I can’t think of any windows specific games I’ve payed for the last two years.

Yep then it will be the next twitter/Facebook/ect.

Flash drives and periodic transfers.

Peertube, Bookwyrm, Lemmy, Mastodon in that order. Theres a ton out there I haven’t tried.

I have an old mac mini that was a server for a good 4-ish years.

The good:

1. They are pretty good at sticking in a closet and forgetting about them.
2. Specs are always on the decent side and some of the older models are easy to upgrade.
3. Power is ok. It sips power
4. It can run for years without issues. I still have two mac minis I used for CI/CD jobs, thin clients, etc…
5. Its a cheap mac. If you need mac for something, like building custom mac specific applications, then its a decent little machine.

The bad:

1. CPU is usually lacking compared to any computer of the same price range.
2. MAC OS. Its good at desktop but as a server, it just doesn’t have the same options/ease of use as a good linux box. You can get around that by dual booting, but its just another headache. Docker/VMs are also an option, but the RAM/CPU usage would take a hit.
3. The newer the model, the harder it is to upgrade.

I would use it as a specialty server if you have something you do automatically only macs can do. Or as a thin client/vm box.

I used to use it as a CI/CD box before github actions was a thing. If you happen to have one, sure set it up for fun. If you dont and are looking at buying one, I would suggest a cheap dell desktop or (depending on what you want to host) a pi 5 or thin client and throw linux on it.

If you find out, let me know…or post? Cause ive been looking for something like that for years in the software development side. The most consistent has been google translate…but its not the greatest API and expensive for anything other than corps. Most sites are just looking to make sure they meet requirements, thats it.

True. I modified my comment.

Theres a mix of tools that look like they are useful in someway. Or just neat and ive never head of them.

I mean software development as a whole, probably. Just knowing how to code in a somewhat larger org can open up job opportunities later on.

Fediverse specific…probably not. My cynical side thinks that most lose money/spend much more than we take in from the fediverse. Most projects are just passion projects with very little budget. But dont believe me, try it out! I want to be wrong on this.

Its interesting, theres a lot of links she references that I was not aware of in the fediverse (and otherwise).

• https://calckey.world/ looks like a microblogging platform.
• https://www.deepl.com/en/translator translation service.
• https://loops.video - still not sure 100%. Ticktock fedi? Is it any good?
• https://clubb.cymru/2024/04/25/linux-mobile-safer-phone-for-childern/ - I want this really bad. A linux phone that doesn’t suck would be nice.

Love that channel. If anyone wants to contribute: https://radiofreefedi.net/#contribute

They always need more music/voice/etc…content! Ive found and followed quite a few artists from Radio Free Fedi.

I have about half as many comments. Its a better space to be in. It feels like im talking to real people here. At least not as jaded lol.

Neat!

Any examples of users?

You can fork lemmy and create the feature yourself if you want. I believe it uses postgres on the official docs so in theory should be “easy” (famous last words). Im not aware of any plugin or filtering like that.

The source code is open source so I believe someone can tell us if need be.

Either that or blocked the crawler on their Instance.

Ive been coming around too. Can someone give good reasons to switch or any other killer features?

Quick q what are you using to host your podcast site? I went and followed on Mastodon, since that works best for personal lists for me.

I like Linux and I like the idea of prepping (or sometimes making fun of it) so I think this should be good.

Love me some makertube.

Some services Ive been looking at:

• Cheapest seems to be namecheaps own offerings: https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/email/
• Proton mail seems to be good, but I would have to pay extra for the Thunderbird integration by the look of things.

I wish they didnt double down on snaps…