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indigomirage,

It’s worth noting that ‘oversee’ (‘oversight’) and ‘overlook’ should mean decidedly different things…

indigomirage,

They are doing it to light up revenue streams.

indigomirage,

Curious - what do you prefer wrt other distros? I’m just fascinated by what drives people in their individual directions. (I used to exclusively install Debian on things, but recently revitalized an old laptop by wiping windows and putting on Ubuntu. Have used CentOS too, but the Debian package stuff is just easy for me…)

indigomirage,

Much obliged!

indigomirage,

I tend to like Debian-based. It’s just more familiar for me. Ubuntu has been nice because it seems to add in a few of the quality of life defaults I’d have done manually in Debian (things like aliases in bash, sudoers memberships, 3rd party repos, etc). Easily done in Debian, but slows down initial setup…

I ran CentOS for a while, but I feel life’s too short to learn yet another package management system! (not that is hard, I just have finite brain cells…) 🙂

indigomirage, (edited )

I had the most luck with shotcut. I’ve been meaning to try kdenlive again though but there were a few fx I needed that immediately apparent in shotcut that I could not find quickly in kdenlive.

I suspect kdenlive has it covered but timelines dictated that I not change horses mid race, and I haven’t got back to retry.

Basically, either is good!

indigomirage,

I actually want to give kdenlive another shot. But since I already figured out the keyframe mechanics in shotcut it was a too tall an order to relearn a new WY to do it in short order (clock was ticking for me to get a video done for a kid’s b-day!)

indigomirage,

Voluntarily…?

indigomirage, (edited )

Peace and quiet. And to see people to need food get food. I really don’t need anything myself.

indigomirage,

If it’s got AI, it means I can feel even better about saving some money and getting an S23 when I finally replace my current phone.

indigomirage,

I wasn’t even thinking about the performance/efficiency impact! That’s a good point. For me, I like me phone to do what I want it to do. I didn’t ask for AI. I don’t need it. I actually don’t even want it - I really don’t want my devices to ‘think’. What I want is fast, efficient, and predictable execution of what I tell it to do. (by predictable, I mean that I don’t want it to anticipate my needs or surprise me - I want a nice, responsive and dumb device with a great display, a good camera, good connectivity, and a good battery.

indigomirage,

Pedro’s younger brother?

indigomirage,

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/6caa9394-62c3-48d9-b329-1995723b1941.gif

I was thinking this…

indigomirage,

You could likely make a “simple syrup”, keep in fridge and add things like pureed lime and such.

(it actually never occurred to me that you could buy syrups - but I suppose that makes sense!)

indigomirage,

Let us know how it goes! I actually don’t have a soda stream, but my folks do, and this is something I’d like to try. If you don’t waste ingredients, it’ll be way cheaper than Dr. Pepper. I admit I prefer his cousin, who happens to be a Sgt. (with a somewhat lonely heart…)

indigomirage,

I suppose I’d duck.

indigomirage,
  • mostly post on Lemmy now. So check reddit occasionally as there are a few things there I have need/interest in. I rarely post there now. It’s mostly because of their utterly unusable official app - if they allowed third party apps (and my choice of third party app) I’d have been willing to pay to use (I’m not looking for a free ride).
  • I’m split between Mastodon, BlueSky, Threads and occasional Twitter. There are people I still interact with on each. I am not a fan of Meta, but unfortunately they seem to be winning. Mastodon is very, very clunky though it has good points. I am seeing an increasing number of big name posters expressing frustration with the platform as there is no good mechanism to ward off spam and abuse at scale - this makes sense (though I certainly am not such a person).
  • What’s Matrix? I use Discord only because I have to as it’s the only place for support/community for certain tools I use. I hate it. I wish orgs would use old school web page support forae like they used to. Vastly better…
  • YT premium. Gotta follow the content. I don’t mind paying to rid myself of ad interruption, and what’s more, it makes it functional for my kids (sans ads). Besides, YouTube Music is pretty good (not nearly as good as Google Play Music was, though).

