Not sure if you know, but you can setup links to pipe images (and whatever other media you want) to external programs through the Associations menu.

Afterwards pressing Enter or I when an image is selected, a new option “open” will appear.

“you will become what I am”

reported for assuming genders

bless you, hacker.

lemmy works fine as is in a browser and sdf also hosts the ‘old’ variant, which works without js (fairly usable in text browsers too)

https://old.lemmy.sdf.org

Never looked into any clients, I’m afraid.

No problem. I think it’s good practice that can very well make you realize that obsolete machines aren’t really that obsolete.

I use a thinkpad x220.

PPS: here’s my guide on luakit, describing the js on demand and adblocking: https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/triapul.cz/0/phlog/2023-05-18-shortys-luakit-guide.txt

Frankly, I use links2 for most of my web browsing even on my daily driver (which would by many be considered vintage anyway) and use Firefox for websites that wouldn’t work otherwise, that I absolutely need.

It’s good practice to get used to light software from all walks of life, one might come to realize they don’t need the fancy stuff in their life to use computers.

Good luck.

PS: There’s the #oldcomputerchallenge channel on libera.chat you might want to visit. Many people there who live this lo-end lifestyle on a day-to-day basis, who’d be happy to help.

You correctly pointed out the seemingly only problem, which is indeed internet browsing. In some rare cases you might get away with something like Firefox with disabled javascript, supposing you max out the RAM. But you should look at other light browsers that will make it more viable.

My go-to browser on old machines is luakit, configured to render javascript on demand. When a website you want to visit doesn’t work without javascript, you enable it just for that website and cross your fingers it doesn’t crash. With js disabled, you can browser normally.

Also become friends with FOSS front-ends to popular corpo services. Forget youtube, use invidious (works without js), forget fandom, use breeze wiki, etc. (see https://farside.link for a list of front-ends)

One other thing you need is patience. A lot of it.

yes

at the DE table

There are a few more detached panels of the story on !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org :)

AI_MINIUS, the bot on the left.

Pretty sure it’s a reference to how I can’t spell. OP is pulling a surrealism confusion card on you.

Yes, this is part of the Frontier series, a techno-mage spinoff.

it is!

My apologies, this of course takes place on the frontier of the Penguin Realm, where the local garrison faces immeasurable odds of corpo-barians and binary-blobians, while trying to expand the realm’s border. To support these endeavors, the Penguin command sends reinforcements made up of foxes. One Penguin is particularly distraught, seeing one of the warriors is wearing a penguin skin on its helmet.

Hope this helped.

thank you! I’m always grateful hearing this.

sure, the CEO-president of the GovCorp.

it’s the techno-mage of the open clan and his student