You are in a queer friendly community talking about "... recognize both sides are equally problematic for their extreme views ..." That is incorrect. The most leftists are not pushing or perpetrating the genocide (or removal, or subjugation) of my people (the queer, disabled, and other social minorities). I know from experience the same is not true of the right. Just like the OP and like many of the comments, I do not tolerate "both-sidesism" because it is not an equal scale. The right creates a platform built regressionist practices. I think some leftists are annoying, but at least they aren't trying to kill me.

This is true, the USA is better and it is invading your soul.

The "hype" around XMPP is that it is simple and extensible. The server implementations of XMPP are very performant, especially compared to other protocols like Matrix that fit the same niche. I would like to see XMPP succeed, but what people want is a finished, unified product. Matrix, more so Element Matrix, succeeds in the personal messaging space because it provides a unified experience and a finished product. XMPP has been utilized by thousands of different projects, from Xbox game chats, to Zoom and WhatsApp, but each implementation is different and specialized. Conversations works great as a messenger, I recommend it. Easy to selfhost as well.

Thanks. I don't like clicking links and therefore didn't know lol.

Which is?

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Literally me when I was drafted to work on the Great Wall of China.

Fuck apps, I fuck apps

QKSMS is abandoned, QUIK is a maintained fork.

Its true, I've never been drunk so i never want to do karaoke.

With the rizz?

Flatpak shouldn't require a reboot after install. I never have needed on any distro. It takes me about the same time as regular package manager. Odd to say the least.

Application sandboxing is just SO important. If the app isnt available as Flatpak, you could install it normally and use Bubblejail to restrict it.

What specifically don't you like about it?

Try to still all your desktop apps through Flatpak. Flatpak applications are sandboxes (meaning they are regulated by the system using permission toggles and variables). It is better for security/privacy, and makes transferring app data to a new OS install easy (app data is stored in ~/.var/app/ )

Bluefin (MacOS look) or Aurora (Windows look) are great starter Linux distros. It won't give you the typical Linux experience (mostly that you won't really need to do much terminal stuff).

If you won't a more typical Linux experience, I recommend Fedora Workstation (the KDE spin if you want that Windows look).

Webcord is another good client. It is more so designed for security and isolation, but supports theming and plugins. Vencord (more specifically Vesktop) is probably a more interesting client.

Sadly, KDE Plasma has not yet secured the windowing protocols, so applications can freely record your screen. Only GNOME stops this ATM. Not a deal breaker, and KDE plans on improving this. Still a security risk.

I do agree that generally when we refer to the fediverse, we mean ActivityPub federation. I also just wanted to point out that ActivityPub is not synonymous with fediverse.

Lmao, you can see the door is Ina different position below the dog, probably because the table it is standing on is removed and replaced with a picture of the door without it.

It is federated, just with other Matrix protocol servers. Just like how email is federated.