I think as things scale people may start to appreciate just how hard it is to moderate content to a useful degree. Not too much. Not too little. (I’m not suggesting that any of the main sites has really gotten it right, but when it’s gone (at scale) things go bad fast (RIP Twitter).

I hope for better interoperability between platform (fedi) but it’s likely a pipe dream.

indigomirage,

Last time I used gimp was in the late 90s I think. I gather it’s pretty much the same as when I last tried…?

I’ve found Krita to be pretty good (though I can load slowly on slow machines).

indigomirage,

I’ll check it out (as soon as I need it).

indigomirage,

YaNJaLD.

Yet another not just another Linux desktop.

indigomirage,

Why doesn’t he just get his security clearance and help communicate truths, rather than exasperate things by giving voice to misinformation, or worse, disinformation…?

indigomirage, (edited )

I used to use xfce quite a lot (very lightweight and great for anything virtual, especially). I recently installed the latest Ubuntu with gnome. It’s actually pretty good, but… Oh man do I ever wish that top notification bar could be merged with the task bar (and relocated to the bottom). Also, the extensions designed to auto-hide it no longer work!

My reflex action to close a window is to mouse up to the corner of the screen and click. This is ineffective if there’s an immovable top bar there in the way and taking up limited screen real estate.

I’d switch to KDE (or Sway, or…?) , but they don’t have a Wayland RDP server… yet. (I use this.)

Anyway, give it a try. Gnome is okay when you get used to it, but my impression is that it seems to resist flexibility for its users, and this is quite sad, actually. (I’m still using it, and I’m eager to be wrong here.)

indigomirage,

I find some sites just don’t work properly with Firefox. Drives me bonkers.

indigomirage,

To be fair, Twitter is also undermining Twitter’s livelihood.

indigomirage,

Indeed.

indigomirage,

I noticed this too… Same question.

indigomirage,

Thank you! Unfortunate that it’s missing from the App now, but at least there’s a workaround for browser folk.

indigomirage,

No idea - it was a bone fide great comment.

How do y'all deal with programs not supported on Linux?

I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues....

indigomirage, (edited )

The LibreOffice stuff generally has a workaround, even if frustrating. Most general use stuff on Linux is fine (again, not without pain wrt interoperability with my other systems).

My issue with Linux is the stuff that just doesn’t run at all (software and HW). For niche stuff, you can occasionally find a halfway implemented bridge utility made by a well-meaning (and brilliant!) enthusiast, but, in my cases, it either doesn’t work or is too glitchy to be anything more than a effort to see if I can get it to run as opposed to doing the task I set out to do originally. Add to that the fact that your (paid) software and HW is explicitly unsupported and at best at a “you’re on your own” status, and it becomes a high risk proposition.

Make no mistake - trying to get stuff to work is fun in and of itself. I use Linux. It’s fun. It’s breathed fresh life into old machines. It was my daily driver for years. Etc.

Ultimately, I really, really wish more proprietary software and associated HW supported Linux. I’m happy to pay for stuff I need/want that is outside of the FOSS world. But until devs of commercial products recognize the value of investing in Linux, it’s a game of whackamole.

In meantime, I still try to get my stuff to work on Linux. It’s a much better OS, but to successfully run the stuff I need I am confined to Windows (with WSL) - unfortunately.

indigomirage,

Used to run Linux as daily driver about 20 years ago, so I recently converted an old laptop to Linux to breathe new life into it.

It’s definitely good for many things, but many things are simply not doable. And some things are not doable simply.

Would love to see broader support from companies so that devices worked (with resorting to clever, yet incomplete guesswork scripts from helpful enthusiasts). I don’t see evidence of this changing anytime soon. So my main machine will just have to remain Windows until then. Unfortunately.

