Should be similar on most Linux distros.

Can you mount them? If so what does that look like?

I can’t say I blame them when it comes to going with what’s comfortable.

I used Windows and Linux while in school so it’s what I got used to. Whenever I use MacOS I feel incredibly lost

Does anyone know why I would be unable to view my own posts? I have tried Jerboa and the desktop version of Lemmy but under both when I sort by Overview or Posts both turn up blank. This has been going for a while not but I believe for a while after I lost the ability to view my posts in Jerboa I was able to see my posts on the desktop website.

I can still posts and get replies to my posts. Could this have something to do with me disable Show Read Posts in the settings?

I’ve never heard of it. What separates from Project Cartographer and MCC?

It doesn’t really matter. You could try a long term support release and you don’t have to worry as much about constantly updating to prevent stuff from breaking

Garuda has a gaming edition you might want to look at if you decide on a rolling release.

Yeah I get that. I wasn’t suggesting Invidious. I was saying NewPipe is a good option because you can port your subscriptions to other platforms.

You don’t need to start fresh every time you start using an open source alternative.

That said it would work in OP’s situation because it’s pretty much platform agnostic and there are available apps to make it easier to use on the Play Store. I still think NewPipe is the way to go though because it’s designed for Android.

Yeah. As long as you don’t make any alterations to the VM like sharing drives for example. If you had enough storage you could also make snapshots on occasion so you have a back up in the event of malware but you wouldn’t likely get malware unless you are opening the files on that VM

Probably the Audiobook Bay

With DDLs I’d be more worried about malware then fines.

That said you should only sites that have HTTPS.

Worth noting you can export your subscriptions on NewPipe so you can bring them to other platforms.

On PC you can you use Individious

Check ProtonDB and the PCGamingWiki.

If Proton gives it a good rating or recommends certain fixes try installing the game and running it without them then move onto the fixes.

If it’s an older or obscure game try the PCGamingWiki. A lot of fixes for Windows games work on Linux. For example game that rely on Games For Windows Live (which stopped working years ago) typically require a tweak or two. Normally it’s a file you just drop into the games directory. Lots of installer scripts on Lutris typically utilize a no-CD fix either because they don’t play well with modern operating systems or they know most people don’t have a CD drive.

If none of that works try searching the game with the keywords Linux and Reddit. /r/Linux_Gaming is a fantastic community. They don’t allow piracy but many of the fixes and “Does X game work?” post translate over.

This goes for pretty much all repackers and DRM-free games like I’ve said.

Plenty of games are on GOG and Itch.io and they don’t have DRM.

OP may want to look at Garuda’s gaming edition. It seems to have a lot of good gaming packages I usually end up installing myself and it’s based in Arch Linux

Appreciate the hard work!

Keep in mind with some installers such as Fit-Girl you might need to do things like limit the RAM or tweak the settings just for the installer

You should also create a new working directory for each game so you don’t accidentally delete everything by having multiple games installed into one directory

You use Lutris. You can select the executable and run whatever installer then just select the game’s executable and make tweaks as required.

Lots of tweaks can be found by viewing the Lutris install script.

The whole process is like installing the GOG version of a game. You don’t typically use Proton for non Steam games

If you are using direct downloads you probably don’t even need Tor. You should avoid torrenting through Tor. It puts unnecessary strain a volunteer network

It depends what you are looking for. NES Roms? You can use Internet Archive and a download manager. Some romance playlist you made on Spotify and now want to burn on a CD? You can use a converter that will fetch MP3 files from YouTube.

The megathread is the place to look.

You may want to look into Usenet. There is a price involved but it’s not significantly more than a VPN.

To store stuff I use large hard drives. Most of my data is on one other device so those drives act as a back up in a way. It’s unlikely both devices fail at the same time

You can see why in the comment

I tried to sign up. Missed an answer to one of 3 questions. Application got rejected. Tried it once again but I can’t do that with the same email. Need to appeal by installing/using another app to do so. What?!

It’s the technical issues and general troubles people have adjusting to Lemmy. It doesn’t help that Lemmy and its mobile apps are still rapidly developing.

A lot of people are lazy too. They’ve gotten accustomed to having certain communities available with a single login while they poop.

Lots of people also found the whole Reddit blackout cringy, unjustified, and pointless largely missing the point.

I’d recommend using something Spotiflyer or some program that converts YouTube playlists to MP3 files and iTunes to transfer them