I’m interested in knowing what you guys are using to access this community, whether or not it’s via mobile phone or via laptop or desktop.
If accessing via a laptop or a desktop, what is your OS? Windows, MacOS, or Linux? And if Linux, what distro are you using?
If accessing via a mobile device, you can add in some details about the app you are using or if you’re using it via a mobile browser.
Of course, you guys can add more details.
Just to provide a bit of a background behind the question: I’ve had this preconception that the ones here are among the more technologically-inclined (whatever that means), and thus, I’m curious about the make-up of devices and software used to access and interact with this community.
UPDATE:
As promised, here’s a link to the compiled data (with some rudimentary stats). I will be adding more onto them this weekend (if more replies come in).
First of all, thank you to all who’ve responded. While my preconceptions haven’t been shattered, I’m also pleasantly surprised to find out non-techies, refugees from Reddit, who have jumped in to the Threadiverse despite it all. I dunno if that’s indicative of the dumpster fire that is Reddit right now, or the tenacity of those who’ve sought refuge here. Maybe both.
I will be expanding on my thoughts, and others, on a separate reply.
I’m using Mozilla Firefox on both smartphone and Windows. I’ve been using Firefox since an on-and-off usage with Chrome in 2017. I knew Firefox’s throne a looong time before Google took over the web.
Tried Linux Mint, but my essential app (Fade In) fucked my writings’ formatting and it’s frustrating to edit +100-page works.
document editors on vim and emacs = 🗿
But dude, this ain’t no coding. It’s a screenwriting software.
Huh, here I am with the other odd solution: Latex, lol!
Seriously though, I am guessing may special formatting considerations for that kind of thing, but I won’t be surprised if someone out there have already made a plugin or an extension for that kind of a usecase.
However, for professional work, I’d rather stick with the ones that are used by other professionals in the field (at least until feature parity).
haha you need to learn further
Do emac and other text editors can format screenplays? Know what my use cases first.
as far as I know neovim and emacs have extensions that extends their functionality by adding more features like templates, but even if there was none a some vim and emacs user will probably do it manually haha that’s why I called them based
extensions
Ahh, figures. With Fade In, I can just generate a screenplay template in seconds, write a plot, add characters and settings, and start “wondering.” It’s my most therapeutic and out-of-the-world session I have that I can “waste” my time before finishing my spec.
Woah are you writing a novel? Book guy pa naman ako
Okay lang yung Lemmy sa mobile Firefox? Was considering using it but I chickened out. Besides, I have a bunch of tabs permanently open in there anyways, lol!
Too bad about Linux Mint. It has always had a special place in my heart for the distro that introduced me to Linux way back early 2000s’ when our school replaced all our Windows machines with Linux ones. Also, I am kinda sad about the poor state of Linux support among some apps/programs, kesyo 2% lang daw ang gumagamit ng Linux or whatever.
Linux Mint is fine for Windows replacement. It’s just my essential app fucked by it, but everything else (playing CSGO, web browsing etc, media consumption) are fine.
Lemmy on Firefox Mobile is more than fine. Kung ano ma-eencounter na “something” sa desktop, yun din maeencounter mo sa mobile browsers.
Ahh, that’s too bad about the essential app.
I see, I’m quite okay with Jerboa now, but I did consider using just Firefox Mobile. Glad to know I’d just be fine with it.
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I’m using Lemmy from desktop and iPhone. I’m simultaneously using the Memmy App and browser when using the iPhone.
I’ll start with mine.
I mostly use the desktop. My OS is Arch Linux and I use LibreWolf to access Lemmy.
Below is my fetch output:
On the times I use my (Android) mobile phone, I use the Jerboa app, which I’ve gotten from F-Droid.
I feel kinda ashamed at how smug I appear here. Also, yes, I’m currently at my work account.
-1
You forgot to add “btw”
/s
Is it better if I disclose that I actually installed Manjaro instead of Arch? (A friend of mine changed it to Arch using some black magic I can’t even understand–all with my permission, ofc.)
wow 16 gb ram hehe 8 gb lang akin
Basically, 16GB is enough for long term. I have my laptop here (Ryzen 5 Pro, 1TB NVMe, 16GB 3200Mhz RAM) na napaka-overkill for writings. lol
That’s what I thought too! Kaso parang recently, nakukulangan pa ako. Mejo sakto lang for now ang 16GB for the kind of work I do here.
