I know there are solutions, but if you never get involved its never your responsibility.

I wouldn’t say it’s “hard”, but taking responsibility for all the photos your wife took of your darling children growing up is… a thing.

I’m pretty confident

confidently incorrect.

You could disabuse yourself with a quick search.

There are so, so many options here.

I’ve found alternativeto.net to be a great way to investigate alternative software:

https://alternativeto.net/software/mediawiki/?license=opensource&platform=self-hosted

What if your OS just kind of… lies and says it has verified you as a respectable binary cis gendered 30 something white human with impeccable mental health who never engages in wrong think.

I can’t wait for my microwave to ask me to take off my glasses, face the camera, and turn my head slowly from left to right.

I dislike installing python dependencies globally.

It’s like keeping your vacuum cleaner, lawnmower, and washing machine in your living room.

Someone mentioned virtualenv which I expect is the best way to encapsulate a set of python dependencies.

That said, nix package manager on debian (not nixos) will provide the same encapsulation in a language agnostic way. As in, you can use it for python or node or rust or binaries or cli tools or GUI apps or anything really.

Learning about nix just to run this one script is an over engineered solution, but I feel like its worth a mention because its definitely the best way to run anything you want in a way that won’t clutter up your living room.

The details for creating a shell with python dependencies are here:

https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Python

The screen caps on the original project page seem to imply a proper web ui:

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/

Hard to be sure but the menu bar doesn’t look like the native menu.

Either plan is fine.

Debian is a great choice.

I think the majority of modern distros are all fine for beginners really.

The advantage with debian is the very large user base and ecosystem - you won’t encounter a problem that someone else hasn’t already solved.

Slow package updates are a worthy complaint but largely solved with the advent of fancy package managers like flatpak, appimage, and nix.

This is great news. I mean as long as the lines keep going up right?

Some kind of weird WebGL error on their site I’ve never seen before.

Doesn’t load for me.

LibreWolf doesn’t seem to be offering to activate canvas.

Oh well.

“I categorically cannot trust tech companies with that kind of personal data,” wrote one frustrated user, with many hoping they might be able to convince Discord to do a U-turn with enough public pressure. Others went further. “What a great way to kill your community,” added another longtime user, while some predicted “that’s game over for Discord” and remarked ruefully that “privacy on the internet is truly dead”.

LOL. Just like Netflix price increases, or reddit third party apps thing, the protest will barely register in usage metrics and discord will carry on.

These companies have effectively infinite resources with which to test changes with user reference groups, model potential outcomes, and mitigate risks. It’s pure hubris to suggest that you have a better understanding of Discord’s user base than they do.

The vaaast majority of users will just do the video age test and never think about it again.