Same here. Everything worked pretty much right out of the box with Nobara. And my total linux experience in the last decade is running Mint on my work laptop the last 3 months. I tried to switch over to linux gaming in the late 00s, but it was far too much work then. I spent more time getting X3 to work then I ever did playing it. Completely different experience these days.

“free to keep until” isn’t the clearest wording.

Usenet is a decentralized network that works very much like the fediverse here. Anything uploaded to one server gets sent out to all the servers; that’s why you can log onto lemmy.world and see posts made on say lemm.ee. Likewise something posted to one usenet server gets sent out to all the others. And these servers are being operated by individual entities (again, much like lemmy). Whoever owns the server you’re downloading from is having to pay for everything it sends out. Which is why most of the free ones will let you access the text portions but not the file downloads.

A VPN isn’t necessary. But you do need a special program to connect to usenet. It’s built into a lot of older email clients (thunderbird is a good option).

There’s no one single usenet company for the same reason there’s no one single lemmy instance. (I’m sure someone has explained it better somewhere else in this post).

in the era of free services, why do you still have to pay for Usenet access?

Bandwidth costs money. And usenet isn’t collecting and selling your info to recoup those costs like most “free” services. A lot of ISPs do offer free usenet access to customers, albeit somewhat neutered. You can browse the bulletin boards but most of the file downloads are going to be filtered out. That’s the part you have to pay for.

Is it actually illegal? Has anyone in the US ever been charged for selling digital software they had legally acquired?

Once they get so crusty they can stand on their own. That’s about 8 hours in shoes, or a week next to the bed.

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It’s under Settings -> Blocks -> then down at the bottom is the block instances option.

You can on instances running .19 or newer. Settings -> Blocks -> then at the bottom is an option for blocking instances.

That used to be my go-to method but I found it works less and less. Places know the gmail tricks and auto-strip them out of the address.

Started using Proton’s Hide-my-email and never going back. It’s time to move away from google anyways.

The free version of Proton Pass is a decent option.

Reminds me of The Love Toilet from SNL.

My cat wipes the condensation off windows so she can look out.

Seconding ThinkPad. Excellent linux support as well.

and my engine has hemispherical combustion chambers!

Not even that anymore. HEMI is just a marketing term.

Fresh outa boot camp.

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I’ve always felt being on the fediverse was antithetical to Beehaw’s mission. It wants to bee a kind, safe place for disenfranchised users, but it feels like less of a tight knit community when it is federated.

The best example I can think of is like a high-school club/group. Being on the fediverse is like your group claiming a table in a crowded lunch room. Yes you’ve got your group together where you can talk amongst yourselves, but everything you say can be heard by everyone else in the room and likewise their conversations are going to butt in whether you like it or not. An unfederated or semi-private forum is more like getting an unused classroom for your group to meet in. It’s still open for anyone to join as long as they don’t create trouble, but having your own room makes the conversation feel more personal/intimate and people are more likely to open up about personal stuff they wouldn’t want to yell out in the lunch room.

Probably a poor analogy, and I may be misunderstanding their goal, but that’s my 2 cents.

MarioKart starts getting violent later in the evening once the liquor is flowing.

And Usenet before that.