Since ang talagang target ko sa build na ito is for a workstation kind of a build, akala ko tama lang ang 16GB, but recently, mejo nagsisi akong hindi nag-32GB, lol! Ang lakas kumain ng VScode ng memory eh! 🥹
sa mga projects using A.I. example stable diffusion or lalo na sa LLM ubos yung memory eh hahahaha
Might i ask, de-googled android phone?
For me, jerboa on (googled still) samsung A52. Pop!_os 20.40 on two laptops, linux mint xfce 20.3 on a 12 year old laptop. :) librewolf on all three.
Di ko pala nakita ito, sorry!
I didn’t go full de-google, but just opted for just a bit of de-bloating.
No worries dude. :) i don’t expect people to be attached to their social media. Thanks for clarifying though. Same boat tayo. Gusto ko man mag-full FOSS, medyo mahirap at marami pang hindi ko ma-give up. :) lalo na sa cellphone.
Baby steps, I guess? Little by little, we learn how to remove shit on our phones, then maybe we can do more as we gain more confidence.
does jeroba support kbin? I downloaded it but the app was kinda confusing
Hindi ata eh, but I’ve heard there is a Kbin mobile app incoming–but for iOS.
As far as I’ve read naman, mukhang okay naman daw ang kbin sa mobile browser, so maybe that’s an option?
EDIT: Wait, mali ata ako, it’s for both iOS and Android? Kaso mukhang beta pa lang siya.
You might be right about most people here could be more technologically-inclined. To begin with, Lemmy’s UI is still confusing. Also I can imagine a lot of people asking “wtf is an instance”, etc. Although this might change especially it gains more traction.
I currently browse using desktop on Firefox (don’t let Chrome win the internet). Hope we will have a good mobile client soon. That being said, aRcH bTw.
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But seriously, yeah, parang ang labo na i-introduce ang mga non-techies sa Lemmy. I’d no sooner just ask for their permission and make an account for them than to walk them through the steps.
And I agree about using Firefox instead of Chrome. Unfortunately, my work requires me to use a Chromium browser (testing and other stuff) so I use Ungoogled Chromium instead.
How’s Xmonad treating you, btw? I once flirted with the idea of using a tiling window manager for this work account, thinking that the way I use apps/programs could be streamlined using it. I ended up not going through it, however, since, well, tamad ako. Lol!
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That’s actually the main appeal of Lemmy for me. Kasi alam kong yung mga tech-savvy yung karamihan na magma-migrate. It feels refreshing kasi Reddit and social media are full of “outgoing/extroverted” people. Alam mo yung feeling na noong bata ka pa e internet ang refuge mo kasi yung mga normal na tao ay busy having a life. Pero ngayon baliktad na. Haha!
But seriously, yeah, parang ang labo na i-introduce ang mga non-techies sa Lemmy. I’d no sooner just ask for their permission and make an account for them than to walk them through the steps.
Lmao it’s like trying to introduce your friends/family to Linux.
How’s Xmonad treating you, btw?
I’ve used tiling WMs for 7 years now. First used i3wm so I have experience before switching to Xmonad last year. Tbh, I can’t recommend Xmonad for your first tiling window manager solely because it’s config is a pain to learn. Unless you’re already familiar with Haskell, which the config file is written on. I just switched to Xmonad because I liked the idea of dynamic tiling rather than full-on manual tiling.
Tiling WMs talaga way to go sakin kasi I really prefer working with keyboard shortcuts. Plus after using tiling wms, there’s really no way I’m going back to the disorganized that is a stacking window manager. I use a Windows virtual machine for gaming (hence why I have 2 GPUs), and I can’t be bothered to use Windows Explorer. Hahaha! But then I also use Vim as my text editor so I guess I’m “that weird guy”.
On a Win11 laptop at home, a Win 10 desktop at work, Jerboa for Lemmy on Android anywhere, and Vivaldi Browser for Android when I need features the current Jerboa app doesn’t have yet.
