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 not in the Philippines but found this post on All. I’m using the /kbin PWA icon on my phone mostly. Looks like this.
Hey! It’s an honor to be seen from All. Please pardon the codeswitching all over this thread.
Also, unfortunately, I can’t see the (attached?) screenshot. Might be one of those interoperability problems between Lemmy and Kbin.
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Fellow boost user spotted!
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.
EDIT: Edited out my screenfetch to remove my
user@host
.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.
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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! 🥹
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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.
@megane_kun Pinoy Linux user! Huli ka!
Marami-rami tayo dito, which is quite a refreshing tbh. There’s at least 11 of us here, halos isang dosena! Lol!
While working/nasa bed, Jerboa. Other than that, desktop. Firefox loyalist for as long as I could remember.
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.
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Using a laptop (Windows 10, Chrome). 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.
P.S. Anybody using windows 11? Or at least VM’d it? Kamusta naman ang experience? Is it worth a try?
EDIT: Added Laptop Specs and a couple of questions.
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.
Yep it is! Ah beat me to the link!
si u/Spez bugok, now that I can agree with
I installed the chrome webpage as an app. Works identically to the mobile website but I don’t have to deal with the url bar constantly coming and going while scrolling. Planning on switching to sync when that becomes available
I access Lemmy.world on Firefox on my Windows 10 desktop. I also access it from my Surface Pro 9 (Firefox too) which has Windows 11. I haven’t tried it on my phone (android) yet, but I have download Jerboa and will try it out soon.
That’s the first mention of a Windows Surface device in this thread so far. Nice!
hehe, rare breed kami.
I’ll be the second mention then. Basically same everything as cottonmon except my surface is 1 generation behind :D
I use Google Chrome to get to my instance (Lemmy.world). I’m on a seven-year-old IPad. I have no idea if there are better ways to access Lemmy, or how to find the rest of the “fediverse”, but hopefully the knowledge will eventually seep into my brain. (Did I say it all correctly? I speak some 1980s Geek, but do not know the current version.)
Firefox both on PC (Fedora) and on smartphone (CalyxOS).
But I’m really looking forward to the native app to come outNot using Kbin, but the more ways to access the Threadiverse across various devices, the better!
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!
i am also using Edge on a Windows machine. i like using the sidebar for Fedi stuff: Mastodon, kbin, etc.
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.
EDIT: I still can’t choose “Wikang Tagalog” as my comment language!
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So far… Poorly.
Kbin PWA on a Pixel 6. And kbin PWA on a Lenovo Duet 3 Chromebook and kbin PWA on a Windows 10 laptop.
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Linux (EndeavourOS)
To be honest, a while after I installed Manjaro in this machine, I was thinking of distro-hopping to EndeavourOS (and wished I installed it instead when this machine was brand new). However, I was convinced by a friend to just move on to Arch instead.
At any rate, I am under the impression that EndeavourOS is the user-friendly intro to Arch-based distros.
I use Hermit and Firefox and Brave’s “install/add to home’s screen feature”
So is this what I’ve heard about using Lemmy as a progressive web app/page?
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Ah!! Thanks! I’ve got to try this out. HAHA!
Browser lang ako, both desktop and mobile