One thing to keep in mind about the terminal:

In Linux, many GUI tools are simply pretty interfaces for the terminal. That’s why folks tell you that you’ll need the terminal occasionally, no matter what: you might need to type in commands that don’t already have a friendly GUI.

The terminal isn’t that scary, though! Every big distro has a support community. And if you need to do something in the terminal? Someone else has definitely needed to do the same thing, so you won’t need to figure it out on your own.

I mostly use Bazzite in front of a big TV. When I first set up the computer, I needed to use the terminal to configure a couple of things related to network shares. Later, I used it to help specific devices wake up the computer from sleep. It’s been months since then, and I’m not sure I’ve needed the terminal for anything else.

Use it as an opportunity to learn how your computer works. It’s really satisfying to understand how things happen.

I do

Give me a drill with a really fine bit.

I havet’t Englished much at all.

Yeah, and the word starts with the letter ghee.

You didn’t specify a biological nipple.

I can make any kind of milk pass through some type of nipple.

“Important” is subjective.

Isolated servers might be very niche, and not of interest to you. Some are kept low-key by their owners for a variety of reasons. Others are intentionally isolated by other servers, because they are toxic.

You’re probably fine with the federated collections of servers.

Okay, I’ll take those.

Check thrift shops.

I’ve seen plenty of Chromebooks and older Windows laptops for $10-25.

MX is my preferred distro to put on them, though there are plenty of good, small distros.

Does it have to be on the Play Store?

I recently started using the Fossify Music Player. It’s on F-Droid.

I don’t upvote or downvote for you. I do it for me.

Fark

There’s always Creality.

I don’t know that they’re good. But so far I haven’t seen anything about them being evil? I’m open to being wrong, though.

TIL that my FDM printer should now be called FFF - because Stratasys owns the trademark of the term “FDM,” and has been known to abuse folks who try to use that term.

Coincidentally, Stratasys is also Israeli.

They’re used to indicate context because that’s how the English language works, my dude.

Sure, in other languages they may not be. But it’s universal in many Western languages.

Any good thrift shops in your area? I’ve seen even Blu-ray players selling for just a few bucks.

Accessibility is about providing equivalent experiences. Presentation absolutely matters because bold, italics, etc. are used to indicate context. Markup exists to indicate context, not the other way around.

How familiar are you with ADA 508 and the latest WCAG standards?

No. They are tested standards, and were created based on extensive data and research.

“Strong” and “emphasis” are used for accessibility purposes.

For example, person blind since birth won’t know what “italic” looks like. But they will understand the concept of emphasizing something.

And before you reply to me: I’m talking about compliance standards designed for use throughout the Internet. I’m not just sharing my opinion on this. My opinions are irrelevant. When I work in UX, I follow the standards.

Yeah, other than that it seems fine.

Unless, like, you made any other assumptions about what everyone knows.

But what are the odds of that?