Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 60

@cenobite_party_bus

But why not do *both*?

@JPEG

Thank you for taking a stand on this 👏

@JPEG

Known Gab domain names so far are gab.com and gab.ai, it's currently being assumed they would use one of these domains for an instance. (Of course they might come up with something new, but we don't know yet.)

Gab provides social networking for neo-nazis who are already banned from other social media. This includes people who promote genocide and murder.

They currently run a proprietary social network, but they want to reach a wider audience so they are joining the Fediverse soon.

@dansup

If you're not a member of one of these vulnerable groups, I urge you to consider from their point of view.

Gab took *zero* action to stop further murders after the synagogue massacre by Bowers. Gab just whined about how difficult it was for them to find hosting.

We should do everything we can to make life for Gab as difficult as possible. It's our duty as human beings to stop them.

@dansup

Gab is for people who are already banned from other social media.

Gab users promote *actual murder*:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pennsylvania-shooting-suspect-idUSKCN1N10S6

"Bowers posted on chat site Gab.com about the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS): “HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered."

"The gunman reportedly shouted anti-Semitic phrases during the shooting, which left 11 people dead and five injured, including four police officers. "

@licho @vaeringjar

Unfortunately yes:

https://mastodon.technology/@lubuntu/102294468726732839

If you've got a slow or old laptop, you may be able to speed it up by installing the Lubuntu operating system:

https://lubuntu.me

You can follow their official account here:

@lubuntu

Lubuntu is a lighter version of Ubuntu Linux. It can run the same apps as Ubuntu, but has a simpler interface that makes it run extremely quickly even on older/slower computers.

The increased speed is especially noticeable if you use it to replace Windows 👍

#Lubuntu #Linux #Ubuntu #Windows #Alternatives

@Sosthene @jj @lubuntu

My relatives do fine on Firefox / Linux 🦊

But still have trouble convincing them they can type a web address in directly, and don't have to search for it first :blobsmile:

@Kathuman

Agreed, feel much the same way :blobcheer:

@brandon

Not an expert on religion or anarchism, but this seems pretty anarchist?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_of_the_Temple

@cubicgarden

One would hope so! 👍

Public money ought to produce public code etc.

@Sosthene @lubuntu

Yup, I've had very similar experiences with older relatives who bought computers. Windows 10 is stunningly slow and cumbersome.

Ubuntu and Lubuntu are *so* much faster, and they do everything my relatives need from a computer (web, word processing, solitaire 😉 ).

I don't know who Windows is for any more, it certainly isn't ordinary people on ordinary machines.

@Sosthene @lubuntu

Yes, exactly! 👏

Windows especially makes people think they need to buy a new computer, but it just isn't true most of the time.

@noodleman @lubuntu

I'm guessing not?

https://mastodon.technology/@lubuntu/102294468726732839

@TreacherousNexus

Hey Bob, hadn't seen you around in a while! Glad to see you're still on here.

@cubicgarden

It would definitely be good to have more publicly-owned bodies dealing with this topic, instead of leaving it entirely to for-profit corporations.

Also, maybe public bodies have better chance of donating their work to the commons through free open licences?

@dublinux @mastalab @DashEquals @wigglytuffitout @bob

Just a general reminder, people can untag themselves from threads on Mastodon:

https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102196334991007440

If you've got a slow or old laptop, you may be able to speed it up by installing the Lubuntu operating system:

https://lubuntu.me

You can follow their official account here:

@lubuntu

Lubuntu is a lighter version of Ubuntu Linux. It can run the same apps as Ubuntu, but has a simpler interface that makes it run extremely quickly even on older/slower computers.

The increased speed is especially noticeable if you use it to replace Windows 👍

#Lubuntu #Linux #Ubuntu #Windows #Alternatives