When I switched, I just copied everything over.

Imagine not liking the voicing of a book, so you just pick a different one.

Yeah, I don’t prefer that. But with some things I feel like it’s barely a downside, and I’d put Boxes into that category. It’s useful and well-designed enough in terms of functionality that I’m willing to overlook the Gnominess.

I use random websites that don’t require Javascript, tbh, and manually paste the name into KeePassXC.

I installed Ubuntu in 2007 or so, but moved right after and got a new computer, so I didn’t really do anything with it. I installed Peppermint 9 on a new laptop a few years before Windows 7 went EOL because it came with Windows 10 installed but couldn’t actually run it. Ran great with Linux. When Windows 7 stopped getting security updates, I installed Peppermint on my desktop, too. After the man dev passed away, the project went it a different direction, so I switched to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. That was a few years ago. Still with it, still happy.

I put out seed every day, and keep fresh water out. We don’t use any poisons around the house. I hope it helps.

Trappey’s Bull is good. Also have a few varieties of Tabasco (jalapeno, scorpion pepper, cayenne & garlic), and some made by the students at a local culinary program.

I enjoy thinking, closing my eyes for a bit, or focusing on my breathing. Or I’ll listen to the birds outside.

My Google and Microsoft accounts are the only ones I ever get random spam on, tbh. I’ve never had any amount of unasked for mail with a paid provider or ISP’s email.

It used to be common.

I always use randomly-generated user names. I try to avoid strings of random numbers and letters, but coming up with reasonably nice-looking random names is time-consuming, and some people might not care that much.

Boxes is very well-organized and easy to use.

They’re both good.

Calibre can integrate with Piper, so any document that can be opened with its ebook viewer can be read aloud.

Figure out what qualities you want in an OS, pick out a few distros that have those qualities, and make usb sticks that you can live boot. Use each one as though it was your actual system for a few days and get a feel for it. Then install the one that you like best, or go back to the drawing board. But pick one that suits you, not one that meets someone else’s needs.

Same. I don’t want interaction on Mastodon. I’m not looking for a discussion there, I just want to curate a feed that I find interesting to view and occasionally vent about things without the pressure of social interaction.

I like Pod Aura. It doesn’t have as many features as AntennaPod, including discovery, but it has the ones that are useful to me, and I like the layout.

There may have been a relative increase in the numbers of creators on YT after monetization was introduced, but it wasn’t on a scale that one person could perceive. Even before monetization, there was more content, of every type and subject, than one person could possibly ever watch. Videos starting to look slick and professional was the most visible result, but I don’t feel that this corresponded to an increase in quality. Professional Youtubers post constantly, even when they have nothing to say, to stay visible. Because Peertube’s space and bandwidth are paid for by server owners, who are mostly average individuals, I think it would be bad for them to attract that type of creator.

YT became popular before monatization existed. It was a hobby and a form of socialization for many people. I’d rather see Peertube be that than what YT has become. Monatization is what ruined it, imo.

I use it for the encryption and IP hiding just to make casual surveillance more difficult, more than trying to be 100% anonymous. If I can’t use a site with Tor, I’ll add an exception for it if it’s something I really need. Otherwise, I find an alternative for whatever I was trying to do, and I don’t really care.