finally someone saying you shouldn’t daily drive debian testing

can you use that on linux?

you should report a bug to friendica bc your link didn’t reach me on lemmy

doesn’t midori use webkit?

i think they’re only banning explicitly nazi and ws shit

it’s webkit behind the curtains, so no

jfc

i fucking hate the way domain ownership is handled right now

i was signed in, but it’s still kinda fucked up that showing nsfw posts is opt-out. also, they’re not even blurred in the old interface

makes sense

btw, servo’s rendering of lemmy is getting really good. there’s some missing stuff (and i couldn’t get replying to work), but it’s really cool to see

(though we can definitely discard servo as a small browser. it’s eating up almost 700 megabytes of ram rn, compared to netsurf’s 100 megs)

i’m not sure. is really a small browser? to me it’s falls more into the under construction browser category, like ladybird

oh, cool! this is the best render of (old) lemmy so far

(p.s. why do we have to have porn on the homepage)

cool. weird default colors, though

(for some reason, my instance won’t load, so I had to open lemmy.ml to take this snapshot)

they aren’t controlling what you do, though. they’re just refusing to enable far-right content. software isn’t a natural right that is taken away when someone refuses to help you do what you want. it is a fruit of labor that enables you to do something you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise

chocolate milk comes from brown cows type situation

is it calling me a wanker in spanish?

unfortunately not all thinkpads are made the same. it seems that, for a while now, lenovo takes a bunch of cheaper laptops and slaps the thinkpad label on them

i personally had a better experience with dell’s latitude line, but ymmv

Whatever price you find for a refurbished M2, take that money and go find a laptop known to be well supported on Linux, it’ll just be a better experience and you’ll probably get more for your money.

not an apple user, but apple is well known for their build quality. what other laptop manufacturer is on par with apple’s build quality?

how long until linus intervenes and tells rust haters to shut the fuck up?

to play with, sure. but in the case of a backup machine, you want something reliable, rock-solid, low maintenance and easy to use, which is why I recommended debian

I don’t think there’s any useful way to put it to regular use for yourself, but you could:

• install debian on it and keep it around in case of an emergency. turn it on once in a while to keep it updated (doesn’t need to be that often, it’s debian)
• use it on the go (no worries about it getting stolen)*
• use it a place where you wouldn’t use your main laptop as to not risk damange (camping, hiking, on a trip, etc)*
• install a friendlier linux distro and give it away to someone who doesn’t have a computer (a 10yo cousin maybe)
• give it away to someone who has a computer, but doesn’t have a second one and might be happy to get one to play with

*though i imagine the battery is not in good shape given your “beaten up” description