Buy European
Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
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Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
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Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
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Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
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No russian suggestions.
Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
- Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
- No generative AI content.
Useful Websites
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General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
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Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
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Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
European Instances
Lemmy:
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Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
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๐ง๐ช Belgium: https://0d.gs/
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๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
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Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
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๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic https://lemmings.world/
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
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๐ช๐บ Europe: https://europe.pub/
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๐ซ๐ท๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ญ France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
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๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein: https://feddit.org/
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
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๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: https://feddit.is/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://feddit.it/
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๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: https://group.lt/
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๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: https://feddit.nl/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
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๐ต๐น Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
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๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
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๐น๐ท Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: https://feddit.uk/
Friendica:
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: https://friendica.io/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://poliverso.org/
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
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๐ซ๐ท Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: soc.citizen4.eu
Matrix:
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
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๐ซ๐ท France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: bark.lgbt
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone
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Every time I have tried linux it was a miserable time.
Look I understand your concerns, however I like being able to use my computer.
The only actually functional linux systems I use are my android phone, my TrueNAS scale and my steam deck. The only reason they are functional is because in each case, they go to great length to abstract the OS to a point it's barely there and you're just interacting with a point and click system.... And even then, I still can't get my steam deck to access network shares because linux fucking sucks.
Good you have tried switching.
The network share issue is most likely because newer versions of Windows have disabled support for older versions of SMB (1.0 and 2.0), if you enable support for those on the windows host you are trying to access from the Steam deck it could work.
Funnily enough, I managed to get the deck to read my windows shares without an issue, it's the shares on the NAS that I can't access. You'd think linux<->linux would be straightforward. Nope.
Around December, I got my first non-work non-Mac computer in recent memory and it came with Win 11 (not Enterprise) installed. Couldn't believe my eyes when I first booted it up: a completely hostile and bloated experience, in my opinion. I'm not new to Windows, I've been on pretty much every version from 95 and forwardโ including ME and Vista โ and it's never given me the ick like Win 11 did. Installing Debian was a massive improvement โ including out of the box functionality.
Your preference is fine, if you have software you need to run that is fully compatible with your system and the user experience doesn't get in the way of your workflow โ all the power to you. But I genuinely don't believe it's a good reflection of most people's experience and needs. Linux these days are as plug and play as Windows, if not more.
Every time i tried Windows, it was a miserable time.
Sounds like a user issue. What do you do when the UI changes and you can't find something? What do you do when your phone doesn't connect? If you want a perfect user experience where you don't have to use your brain at all, don't use a computer. Or any technology.
Oh yeah, with linux, you also get this kind of people, massive turn off.
I know how to deal with computers, I've probably been working with them for longer than you've been alive.
Itโs like youโd do anything than read some short book on Linux basics and learn these 15 new things you never knew about, so youโd actually understand at least something about the system youโre going to use all your life.
Here I mean a computer operating system. Whatever youโd use, you donโt have many options, and assuming youโd not stop using a PC, kinda makes sense to learn the basics.
I donโt know, Windows kinda sucks. Itโs literally the worst, you wouldnโt find a system that is worse, would you?
If youโd at least said same things about macOS, which is polished and truly was the best polished system (at least pre macOS 26). But Windows. LOL, itโs like a North Korean someone boasting how cool their country is, the best quality of life in the world. Same vibes. Looks rather miserable.