found all the pending ones, opened them, unsubscribed (clicked the yellow “subscribe pending” button) and resubscribed. After that, I refreshed the page

Thanks, this worked for me. Note, the refresh is needed because it will still say pending until you refresh.

Hell no. I came to Lemmy to get AWAY from the corporate overlords.

I spent a season working in a packing house for watermelons. They’d come in by the crateload and we were allowed to just grab one to eat any time we wanted.

The trick I was taught, and which proved to be pretty reliable over the course of the season, was to feel the veins. (This is possibly what’s being described as webbing here?) Watermelons aren’t smooth, they have wide “veins” running top to bottom and you can feel them if you put your hand flat on the side of the melon. The bigger/poofier/wider the veins, the more ripe is it.

This was really helpful and informative. Thanks for taking the time!

I think I’m leaning towards Mint this time based on comments here and my research. Fingers crossed!

Okay, I’ll bite. I’ve been trying Linux every few years for the last few decades and it’s never been anywhere close to replacing Windows for me. I’m not a luddite; I was in tech for many years (MCSE certified) but there just… ALWAYS something that doesn’t work right. And there’s NEVER a simple fix. Linux for me ends up being more of a hobby than a tool and I haven’t had the time or patience to deal with it in the past.

But I’m willing to try again,

Anyone have any resources to get me pointed in the right direction? Which distro to try, how to install as a dual-boot on an exiting Windows machine without breaking it, how to get Steam/Nvidia drivers/games going, etc?

EDIT - Apparently trying to dual boot with Windows on a machine with two physical drives is too much to ask (unless you have a CS degree). Maybe next time, Linux.

Is the name supposed to mean something?

I’ve been living in Connect for now. It’s got some issues (as do they all) but it’s been doing the majority of what I need for now. The dev is very responsive on his community and is already implementing a feature I requested to fix the color scheme issue I complained about above. No idea if that was in the works before I mentioned it or they just work fast but apparently it will be ready tomorrow.

Tomorrow I’ll spend time in Liftoff exclusively and see how it feels in comparison. But so far, pretty happy with Connect.

I installed Connect, Jerboa and Liftoff. Those are the three that are on the Play Store (so easy to install) and look professional (sorry Lemmotif).

I opened each one and Liftoff immediately stood out for how cleanly it presented the information. I am not a huge fan of the navigation style, I assume that’s the iOS style with the buttons on the bottom. I’m sure I can get used to it.

Connect was pretty good too. Easy to tell posts apart, though I like Liftoff’s presentation slightly better. Connect put the pic/preview above the header info, while Liftoff always has the header first. I much prefer Liftoff’s style there. [EDIT - Connect has a setting to change this! Score!] Connect uses a very familiar navigation bar on the right, which I really like. The color scheme is ass, hopefully that changes later.

Jerboa… I literally can’t tell when one post ends and another begins. Completely unusable IMHO.

So I am going to mess with Connect and Liftoff a bit and see which is better from a day to day usability perspective. They both have pros and cons at first glance so it’s time to dig deeper.

EDIT - Okay gave Jerboa another shot and it’s not that bad. It’s actually pretty decent within a given post. I’ll mess with it some more too.

Welp, here’s my first Lemmy post. With the way the federation thing is going right now, it kinda feels like the old days of creating a new social media account every few months, never knowing which was going to be the one to stick (RIP Friendster). I like this site’s stated desire to be around long term. Fingers crossed!