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Instance (on Decentralized Social Media)

Definition
An instance is typically the website you create your account with, which is built with a decentralized social media technology, such as Mastodon, Lemmy, or Peertube.
Post Date Link

Definition
A post date link is a link to the URL of a post on blogs and social media that appears as the date of the post on a feed.
Full Resolution Thumbnail Without Full Resolution Image Link

Definition
On the web, it's possible to display an image on a webpage downscaled without making clicking on it display the image in its full resolution. This is an usability bug.
Pose Maniacs

Definition
A free pose and anatomy reference website for artists and illustrators.
Note: Nemo Silently Fails to Move a File From a Directory You Can Read But Not Write

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If you try to move a file by cutting and pasting from one directory to another, it will silently fail if you don't have write permission on the directory where the file is contained.
Group (on Linux)

Definition
A group is a way to categorize multiple users in the operating system.
Note: If You Rename a Folder and Open It Too Fast You Get an Error on Nemo

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On Nemo, if you create a new folder, give it a name and confirm it by pressing the Enter key, and try to open it by pressing the Enter key again very quickly, you get an error as Nemo tries to open the folder with according to its old name despite the fact you just renamed it.
Search Box that Goes to Google

Definition
A search box on a website that just opens Google with the site: operator applied to the website's domain.
Tildes

Definition
A social media website with upvotes, downvotes, threaded comments, and tags where users can post links and topics to be discussed as threads.
PieFed

Definition
A fediverse-based Reddit clone.
Mbin

Definition
A fediverse-based Reddit clone based on the discontinued Kbin.
Discuit

Definition
Centralized social media website with upvotes, downvotes, and threaded comments that is funded by donations.
Threaded Comments

Definition
Comments that can be replied to in a social media website or comments section, allowing any comment to start a thread of comments in reply to it.
Donationware

Definition
Freeware monetized by asking its users for donations.
Lemmy

Image Posts
Link Posts
RSS
Upvoted Posts
A fediverse-based Reddit clone.
Fediverse

Definition
A massive social network made of smaller social networks that can communicate with each other.
GTK

Definition
A GUI toolkit used by programmers to create cross-platform applications for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Xournal++

Freeware
Linux
macOS
Open Source
Windows
A free and open source cross-platform desktop note-taking application for Windows, macOS, and Linux that lets you write notes on lined paper using the mouse or a tablet stylus.
Stylus Pen

Definition
A pen-shaped computer device that works like a mouse.
MPV

Android
Freeware
Linux
macOS
Open Source
Windows
A free and open source cross-platform video player for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and Haiku.