Notices by Amazey (twistylittlepassages@weirder.earth)

Techy friends: I want to monitor my bandwidth usage on my linux laptop, to get an idea of which websites use how much data. I see there are several different tools out there I can use (https://itsfoss.com/network-speed-monitor-linux/), but if you have experience with any of them, I'd appreciate your recommendations and caveats! :boost_ok:

Reminder: the Prime Day strike is Monday July 15 and Tuesday July 16. Amazon is going to offer some incredible deals on those two days, while continuing to treat its workers badly. Don't take the bait! Support the worker strike by refusing to buy from Amazon for the next two days.

I've used Ubuntu happily for many years w/o actually having a very deep knowledge of Linux (I do occasionally use the command line, but only after doing an online search for what to put into it).

Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu because Ubuntu is dropping support for 32-bit programs (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/steam-announces-that-its-dropping-support-for-ubuntu).

If I decide to switch distros so I can still play old games on Steam, what else is out there that's as user-friendly as Ubuntu, and still supports 32-bit?

So I recently joined a #pixelfed instance (pixfed.com), but I just now realized that the admin is snder/sander, who harassed citrustwee with homophobic slurs last October (https://knzk.me/@citrustwee/100924229797607166). Ugh, count me out.

Can anyone rec an instance that isn't operated by an asshat?