I’m familiar with that, but even then it’s not quite that great; I have changes in the flake.lock without it showing which program it was.

Thanks, I’d already considered Debian too, but it just never really ran smoothly.

I know all those guides, I don’t like Ubuntu with their messed-up Gnome. With Fedora, I only find the Atomic setups interesting, but that also makes customizations difficult.

Yeah, I know, I’m not making it easy for myself either xD

I’d go with Matrix. I use it as my main messenger and I’ve actually set up my own self-hosted instance. It works perfectly for both 1:1 conversations and managing my tabletop RPG groups. Voice chat through Element Call is fantastic – honestly, it’s a solid alternative to Discord.

What I really appreciate is the control I get from self-hosting: I have complete autonomy over the server and data for both my personal messaging and community spaces. For RPG campaigns, the room structure and customizable permission system are ideal. The voice quality is reliable enough for long gaming sessions, and everything feels more private and independent compared to relying on Discord.

I’d also say that having your own Matrix instance is pretty much the only way to go when it comes to this topic.

No, I’ve never compared the services based on resource consumption; I’ve never really cared about that before.

I can’t compare it to Akoma, but since it’s purely PHP and SQL-based, I’d consider it one of the most lightweight platforms alongside GoToSocial.

What about Pixelfed? That’s probably the closest thing to Instagram.

I don’t understand the question; the Fediverse has nothing to do with apps. Apps are just frontends that access services. But you asked for a YouTube alternative, and for that, your phone’s hardware is completely irrelevant.

Or are you planning on installing a PeerTube instance on your phone?

Yeah, the interface isn’t winning any beauty pageants, but it’s the most feature-rich software I know; the question is, how do you use social media?

What do you think of Friendica? It only needs PHP and a database.

They can, yeah. But they haven’t done it in ages and I don’t see the risk for the user; the IP is way more problematic.

generally the bots that scrape sites for information. One of the easiest ways to exclude them is to read the user agent.

yeah, this info isn’t necessary for technical operations, but some software uses it and shows the client under the post, for example; as an admin, that often helps me identify problems quickly.

Could you explain the use case? I don’t quite understand the background. Now that AIs are flooding the instances, some admins are blocking these kinds of requests.

Question, did you watch the video? Because your answers have absolutely nothing to do with my question.

In the video, it just sounds weird, as if Vivaldi had built some kind of Fediverse features into the browser.

What social networking features does Vivaldi actually have? They only run a Mastodon instance, don’t they?