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Fellow boost user spotted!
microsoft edge on asus laptop using microsoft windows
Microsoft Edge on Windows, I never thought this would be the most unique combination here so far, lol!
lol, your post is now on fediverse.
Gulat nga ako nung may nanggaling daw ng All eh. Shet. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
But hey, I’m just glad people are replying and interacting with each other here.
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i am also using Edge on a Windows machine. i like using the sidebar for Fedi stuff: Mastodon, kbin, etc.
I’m both accessing lemmy from mobile and desktop
I have 2 phones, Huawei y6p, and Sony Xperia C4(sira talaga to ang lala ng ghost touches at battery issues noon but from some reason lahat ng issues niya biglang umayos) I browse lemmy interchangeably from these mobiles, both are debloated.
Sa desktop naman Windows 10 at firefox with uBO ang gamit ko, but formerly Linux user tlga ako nagamit ko na ang Arch, Artix, Kali, Fedora, Linuxmint, napilitan lang ako mag Windows uli kasi nasira ko dati yung pc namin na may importanteng files nung ininstallan ko ng qubes os simula nun pinagbawalan nako mag kalikot kalikot, nakakalungkot lang kasi di ko na magawa yung mga dati kong nagagawa sa linux miss ko na i-customize yung dwm my fav window manager, miss ko na yung yt-dlp, basta marami pakong namimiss na nakalimutan ko na, WINDOWS IS TOO RESTRICTING pero alam ko may open-source na Windows OS nakalimutan ko lang ang pangalan atsaka nung last na ginamit ko yung open-source na windows na yun di siya pde as daily driver kasi maraming bawal sa kaniya, I also formerly used an open-source Chrome OS which is yung Open Fyde OS pero ginamit ko lang yun para mag laro ng alto’s odyssey and haven’t explored that much
nasira ko dati yung pc namin na may importanteng files nung ininstallan ko ng qubes os simula nun pinagbawalan nako mag kalikot kalikot
Dude, tapang mo ah! Lol! Saka lang ako nag-umpisang-magkakalikot sa PC (and laptop) nung nagkaroon na ako ng PC na ako lang ang gumagamit. Takot din kasi ako na baka may mawalang files eh (tho it’s just me and my brother using the PC before).
WINDOWS IS TOO RESTRICTING
I find it weird that other people think Linux is the one that is restricted–well, not that weird considering that a lot of the software people are used to using (Photoshop, MS Word) etc, aren’t available in Linux, but IDK, main driving a Linux distro since late 2019 has done nothing but destroy this “Linux is restricting!” view that I also used to share with others.
alam ko may open-source na Windows OS nakalimutan ko lang ang pangalan atsaka nung last na ginamit ko yung open-source na windows
Wth is this unicorn? This is kinda interesting, I wonder what Microsoft thought about this.
All in all, we are both confirming the stereotype I’ve had coming in, lol! Langya! 🤣
Sa mga magtatanong nga pala kung debloated ba yung Windows 10 ko hindi pala kasi nga natatakot nako mag kalikot kalikot haha pero nagawa ko na siya dati baka kasi pag nasira ko ito yung pag debloat pa ang masisi
Same! I just left my Windows “partition” (actually, a separate SSD given to me by my friend) alone, almost vanilla.
I only use it to play games I can’t play on Linux eh, so… yeah!
While working/nasa bed, Jerboa. Other than that, desktop.
I’m fortunate that this place doesn’t have any trolls yet so mod tools (which is only on desktop and quite sparse) isn’t too important for now.
Lol~buti na lang talaga wala pang trolls dito. Sana by the time na magsidatingan sila dito, okay na ang mod tooling ng Lemmy.
Android jerboa gamit, dont really browse that much using desktop or laptop sa Lemmy.
On a windows laptop
I use kbin on mobile (Galaxy S23 Ultra).
I’ve used Hermit Premium to create a Lite App (sort of a web app).
It’s a good solution for now, feels like I’ve actually got a kbin app!
I’m using Jerboa and browser in mobile phone.
kbin PWA through Safari on an iPad Pro here. If anyone here is building an app on iOS, please don’t do that thing where you only do vertical layout - it drives me batty!
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