Schwim Dandy

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Cake day: June 15th, 2025

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  • Not to be flippant but although the Fediverse is definitely housing a lower number of people that make social networks a negative influence are still present and accounted for. Combine that with the similar mix of positive vs. negative content and it’s still not a place that I want to spend much time on.

    Lemmy/Piefed is the only social network I frequent and while I’m incredibly thankful for it, without an unwavering dedication to maintaining block lists for users, communities and instances, it’s still a net negative influence in my life.














  • It can’t be generalized into a single reason but distro hoppers have been around for as long as there has been more than one distro.

    For some, it’s that the grass always seems greener. For others, they follow a flavor that touts something that they resonate with(no non-free elements, media -centric, gaming, a certain desktop) . For a lot, it’s exciting to see new stuff and it’s free to try.

    In the 90s and early 00s, I had a habit of moving a lot but for the last two decades, I’ve hated moving and my desktop looks the same. I just want it to work and I’m ok with not rolling a new distro every time one pops up.

    Mint will treat you well(I run it on mine). It’s very friendly to those new to Linux and the community is active and helpful.