good overview of alternatives! it's so infuriating when an app uses discord as it's support forum, I usually just uninstall and use something else XD

good read, I like the nuclear dump site meme XD. You might be interested in elements of the Trinity DE (very 2000s KDE look)

i seen trinity before, and it looks very awesome, but i wouldn't use it for like daily use sadly (since it is based off an old version of KDE which may have some security implications i think? idk tbh. also it uses x11 and i really do not like x11 lmao) i may try to get something close to it using modern KDE however

good read :)

I feel that... similar thing where I live, the weekly market is now full of dropshippers and any electronics at thrift stores are almost retail price and 'untested' (probably broken) :(

fucked up the link again, here is the new post https://probablylug.yorniq.xyz/posts/2026-01-18-how-to-kick-spotify-to-the-curve

good read :) I had no idea other software (like strawberry that u mentioned) would work with ipods, thats sick. I found my partner's old (7th gen?) nano and it works :O