You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

This is a sister community to [email protected].

Many members there are computer users who recently moved to Linux from other OSs, Windows in particular. Having established their work and hobbies on a particular software base, they often encounter difficulties trying to find similar software on Linux.

Here you can ask, propose, comment about some software alternative you’re looking for.

It’s important to be broad-minded when speaking about software alternatives when switching to Linux:

Exactly the same software could be available for Linux.
Different software but with similar critical features could be available for Linux.
It could be possible to use emulators (such as Wine) of the old OS.
Finally, one can change one’s perspective or workflow, in such a way that the old software is not needed any longer, but is replaced with other software of a different kind (this may actually lead to much improved workflows).

Role of conduct: The same as in Lemmy and Mastodon: in summary, be respectful, no offensive language, no harassment, no spam.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

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Modlog

Lemmy.ca

A Canadian-run community, geared towards Canadians, but all are welcome!

Welcome 🍁

Lemmy.ca is run by Canadians, hosted in Canada, and geared toward Canadians. However, it is not restricted to Canadians, or Canadian culture/topics/etc. All are welcome!

To learn more about what Lemmy is, or how the Fediverse works, you can visit our simple Getting Started Guide.

This site is run by the non-profit Fedecan and funded entirely by user donations. You can help support us by visiting our donations page.

Rules and Guidelines

1. No Bigotry

Including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.

2. Be Civil

Argue in good faith, attack the argument; not the person, and promote a healthy debate. That includes implying violence, threats or wishes of violence and/or death.

3. No Porn

This instance is not made to host porn communities. You’re free to access porn communities on other instances through your account, but be mindful of Rule 4.

4. Use the NSFW tag

Use your common sense: if you wouldn’t want this image to show up on your work computer, tag it as such. In comments, use the :::spoiler ::: tag for NSFW images, and put a NSFW mention beside links. Do not use NSFW images as your avatar or banner.

5. No Ads / Spam

This instance is not there to act as your billboard. If you want to promote your personal work, at least make the effort to be a contributing member of this community. Your account purpose shouldn’t be to only advertise, make it natural.

6. Bot account

If you are the operator of a “bot” account, make sure to flag is as such in the account’s settings.

7. Right to privacy

Do NOT distribute the personal information of someone else without their consent (aka doxxing). Information that is public domain can be shared, provided it is in good faith.
ex: The official email of an elected official is fair, the private phone number or the real name of a non-public person is NOT.

8. Report abuse

The report function isn’t labelled the disagree button. You might not agree with someone, but that doesn’t mean what the person says is against the rules. Using it repeately in this fashion will lead to actions being taken against the reporter.

9. Impersonation

Don’t make an account with the intent to negatively deceive or defame someone on the fediverse.
ex: Parody of a famous person is okay, submitting outrageous content as appearing like another user, mod or admin isn’t.

Contact an Admin:

Send us a message at @[email protected]
Send us an email at [email protected]

Guides:

You can find more guides at fedecan.ca by opening the sidebar.

Meta Communities:

!main: announcements & general discussion
!lemmy_ca_support: support requests
!communityrequests: become a mod of an existing community

Other Frontends:

Don’t like how Lemmy looks? Try one of our alternative UIs:

old.lemmy.ca (Mlmym)
voyager.lemmy.ca (Voyager)
photon.lemmy.ca (Photon)
alex.lemmy.ca (Alexandrite)
tess.lemmy.ca (Tesseract)
blorp.lemmy.ca (Blorp)

Site Status: status.fedecan.ca

Find Apps: lemmyapps.com

Find Communities: lemmyverse.net

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