Same. I just had to do a doubletake on my account to make sure I was still a lifetime member though whew!

I recently did this on my desktop, and followed the instructions on the wiki

I used the rsync method and worked well for me.

+1 for Snapseed when editing on my phone

+1 for Arch for desktop setups. If setup well, I have not really encountered my desktop system breaking, and if broken, usually can fix since it teaches you how to set up when you install the first time. Also, great documentation and forums.

You can search for communities, and in the list you will get communities on other instances.