I also wish Wayland had broader adoption amongst distros and that some essential tools existed for it (remote desktop server, for example - gnome’s works, but you have to been confined to gnome…)

But, many things will improve over time. It’s a lot of fun.

indigomirage,

Mainly issues around music production. NI Maschine does not function. There’s an old attempt at a driver for a previous version that sort of works for a trivial part of the functionality on an older device, though not any of the bits I actually need to use if it did work. Unsupported either way. Pretty much simply undoable. (running virtual would not work as I’d need to do a very large install of libraries and keep it up to date and in sync during transition).

Guitar hardware is unsupported (helix). Official recommended suggestions is that a) it’s not supported and you’re on your own, and b) maybe try to run virtually or dual boot (defeating the purpose!)

Not having much luck with audio plugins (the DAW is easy - Reaper is great). NI Access only runs via wine on the old installer (insanity to put my lot in something not only unsupported, but official unsupported and sunsetting). I’ve had very little luck getting essential (to me) paid plugins to run. Have tried wine /bottles /yabridge/every combination of drivers/configs I can think of. No joy. Most plugins (not all) might have an answer, but after many days’ effort, I would categorize this as not doable simply. (unless one is lucky (or not unlucky) - and it’s still not actually supported).

Adobe Lightroom is a non-starter. Yes, darktable exists. It’s great, but not actually covering the use case that makes Adobe worth paying for - full integration across devices syncing both ways, and allowing to separately backup originals via my NAS onto Wasabi or wherever. Free software is fine, but I’m happy to pay for something like this.

Commercial support is what’s needed. I am happy to pay for stuff I use (and I believe others should as well) but my core use cases are not covered, and until companies see the business case for support, very little will change. I know Kilohearts was asked about Linux support recently - they said considered it, but it’s not worth their while. This is a great, newish, company that is not even burdened by technology debt constraining them to Win/Mac and it’s not worth it for them…

Apple is best in class for music, but ecosystem is so closed - plus you can’t easily upgrade HW! I am not a fan.

Windows works very well (yes - it’s quirky, but it works well for me). I am not happy with the direction it’s drifting though.

In meantime, I keep trying to make this stuff work in Linux - I actually do use it happily - but it’s not workable as my main machine.

indigomirage, (edited )

That’s pretty much the point. (ie - stuff I need won’t work in wine or won’t work at a HW level).

Wine is fun, but are a growing number of features that are not supported and likely never will be. (by way of example - NI Access 2 installer uses UAC calls. Not workable.

It becomes a game of whackamole trying to find workaround after workaround (and a coin toss as to whether or not one actually exists…)

indigomirage, (edited )

They really look nice. A good font makes a huge difference.

indigomirage,

You are correct, but I find dialing an easy-on-the-eyes colour and a good font reduces eye strain. It lets me keep the font size small with less fatigue especially as my eyes (and I) age.

As for what theme? Usually it’s as simple as browsing through the presets until one jumps out. Takes a few seconds. Having more presets adds about 2 seconds to the process and often (not always!) results in an even better choice. Have no idea the name of the theme I end up with.

Besides, tweaking this can be fun if you’re between thoughts - you end up learning the inner workings of the environment.

indigomirage,

💯

indigomirage,

I try lo like the Front Burner, but the host comes off as unserious and it really makes it hard to wade through. Casual rapport is fine, but it’s difficult to strike the right note. (by way of contrast, The Daily usually manages it quite well even when it’s not Michael Barbaro).

indigomirage,

RSS is the way.

I just wish major newspapers would keep their feeds up to date. Toronto Star, for instance, does not. And yet it posts to vulture social media while complaining about how they are being picked clean… Just silly.

I use RSS for newspapers mostly. Good way to get a bead on what’s being reported chronologically as opposed to being explicitly sorted after the fact by outrage quotient.

indigomirage,

Ugh. I really, really don’t want an Apple. And I’ve got stuff that simply will not run in Linux. (Would very much like to switch fully over to Linux again…)

indigomirage,

I used to use it as a daily driver about 20 years ago. I use it on an old laptop currently (though thunderbird is… unpleasant).

