Trans woman. 1994. I like to play videogames and translate webcomics... among other things.
About three weeks ago, I decided to test myself and install Gentoo Linux on my computer after years of using Arch Linux, and I decided to switch because of both the AUR issues (which shouldn't be that worrisome if you carefully review the PKGBUILDs to not insall anything malicious) and I was getting bored.
And the fact that some packages I used on Arch weren't there was really the lesser of my troubles. Lemme tell ya.
I still believe WriteFreely is a good blogging platform, but has had a very serious security issue in all of its versions before the launch of version 0.17 where it was fixed, that allowed account creation even with closed registration.
And the truth is that, by being a project on which I contributed voluntarily, I'm really happy and excited. But at the same time, that's also why it makes me anxious.
At the time of posting this article, There’s less than a week left for the official Windows 10 support, and we have to explore options to keep using our computers that won’t be able to upgrade to the relatively new version of the operating system, or options to use it with the least issues possible, as long as Windows updates keep working correctly.
I just simply have had nothing good to write.
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Yeah, the title is not heartwarming. And I also don’t want to cover it. It will be a very difficult reading. Content warnings: US politics, transphobia, death, mental health
I wanna start this post saying this is really me opening up about myself, and it’s something I need to write to vent about some things inside me.
With that said, I also wanna say that this will be a hard reading, because I’ll write about delicate topics, such as mental health and suicide mention. So if you don’t wanna read this little venting session, you better skip this one.
This post, rather than being a tutorial, is more a Storytime about what I lived while wanting to mount my own blog in my own equipment instead of renting a VPS.
That said, while I will try to do this from a general point of view, I will still focus on making this process exclusive for Linux, because, in my humble opinion, is more versatile, and more on point with the equipment I chose, besides not consuming as many resources as Windows or Mac. I mean, you could. But I don't really see the point. :P
In my previous post, I talked a bit about the existence of alternative social networks, giving special emphasis on the Fediverse, but I didn't really get into detail about which are those. So, in this kind of sequel, I'll mention some of the platforms I know, both the ones I have personally tried, and the ones I've been interested, but have not tried yet.
Let's face the reality. The changes in social politics in United States has caused that social networks adopt guidelines that further seek to affect the rights of vulnerable people, like women, people of color, migrants in USA, and LGBTIQPA+ people. And that's why a lot of people search alternatives in other networks. But what are our options? Well, I'll share some of my experience.