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Mabuhay at maligayang pag-alis sa Lemmy! ✈️


An abandoned community for the Philippines and all things Filipino! πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­


Started out as a Reddit alternative during the blackout from Jun 12-21, 2023 with over 1k members in just a few days. Fizzled faster than the "I Didn't Do It" kid after a month until it became the internet's Centralia in less than a year.

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

document editors on vim and emacs = πŸ—Ώ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

But dude, this ain't no coding. It's a screenwriting software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.β€Œβ€Œ 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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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                `+oooo:                  Kernel: 6.3.8-arch1-1
               `+oooooo:                 Uptime: 9 hours, 59 mins
               -+oooooo+:                Packages: 1615 (pacman)
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Shell: zsh 5.9
            `/++++/+++++++:              Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1080
           `/++++++++++++++:             WM: xmonad
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           Theme: Adwaita [GTK2], Arc-Dark [GTK3]
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          Icons: Adwaita [GTK2], Papirus-Dark [GTK3]
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`         Terminal: tmux
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (12) @ 3.400GHz
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     Memory: 17859MiB / 32017MiB
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The main reason I started this thread is because I want to be proven wrong, dammit! πŸ˜‚

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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:

A screenshot showing a console with fetch output

On the times I use my (Android)β€Œ mobile phone, I use the Jerboa app, which I've gotten fromβ€Œ F-Droid.


I feel kinda ashamed at how smug I appear here. Also, yes, I'm currently at my work account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

-1

You forgot to add "btw"

/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

wow 16 gb ram hehe 8 gb lang akin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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! πŸ₯Ή

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm using Lemmy from desktop and iPhone. I'm simultaneously using the Memmy App and browser when using the iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

microsoft edge on asus laptop using microsoft windows

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So far... Poorly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

mobile: android miui, im afraid to mod my OS wala akong 2nd phone eh, jerboa/firefox nightly

desktop: I'm dual boot but I rarely use my Win 10 so for me its ubuntu unity 20.04, firefox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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! 🀣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What is missing is the Enhancement Suite but for Lemmy. Things like user tags, among other tools.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Browser lang ako, both desktop and mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

On a windows laptop

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using a laptop. I've since deleted reddit apps on my phone, and I am waiting for sync to come up with their lemmy alternative.

I'm still holding on to my reddit account to get a list of all the subs i've subscribed to, and intend to archive and delete everything once I'm certain there's a good alternative to reddit, be it Lemmy, or something else.

Si u/Sped supot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wait, the Sync team said they're working on a Lemmy app? That's going to rock... even if I'm more of a Relay fan.

Edit: It's true, it's damn true!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep it is! Ah beat me to the link!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using kbin as it was the first instance I signed up for. The Fediverse concept blew my mind when I first heard of it a couple of days ago. I had heard of Mastodon before but since I was barely using Twitter anymore, I didn't feel the need to sign up. So this was my real introduction into the federation concept.

On desktop: Firefox with Tampermonkey and Stylus add-ons. Using this script for Tampermonkey, and this stylesheet for Stylus.

On mobile: Firefox with Tampermonkey (Stylus isn't available on mobile yet). Using the script on I use on desktop, but also this one.

Yes, techie. Completed an IT-related course.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

its available on firefox nightly and for me the most important extention oneko hahahaha, you see the tiny cat there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lol~β€Œbuti na lang talaga wala pang trolls dito. Sana by the time na magsidatingan sila dito, okay na ang mod tooling ng Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m using kbin on Firefox on iOS.
I first joined on lemmy in the lemmy.world instance. Ok naman siya sa browser ng PC. But then the iOS apps for lemmy are on beta and have a lot of problems pa (mlem beta is even out of slots). Kbin doesn’t have apps on beta afaik, but the interface is better than lemmy to use on mobile browser apps.

So I’ll probably be maining using my kbin account hahaha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use kbin and it's about a 50/50 mix of phone and laptop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Android jerboa gamit, dont really browse that much using desktop or laptop sa Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using Jerboa and browser in mobile phone.

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