I had a similar issue and honestly I would just recommend worrying about it later. Don’t force it, just try it when you have some free time.

I started off with dual boot to play with Linux and jump to windows when I need it. Then eventually to full Linux once I realized I never actually needed it to do all my work.

I recommend Linux mint as its the most similar to windows and is built for new Linux users. I tried Ubuntu first and the experience was pretty bad, but I learned much quicker in mint and had a much better experience right away.

A boring answer, but a new pixel with a headphone jack lmao

But I would love one of those tablet laptops that can also run Linux. Iirc, they just run android for now.

If it ever did happen, I definitely don’t remember lol

Its rare for me to even relate to people.

That was my favorite app, I need to get that asap.

I almost never watch stuff outside of YouTube and the like. If I really did wanted to watch something, its likely an older show that I can just torrent.

Once a day, I feel like trash if I even skip one day.

Tho honestly I often wonder if twice a day is optimal. I always feel great the few times I take it twice, but when I only take it once, I always wake up wanting to shower immediately to get the oil off.

Man I can only dream of a new pixel having a headphone jack. And ain’t no way I’m getting off grepheneos.

I just use reddit for basic news on specific products I’m looking forward to, and the occasional time I need to search a specific question on it.

After trying out Lemmy, I used a script to delete mass edit/delete all my stuff in reddit, deleted the account, and never went back. I find no enjoyment in commenting on reddit anymore so it was an easy decision.

I agree Lemmy has a long way to go, but I only see it getting better from here which is enough for me to stick with it.

Now that you mention it though, communities do kinda feel empty. Not as in a lack of users/content, but that theres nothing in them that try to promote discussion like “weekly discussions” you would see on reddit. Its more or less entirely some random post by someone, or a news post.

As someone who only cares about news and the discussion around that news, Lemmy satisfies me pretty well. But for people who want a more social experience (probably most people), Lemmy begins to fall apart quickly.

Right now, I think the memes community is really the only active social one.

You will get downvoted in any disagreement, that’s not exclusive to reddit or Lemmy, that happens in any social media with downvotes.

The purpose of downvotes is to show what the general people in that common section think about your comment. You shouldn’t give any hoot about it other than the info it provides.

Obviously, if you are talking in controversal topics or ones with conflicting sides, you are gonna see alot of downvotes. Its just people expressing their opinion.

Echo chambers are just a natural part of communities. People often come to feel validated so they stick to ones with the same thoughts as them. I don’t recommend trying to argue/discuss with people who only want to “win” cuz there’s nothing to gain.

Talk with those who argue because they want to learn or understand something better. (or perhaps help you learn something new)

Pretty much any trait that awful people usually have. I feel these kind of people are pretty easy to spot usually.

Lacking basic manners, can’t be bother to do small things that can help others, greedy to a point that hurts other and is OK with that, only looks at people as tools/resources, only argues to win instead of to teach/learn, and the list goes on forever.

It becomes a lot harder to despise people if they don’t have any of the usual awful person traits.

I do hate it when people ask to ask though, that always annoys me to no end. Just tell me what you need help with lol

I think the bigger problem is how commital those games are. They all want you to play 24/7 which makes it hard to enjoy other games.

I love competitive games, but I have too many other games I want to play. Im not gonna grind on one when I could of played like 30 games off my list.

Its definitely a mindset thing. In any game with any sort of competition, the majority of people seem to have this thought that “I must win”. And if they dont, then they are having a bad time.

I notice this alot in smash specifically when I play with new players, they put all this emotion into matches with nothing on the line. Then beat themselves over every loss.

I even get questions like “Why you did this dumb thing?” which sometimes leads them to thinking im trolling. Like bro, im playing for fun.

Or if im not sweating 24/7, “Are you sandbagging?” Dude, we are playing friendlies, this is not a tourney that decides my future career, its not that serious.

Its like people forgot what casual gaming was.

Left 4 dead is probably the best example of that.

I dont understand what makes them “somewhat unfair”.

But I strongly agree we need more PvE stuff. I love competitive games, but they are so commital. More casual experiences would make it alot easier for me to try new games without too much commitment, and PvE sounds like it would fit in well.

People like games like those cuz of how rewarding it feels when you overcome it. With that said, its not for most people.

I hate that you are right lmfao

Its better than the reddit app already, but thats not a high bar to reach lmao

Compared to the third party apps tho, its still nowhere close. With that said, the recent update already improved so much so I have faith.

I tried to make a free account before using a vpn, and it worked for a little bit, but was quickly permanently locked with no warning.

Otherwise, I really do like it. I wonder if it would still get locked if I paid with monero.

As the other guy said, its basically firefox but with really strong defaults out of the box. Its a good easy solution for the majority of people who want a browser that gets the job done.

I install it, get a dark mode extension, maybe change the search engine if I dont like it (Default was DuckDuckGo, but I believe that changed) and im ready to start browsing. Deleting all cookies and history every time I close it is also very nice. (Though you can make exceptions if you like)

Damn that new version already looks alot better.