OverfedRaccoon 🦝

kbin.social is the main instance, but there are others. Check out the GitHub for more info.

It seems kbin is dead and unmaintained. However, it seems there is now mbin, a kbin fork. A list of instances can be found here: https://joinmbin.org/servers/

I mean, you kind of just described two things that are specifically hard to get working properly on Linux in general - MS Office and the Adobe suite. You’re better off using FOSS alternatives, like LibreOffice and Krita or GIMP. Otherwise, you’ll need something like Lutris as a Wine frontend to install Windows apps - and at that point, you might as well just install stock Linux, get qBittorrent going, pirate what you want, and install as needed. Plus, I don’t think I’d trust the security of a modified version of Linux for piracy. That’s just asking to be exploited.

Unless something happens, I’m sticking with Lemmy. As for interface and everything, I liked kbin more initially, but I feel like Lemmy development is moving much faster, plus all the third-party development at the moment. As I’ve said in the past, I’m going where the people are. And right now, that’s mostly Lemmy - and since it can federate with kbin, picking between the two is kind of a moot point …at least for now.

It’s a cute pic and a beautiful kitty, but please be careful. I hate to be that person, but letting your cat normalize being in the dryer is a potential tragedy waiting to happen.