played. Just didn’t feel like a Zelda to me.

Can someone explain the “tankie” baggage? I’ve seen it thrown around quite a bit but no one seems to explain it in detail.