"We don't have some kind of platform where we can organise stuff without the algorithm just hiding it after a day"
theres a server/forum on Revolt called "EU Vibes" that would be a bit better for organising things than here or on mastodon. https://rvlt.gg/eSHZgSP9
they mention BuyEuropean and BuyFromEU in their description so im guessing it was set up recently enough.
Revolt is a Discord alternative if anyone isnt familar. its based in the UK but beggers cant be choosers eh!
one of my favourite things when i switched to linux first was using the meta+Q hotkey to shutdown a program (this was with PopOS i think). with windows there is alt+F4 but some programs only use shift+alt+F4 which makes it a lot more confusing. on top of all that if youre using a laptop then its another keypress for the Fn key in some cases
miniDisc is a good sweet spot i think. its something physical but not as bulky as a cassette player
if you get one that has netMD support then you can transfer new music onto it ~~just like it was a USB drive~~. there are even chrome websites that will let you do this so you dont have to install any software
theres also the compression modes where you can fit either 3 or 5 hours worth of music on one disc so you could easily make do with just 1 or 2 disks if you were going out somewhere for the day
EDIT: actually on second thoughts its not really like a USB drive where you can just drag and drop files, it has to convert them to some format so it can take a minute
im pretty sure you wouldnt be able to see your reflection in it either, so it wouldnt be a mirror
just in case you dont know, Distrosea lets you try various distros online which is handy just for getting a quick idea what the UI is like
for trying out different distros using the live USB method, Ventoy is a good option since it lets you have multiple ISO files on your USB drive at once, instead of having to reformat your USB each time
being able to store things would be a great help. like being able to have all the different flyers that people are making in one place so others can pick and choose what they want, or even have the original .svg or .xcf files if people want to modify them or make a translated version