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wow, great program! I've been using bc for some simple calculations before, but this just replaced it!

You can watch live streams or recorded streams with mpv coupled with the yt-dlp program right from the command line! This is only for watching though, I am not sure about chatting, but as far as I know, Twitch uses IRC, so theoretically, you could join with an IRC client, but you might need an account for it. This last part might be less about privacy but more moving away from the website.

Can you link the wallpaper? It's nice!

Any alternatives to google docs/sheets? It's really convenient for shared documents, and it's the only thing (other than gmail) keeping me in the Google ecosystem

The ownership part sounds exciting to me as well, this is the first time I've heard about a coop. You also raise a valid point about it being open source. I just don't really see it becoming as popular as bandcamp or Spotify, since for a regular consumer (who doesn't like to hop platforms) I don't think the features could be warranting a switch. I'll definitely will keep an eye on this project though, I hope it takes off!

Interesting concept! Do you think there is a need to replace Bandcamp as well? To me it seems to be a better alternative to spotify, with a focus on the small creators as well

I was using Lubuntu (and before, Linux Lite) on an old laptop, and they ran okay. Now I run a very barebones Arch, and it is really snappy, also the battery seems to last a bit longer(but that may be psychological). So if you are into a bit of tinkering, I think give Arch (or Manjaro) a try!

For me, it's not only that it's federated, but that it's limited and kind of small still. It helps me curb my "social media" usage, since there is no limitless stuff to see.

What do you use it for?

I didn't even know that the thinkpad was such a popular choice for Linux, but I bought a used x121e thinkpad laptop a while back because I needed something small for school. Windows was horrendous on it, so that's how I got into Linux! Even on this old and not very powerful hardware, Linux Lite and Lubuntu ran quite nicely, but recently I switched to a very barebones arch install which is very streamlined and lasts an hour longer than my Linux lite install. So even a shitty laptop will work very well (especially with an SSD), which is great for your wallet!

Sorry, I'm not very well aquainted with Puppy, only used it a couple times as a live system to recover some files. Can you actually modify the system in a way that sticks around for the next boot?

Thanks for the info!