I use WSL constantly.

I’m quite familiar with Linux.

But until hardware vendors actually support the OS, it’s a matter of scraping some eager coder’s git repo for things that work. Sort of. But not really.

Very frustrating.

indigomirage, (edited )

Two main things are Lightroom and Maschine.

I know about Darktable. And lots of others. The photo editing application is the easy part - lots of options. The lightroom secret sauce is fully integrated workflow with mobile and desktop. I am content to pay money for this as it deserves to cost money. However, Adobe does not play nicely with Linux. For this use case, I could likely dual boot (or virtual box).

Music production is a challenge though. Dual booting isn’t an option as it’s my main use case. Maschine (the HW) doesn’t run on Linux. Yes, I know someone a few years ago wrote a partially functional driver for a previous incarnation of the HW, that works in midi mode, but that’s not how I use it. Paid good money for it - not keen on burning it.

I even considered running it in a box (assuming can pass through the usb), but as I started to tally up the dependencies, I would come close to having to put it all on the vbox, ending up with a setup that could only be appreciated by the most zealous Rube Goldberg afficionado…

On the software side, I can likely get wrappers to run a lot of it, but it’s an ongoing dice roll. The DAW is easy (Reaper). But I have a bunch of stuff I use constantly that I paid for and I don’t want the OS to work against me. (And I want to be able to hold the vendors’ feet to the feet when things don’t work properly - I’ve had support concerns (for legit bugs) that fell on deaf ears when I said I use Reaper, which was not officially supported by a certain vendor. How much luck would I have with Linux?

Then there’s the audio interface. Yes - it’ll probably run. But it’s certainly not supported.

Unless vendors actually start supporting Linux (flatpaks/snappaks/whatever would be just dandy), running Linux remains an obstacle, not a solution. However, they won’t start supporting until user base grows. Chicken. Egg. Ugh.

It’s most unfortunate - I definitely try to kick tires on it to see if it’s feasible every few years, but I continue to hit a wall.

In the meantime, I, and, I hope others will keep pressure up on vendors whenever possible.

Edit - spent a few hours last night trying to get plugins to work on Linux/reaper. Yabridge. Couldn’t get a single one to work. Tried Vital. Linux version crashes - the recommended solution seems to be to run it under the windows version under Yabridge! I haven’t even got to trying my more heavily used stuff! I know most, not all (and some stuff that used to run will no more as wine doesn’t support some of the new features in Windows), of these things have solutions, but

I sincerely take pleasure in getting things to run in Linux. I really do. But sometimes the effort becomes about trying to get what you need to work to work, rather than actually doing the work you needed to do in the first place!

I will keep trying periodically.

indigomirage,

Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother was so named because Waters had just read a newspaper article about a woman who had received a plutonium pacemaker.

loudersound.com/…/pink-floyd-the-story-behind-ato…

indigomirage,

I really enjoy Nile Red/Blue. The humour is spot on - dry and subtle and I be up laughing out loud quite a bit.

And - the chemistry is fantastic.

indigomirage,

Have been looking forward to seeing your they implement this. Once it gels a bit I’ll likely dive in.

indigomirage,

Toronto Public Library has been out of commission since Saturday too. Most unfortunate - it is a very popular service.

indigomirage,

I liked mine. I ran the barest of barebones Linux on it and LXDE. The thing that ruined it for me was the small low resolution display. Just too few pixels to have a useable experience.

But as a portable and limited semi-dumb terminal, it wasn’t half bad.

indigomirage,

Mastodon has a feature that lets you do a timed mute for a given source (ie - you can put a 2 week mute on an annoying meme feed that’s having an overzealous ‘moment’). I think this could be a fantastic feature for lemmy…

indigomirage,

Thank you!

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