The rise of Bluesky demonstrates the importance of ease of use and a user-friendly design. Its polished and familiar interface is a key reason for its growth and appeal as an alternative to platforms like X/Twitter.

I think many people use Bluesky instead of Mastodon because of its UX, not its UI. Both looks great (I think Mastodon even nicer!).

I personally use Mastodon, but I’ve seen people complain about their experience with it.

People on Mastodon are quite vocal about BlueSky, so I doubt that many people switched. I think that BluSky gained its audience from Twitter users mostly.

I think people dislike the experience.

For example, on Mastodon your profile discoverability is disabled in settings by default. I guess it’s needed to optimize the hosting cost, but people also like being heard. Also people don’t know who to follow since there are no algorithms or starter packs right now. And if you have a post from another instance, you need a browser extension to open it on yours. That’s the complains I saw.

As a Mastodon user, I hope we solve them!

But if they want to train AI, can’t they already scrape Fediverse since it’s open to everyone?

I feel like we need to unite and make Mastodon a better place instead of making drama about it. Mastodon is not perfect, but it’s a platform over which we have control, unlike Bluesky.

On Mastodon in settings you need to enable your account discoverability. Otherwise people will see you only if they know about you. This is weird default and my main complain about Mastodon :(

No, we rewritten the app 😅 But we considered rewriting it even before the switch to Rust - it was quite legacy.

On my work we migrated from C++ to Rust.

Mostly sculpting, less rendering. So yeah, we aren’t GPU bound. Right now considering just a mini PC. Should be cheaper then a latpop since we don’t planning to work on the go, just need something portable. And a tablet for drawing.

That’s exactly what I planning to use on travel 😅

I don’t planning to work on the go, just wanted a portable PC.

We are considering just a portable PC for her and a tablet for drawing right now…

Thanks for the suggestion, eGPU sounds nice!

We don’t planning to actually work on the go, just planning to travel a lot. eGPU could be considered portable. Maybe we even don’t need a laptop, just a mini PC 🤔

Didn’t know about them, cool!

First time hear about it, but sounds very cool!

I’d actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device

Totally agree, I take this into consideration. Tuxedo is very attractive to me because we planning to visit Germany personally. But I will take a look at NovaCustom as well since it’s in EU.

From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.

Agree! That’s why we are looking for something for a manufacturer support. We don’t consider used market only because thinking about something powerful.

I have a SteamDeck and very satisfied with how GNU/Linux runs on it. Windows even run worse on it 😅

Thanks, will take a look!

We looked for convertible because planning to travel a lot. But judging by what others say, it’s probably better to have a dedicated device for drawing…

Does linux support from manufacturer really matter?

Not really, but from my experience Linux on laptops sometimes have issues with things like battery life.

I have a SteamDeck to compare and it works just perfect, this is why I were looking at manufacturer support.

Thanks! Yes, she interested only in modeling. Cycles needed more for cool showcases 😅 Will take a look at System76.

Yeah, I have an Nvidia GPU on my desktop and I regret that I didn’t buy an AMD card.

We looking for a laptop with good manufacturer support because they quite often have either battery or sleep issues.

Thanks!

We just planning to travel a lot soon and wanted to avoid carry a lot of stuff with us. But you probably right, it’s better to have a dedicated device…

Sounds great!

But I suspect that the Lemmy backend is faster since it’s in Rust. Also Rust codebases are much easier to maintain since it’s a strict language.