conduit runs on pi zero -- though you can't directly migrate so that is of limited use to you. It would probably fail to join matrixhq or python room but, this is due to obvious resource constraints. Any reasonable horsepower and you won't have an issue.
Do you mean the buttons for sharing files? Those are disabled until you have uploaded something. After uploading they become active and the contrast becomes much higher.
I've been really happy with Scroll (.com). $5/mo to remove ads on some news sites. The money goes directly to the publisher, minus the company's bit. It's really good now, and I wouldn't complain if the price went up as the site list expanded.
I've used FreeBSD on my production systems instead of Linux since I started this whole bit 15 years ago. Linux surprises me. FreeBSD, for example, does not. I do not walk away from production FreeBSD systems and have them fall over for reasons other than hardware failure. Full stop.
Yeah, definite problem. I ran 1280x1024 until last month when that monitor (lcd, from 1999) finally died. The web was a horrible place and made me angry at humanity. I've got 1920x1080 now, and I now have enough screen pixels to see what they were fucking up my 1280 for. Not worth it.