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Jos Bell

@ploum Hmmmmm.
Is it also ok that other than having heard of Linux I literally don't know anything about any of the stuff you mention 🤔 I'm just hangin' out here taking it all in without plugins or vims or bsds... Perhaps there's another magic portal ??

11 Nov 2022 at 1:01 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.world
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Rachel Maria

@Jos21Bell @ploum Jos me too. Many of us are new & still trying to figure it out.

11 Nov 2022 at 1:33 | Open on toot.community
José/Joana de Castro Arnaud

@Jos21Bell @ploum
Relax and go with the flow. Just absorb the nerd lingo, then search for the new words.
To *use* Mastodon, a browser or mobile app is enough. To *manage* Mastodon, Linux wizardry is required.
Vim and Emacs are old-style text editors, still very popular. BSD is an operating system, Linux-like. A plugin is software made to install within another software; browser extensions are examples.

11 Nov 2022 at 2:40 | Open on mastodon.online
Jos Bell

@jcastroarnaud @ploum Most of us who've just joined are just using it as per other soc media on standard browser without add ons - I found the basic app useless, but seems fine going via the website.
Is there more to see ??

11 Nov 2022 at 3:23 | Open on mastodon.world
cshardie

@Jos21Bell
I find the web interface best, too. Even though I'm on the website on my phone 😄

This post is a bunch of old computer humor. The funny part is the answers are still incomplete.

11 Nov 2022 at 11:29 | Open on mstdn.social
José/Joana de Castro Arnaud

@Jos21Bell @ploum The Mastodon app offers little more than the web interface. I prefer the Tusky app on Android, also free. And there are paid apps, which I didn't try.

11 Nov 2022 at 13:28 | Open on mastodon.online
Dewi Ioan

@Jos21Bell @ploum
Its mostly just nerd techy jokes... to parody the people saying it's too complicated (It isn't)
Mastodon is all web based, the backend usually run in Unix/Linux but can run on Windows...

14 Nov 2022 at 12:46 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
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