I see the last update was in may. Should it be source of concern?

Something I noticed early on is that a lot of explanations for Linux can be used, at least partially, for multiple subjects. Also stress can hinder perception. So when I would reach a roadblock, I left the project in the corner and came back to it a few days later. For the first year, it helped a bunch.

Also taking the time to read terminal logs when something breaks helps a bunch, either to figure out by yourself, or to search in your search engine of choice.

And like with learning a new language, the learning curve requires patience. Besides, having had the opportunity to test multiple systems, some popular and some highly specific, each was quirky even when close to a system I already knew, so maybe testing around in a virtual machine or a spare laptop to find the Linux distro that best fits you might help?

Alternatively, maybe just making a new folder on the USB’s root and putting stuff in there would suffice?

Also if the OP uses Ventoy, from my tests you can put whatever in the partition for the ISOs without interfering in Ventoy’s functionalities.

Didn’t see the original analysis that is used to make that claim, so I can only argue about more general problems, specifically to what scopes one can keep using only software he/she can audity and is free to use. For example, work may require tunelling tools or email/messaging programs which you have no control over. Also the majority of games have at least closed source elements. You also can’t guarantee the sites you access are FOSS or the hardware you have available makes its blueprints or firmwares available and auditable. Also if your setup grows, e.g. using a game controller, USB stick, another screen, etc., drivers needed and/or installed could be a “black box” too as you say.

Such an end is still utopic, too far to reach, so my suggestion would be trimming what can be replaced or ignored while rising awareness (and possible solutions¹) to specific problem, and through that step by step move closer to such a fully FOSS objective.

¹pointing problems without proposing solutions, that I can observe, is a great way to make the listener lose his/her will to tackle a given problem

Photos appear fine though? And I rarely see threads with videos attached so don’t think those would appear on a quick check anyways.

I see. Thanks. Asked because I needed it to test something, but luckily it appeared in a magazine’s page. =)

Like this in the respective tab of the dashboard (the menu the 3 gears icon from UbO open):

On a magazine it appeared, so using it as basis:

Threads appear as articles in the page’s source code. Microblog posts appear as blockquote.
So you should be able to hide them, at least with Ublock Origin, with domain_from_the_instance##blockquote, e.g. for mine, thebrainbin.org##blockquote.

Did you change anything for the posts to appear combined? For me it only loads on phone.

I don’t see anything on either https://thebrainbin.org/#settings or https://thebrainbin.org/settings/general, and on desktop it isn’t loading combined for me so I can’t test Ublock Origin filters either.

Using Mastodon, it’s a similar behavior there, and equally mildly annoying. Least bad in that sense imo is Misskey, as when the post is a reply, the one it replies to is partially loaded, though Misskey has so much visual noise it is disorienting in other ways.

Ye. Back when I used Feeder (some Android RSS reader), it was a similar struggle as each feed loads their data differently and I would try to find the least bad of the display modes.

Pinned and appears globally, I mean, which after a reload now also appears on mobile:

Dunno at what moment they pinned it, but it appears on my instance:
https://thebrainbin.org/m/mbinReleases@gehirneimer.de/t/1213265/v1-9-0-rc1-Mbin-v1-9-0-Release-Candidate-1

I think proposals like Bridgy Fed and Minds.com are better, bridges run by independent groups, instead of changes being forced onto the underlying engine. When the latter is done, devs need to make changes based on the smallest common denominator, slowing or even halting individual development of environments. Bridges at least are developed adjacent to multiple environments instead of having to change fundamentals.

This shoehorning of Rust feels more artificial than Wayland’s. 🤔