@loke @Elizafox the thing is, KDE very obviously have a talented team of web designers. Look at this thing!!

https://marble.kde.org/

Simple, says everything you need, does not bring my dual core CPU to its knees rendering it or use dumb tracking beacons.

Btw, uBlock notes that not only is Minuet doing YouTube beacons - it's trying to load privacy-invading DoubleClick ads! There are so many other, more ethical ad vendors.

Tfw you realise Moz is breaking Firefox lately too and you really don't have a good recommendation beyond browsers nobody has heard of.

@starbreaker we as an industry have left software requirements ("requires pentium 3 or higher") behind to say "it just needs a browser!", without thinking of how bloated complex and insecure browsers are

I dare say that the web is classist at this point. It favours the richer class, the people who can afford fibre and Ryzen. It doesn't care about those still on satellite or ADSL (<25M). It doesn't care about those who have to buy computers from goodwill, typically 5-8 years old.

WHY DOES LITERALLY NOBODY WRITE SOFTWARE ANY MORE

THE WEB MUST DIE.

Oh look discourse I feel comfortable participating in b/c I've been through it all.

IRC died because IRCv3 was a toxic cesspool of conflicting egos.

Discord/etc isn't usable because it is proprietary. The things I talk about with people could be seriously dangerous if kept in a proprietary system.

Matrix is a laughable protocol with terrible ideas on "security" and "usability", and their main client is a bloody web app.

Going forward, my primary form of comms over IP will be Masto and XMPP.

#introductions?

Hi, I'm A. Wilcox. I am making a Linux distribution that focuses on security, privacy, and stability. In my spare time I play with my cat, Mr Gaz.

I used to love writing and playing music but now I just listen to it. Still have my piano and guitar, just never have the chance or feeling to use them lately…

I will end this with a picture of Mr Gaz. Happy posting.
https://mst3k.interlinked.me/media/7eipm-Fra5k7cfy89Kg