Yes the way I see it, is if someone is spending $60/month on 3-5 creators that’s still more money going to “the arts” than if the same person spent double that on streaming services.

Thank you I was actually so confused lmao I’m like, are they distributing this ET reel in pieces?

It’s also pretty much impossible to seed enough since every file has hundreds of seeders and only gets a handful of downloads every month, you need to seed it for over a year to break even on 1:1 ratio.

This post is very validating as I have struggled for over a year to get MAM set up and working with a VPN according to all their specific rules and I finally gave up.

I got a seedbox going with fixed IP etc etc etc and it STILL doesn’t work because even though the qBittorrent IP matches, it’s using a proxy and I would need to route the entire container through the same VPN.

I really wish there was another place that had the variety of audiobooks without the headache.

Yeah this is it. I like snaps just fine but I also like Flatpaks and well, everyone else is using Flatpaks.

Hah! I definitely didn’t mean any shade at Zorin! I used it for a while too. I ultimately moved to Fedora Kinoite and now Bazzite for the exact reasons you described, the immutability makes it even harder to break than Zorin.

It’s great we have so many good options these days.

On one hand I think that Linux would benefit from KDE being better than windows and GNOME being better than MacOS and that we shouldn’t get distracted by new shiny toys like Cinnamon and Cosmic.

…and yet on the other hand… they are pretty cool…

Mine is running Debian and to my memory has never crashed or required me to restore a backup once in several years.

It’s definitely possible. It’s possible with a custom Android ROM.

There are are also a few phones in existence now that do basically what you request: https://www.thelightphone.com/lightiii

They must be doing some voodoo since Tidal doesn’t let you use the same account for multiple concurrent streams.

What’s going on here? Is it just pulling from someone’s Tidal account?

Commercial software can outrun open source temporarily but it rarely ever wins the race.

No Photogimp is not enough lol

Honestly? I would probably pay for a GIMP clone that has a photoshop-like UI and can be installed via flatpak. $70 is a little high but if it was $20 and received regular updates?

what is it

Komga maybe? It’s made for comics/manga but they can be grouped.

Since I first learned about Linux I have never envisioned a future where Linux didn’t eventually take over essentially all operating system spaces and I still don’t. The question is how long will it take to get there.

But as others have said, I think the overall decline of desktop PC use combined with the just pure overall quality of Linux compared to Mac and Windows PCs in 2026 implies that the x86 PC space will become majority Linux within the next 10 years if not less.

That did not happen

Libelec (kodi) is fine if only playing local media but its use for anything else except realdebrid is extremely lacking. On the plus side it will run great on an Rpi5 and if you go that route you can probably even use your TV remote because Libelec has excellent CEC support.

Jellyfin/Plex is something your TV also probably has an app for, so you wouldn’t even need a media center, just a media server.

Plasma Bigscreen is making slow gains, but in a couple of years will probably be the definitive Linux media center PC.

Also a bit unconventional, but Bazzite can load directly into Steam’s big picture mode. From there you could set shortcuts for Jellyfin or Plex HTPC.

What you’re looking for is called an “Alternative frontend”. I’m not aware of a working one for Facebook but it might be worth searching around!