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.

  • megane-kunOPEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I actually grew up before the internet is such a widespread thing here in the Philippines. Naiingit pa nga ako sa mga kaklase ko nun na may mga internet connection sa bahay since kung makagamit man ako ng internet, sa net shop pa! Tapos kailangan mo pang maging maingat sa i-sesearch mo kasi baka may sumisilip sa likod mo, lol!

    I didn’t really have a nerdy refuge back when I was a kid, but that’s neither here nor there. So perhaps that’s why I am more or less ambivalent about these things. I do get what you mean though.

    I’ve already accepted the fact that the more a thing becomes mainstream (social media, hobbies, etc), the more the “extroverted normies” are going to flood the likes of us out, so I understand the feeling of wanting to relish these kinds of spaces in the meanwhile.

    Lmao it’s like trying to introduce your friends/family to Linux.

    The only family member I ever tried to introduce Linux to is my brother who is a software dev. Inayawan pa rin nya, lol! Now he’s in the Mac ecosystem. Sabi nya mas reliable daw, but that’s really another topic altogether.

    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”.

    Ayun, nadali mo yung mga dahilan kung bakit ko siya di tinuloy: config and the reliance on keyboard shortcuts. I think I am one of those people who prefer a solution coming in from the non-tiling window manager side of things. Like, I’d want KDE to have more options for snapping to various pre-configured points to have it, say, occupy one-third of a screen vertically, or horizontally with the remaining space, etc. etc.

    so I guess I’m “that weird guy”.

    I mean, you’re not weird here. We’re all weird here, lol!