I would say the answer to avoid any of this would be to use homebrew games but I don’t know if ones for harder systems to emulate (GameCube, PS2, etc) would be great for testing handheld emulators

I’m considering getting one for surfing the web on a secondary monitor. Nothing important is occurring but I asked this question for two reasons.

1. I’m a nerd who finds a lot of this neat
2. It can be hard to create a threat profile if you don’t know a threat exists.

Plenty of people put some level of work into making their PC’s OS more secure using YouTube tutorials and tips but they may not think to update their BIOS for example

Do most motherboards receive long term support updates? I feel like I’ve only ever gotten a few updates for the ones I’ve used but maybe that was because I was buying older boards.

I feel like Google Maps is going to be the biggest hurdle. I mentioned in another comment but a minimalist launcher might help.

Beyond that you could always consider getting a case for the Nokia phone off of Ali Express or looking up feature phone operating systems. For example KiaOS is quite popular among feature phones and appears on some Nokia ones.

I looked for this and it sort of doesn’t exist. I need it for a technologically challenged family member who gets hopelessly confused by smart phones. I have had the idea of writing an Android dumbify app that runs in kiosk mode (i.e. there is no way to exit it) that just disables everything except phone calls, and keeps the phone keypad permanently on the screen, like an old fashioned phone with physical buttons. It’s on my infinite todo list.

A minimalist launcher is probably the easiest possible solution to that. Aster for example is available on F-Droid. The only issue I could see is it not having a lock function that would prevent them from accidentally entering some sort of edit mode.

I think they’re aware of your stash of full Family Guy episodes on Youtube featuring random zooms.

Also doesn’t the RIAA only cover the music industry?

If you are looking for software you might want to look for websites that list open source projects.

I can’t really think of decent mega lists though. The FMHY one does have a lot of simply free things but it is mixed in with a lot of pirated content.

I feel like your right about complacency playing a big part.

It does make me wonder if a user of both MacOS and Windows would be more willing to consider using Linux over individuals who have only used Windows. Maybe someone who has used multiple operating systems would be more aware of what could be improved in their computing experience.

That said a lot of people seem to be migrating to Linux because of Windows 11

It is a niche open source social network. I feel like having enthusiastic Linux users is inevitable.

When does this ever happen?

What is in synthetic clam juice?

Nice to see the article mention the source port

If you are into the Lego video you may want to check out Brick Experiment Channel

Or switching profiles in GrapheneOS so I can look at my Google apps

I feel like he would continue trying even after his turn limit if he won

I don’t think there’s much escaping that besides finding a small niche instance or blocking communities that aren’t relevant to you.

Each social media site has a stereotype demographic and I don’t see Lemmy’s changing in the foreseeable future.

Redditors using “This” is another thing I hated. It adds nothing to the conversation and came off as someone fishing for upvotes

I miss a lot of the smaller dedicated communities. There were a lot there were essentially mirrored from Reddit but a lot of the userbase disappeared. They are widely federated and posts get votes and comments but there’s not a lot of people putting out content.

What I don’t miss is the power mods and all the auto mods. They just get tiring.

I once got flak for linking the NSFW source behind an image in a piracy community and someone got mad about it like your workplace is going to be thrilled about you looking for pirated content in a Fake Taxi meme

The amount of conspiracy theories would be unreal