Hey, stop bashing linux:)

Very rough explanation:

An instance is just a single distinct computer (server) running the Lemmy software. You have a bunch of these separate computers running the Lemmy software. These computers - together - form the Lemmyverse. (I’m purposely leaving out Fediverse, activitypub).

Each user (no matter what computer/instance they signed up with) has the ability to comment on any post made within this system of cooperating computers (The Lemmyverse). We can also subscribed to each other’s communities (ie; forums, subreddits).

That’s basically it. The ability to share posts and to comment on each other’s posts. You can’t use your login details across Lemmyverse since each computer is distinct.

Some of these distinct computers may decide they don’t want to be part of this Federation of cooperating computers. For the most part they can disengage from this Lemmyverse. For the most part… but the software is still on version (about) 0.18.2 and so complete (or temporary) disengagement from Lemmyverse is still in development (ie; coding, logic decisions, etc).

I can still remember running Windows 3.1 on my Windows 98 Pentium machine (booted into DOS 7.0). The sheer responsiveness… In a blink of an eye the system was ready, apps would open. The last time I felt this kind of responsive speed was running KolibriOS: http://www.kolibrios.org/en/

I’ve run plenty of low resource OSes/Distros on low-end hardware but… there’s nothing sweeter than running low resource OSes on high end hardware - it feels like the future (the way it was suppose to be).

the extension would be even more interesting if it could work on any link on the web:

A disqus replacement? Now that would be interesting indeed.

I don’t think there’s a single “main” computer anymore. My home computer is Linux Mint Cinnamon. My mobile computer (which I use nearly as much as my desktop OS) is Android.

My next smartphone is going to allow installing a privacy-respecting custom ROM (because Linux on mobile really isn’t there yet). Once I do that, I’ll focus on f-droid apps only. Something to look forward to.

I’m pretty sure it was ‘Starship Troopers’.

My synopsis is that if any big corporations joined the Fediverse they would fracture it.

I’m not so sure. Facebook has an onion version that runs on the tor network. Big tech dominates the clear web but there’s plenty of room for everyone else.

Ultimately you have user types. In a few more months, LemmyVerse could have a couple of million active users.

I’d bet the vast majority would scoff at a fediverse version of Facebook. It’s just a different crowd - not unlike the tor network where Facebook (probably, maybe?) exists in nmae only.