https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/tags/foss/ Recent content in FOSS on forgettablePyromaniac Hugo en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/fluxer-over-stoat/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/fluxer-over-stoat/ Fluxer kinda fucks?? Yeah, actually! What it says on the tin, really. Enjoyer of alt-tech that I am, even before the whole age-verif bullshit, I’ve been trying different… “Alternatives” is a phrase I really dislike, but it’s the easiest way to clarify my point. It’s something I use every day, so I just want to pick the best thing. Same with my mail, same with my OS - as long as things function without much needing to be done from my end, sure! https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/pds/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/pds/ Bluesky is a thing that exists. Crazy fucking concept! Yeah, I finally got around to it. Gonna use it for more posting about my specific niche interests and stick to more general posting and getting news from Masto. Don’t hate y’all just feels a bit more lively over there. Anyway, in lieu of everyone else talking about their weird-ass ways of setting up the PDS, I feel like I need to explain how I did mine, if only for my own sanity, because holy fuck I took two days to figure out what was wrong and how to fix it. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/privacy-only-gets-worse/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/privacy-only-gets-worse/ I’m seriously trying. I have talked to friends, online and local, as well as my local goverment whenever this shit comes up, and it all passes anyway. Why even bother? I’ve been so glad to switch most of my personal life to free and open source shit (with few exceptions, notably FL and Steam games), throwing my excess dollars around to try and get some shit done, no matter how small. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/the-internet-sucks-now/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/the-internet-sucks-now/ And I can’t do anything about it. When people said I was going insane from taking my time to learn Linux, to remove google from my life, to resist using non-free software, I just scoffed and kept going. In retrospect, I should have explained my reasoning behind doing most of the shit I did, and I feel bad about not doing so. But with everything going on about ID verification for using basic online services and all the data-collection for AI training, perhaps my actions showed I was ahead of the ball-game in that regard. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/god-why-does-everyone-use-discord/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/god-why-does-everyone-use-discord/ God, why does everyone use Discord? It feels like it should be a known fact at this point that Discord just absolutely blows chunks, but for some reason nobody I talk to seems keen on giving a fuck. I thought I would write down everything I can think of off-the-cuff to convince people to replace discord with something else, just like they replaced Skype back in the mid-to-late 10s. Okay, firstly, it didn’t USE to be absolutely terrible. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/mychoiceinos/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/mychoiceinos/ Why Linux is Superiour. Despite what literally everyone else around me thinks (and says to my face), I don’t just choose what I do to hate myself. Crazy! I know for a fact that’s a part of it, but it’s not the whole story. I genuinely enjoy using the Penguin operating system over anything else offered on the table, but why exactly is a mystery, even to myself - but that’s why I decided I wanted to write this. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/freedom-insanity-boredom/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/freedom-insanity-boredom/ Freedom, Insanity, Boredom. So I got rid of Discord, and I chucked shit like Twitter into the stratosphere. On one hand, I feel significantly more free. On the other? I’m significantly more irritable, lonely, and bored. Irritable, because I’ve had nothing but complaints from people. “Wah, we don’t want a whole new program to conversate with you. Wah, we’re too lazy to ask our fellow friends to move, unlike you. Wah, what’s wrong with Discord anyway? https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/discord/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/discord/ Well, I’m still here. I’ve been spending the past few days struggling without Discord, but I’ve been managing, a little. It’s been really lonely since then, but I still have people to talk to, notably on Steam. The only issue is that people ON steam don’t use the built-in chat feature whatsoever. Seriously, think about the last time you used Steam’s messaging feature that wasn’t some form of someone trying to scam you.