There are no “real” alternative OS available for apple devices. You can get some IDE “lite” apps like Visual Code, Python Editor, etc. but these a meant as companions to a PC IDE not meant for compiling, linking, testing, etc. You might be able to trade the old iPad for an old laptop you can put a flavor of Linux on.
looks like the first line says that you got banned and gives a reason, (note that I don’t know anything about you or that community, just pointing out what I saw in the list, nothing more)
Banned
Don_Dickle from the community
Ask Lemmy
reason: Ban evasion/Trolling (alt of Don_Dickle@piefed.social)