Lemmy is free and libre, but I sorely miss my world news and Ukraine updates.

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I like thelounge as a client since I can access it anywhere in the world and it stays connected when I’m not on it so I don’t miss any messages or have to log in each time.

Please consider taking a look at the lounge. It’s a self hosted solution that you access thru the web. It’s solved that problem for me since it is always running on the server. If you have a Raspberry Pi you can use that or a VPS.

KDE Neon is a fantastic choice for those coming from Windows. https://neon.kde.org/