jacob

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[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

It should work normally, there's even cinnamon applets for controlling it from the panel

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Another nice-to-have is KDE Connect, it connects your desktop with your phone to sync notifications, send files, control media playback, use as remote input, share clipboard, send commands, and more

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

BONUS: here's some command-line toys that are not useful or necessary, but are just real fun to take a look at especially if you're new to linux:

  • cmatrix (does the matrix code rain thing)
  • cowsay (ascii cow with speech bubble)
  • sl (steam locomotive in your terminal)
  • cbonsai (generate bonsai tree)
  • neofetch (this one is actually very useful and will print system information in an aesthetically pleasing way)
[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Here's some creative software that replace the functionalities of Adobe software & more.

  • photo editing: GIMP
  • vector images: Inkscape
  • drawing/painting: Krita (GIMP also fine for this)
  • video editing: kdenlive
  • 3d modelling, animating, etc.: Blender
  • audio editing: Tenacity (Audacity fork made after the buyout without telemetry)
  • DAW: LMMS
  • media player: VLC or mpv

if there's any other specific software you're looking for a FOSS alternative to, don't hesitate to ask. You always have more options on Linux than you'd think.

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the Integrity-Vision presidential ticket will heal the nation

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

now what the hell did i do to deserve being called a lib by the illest horny villain, MF COOM?

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 79 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you so much smuglord

 

Hopefully this is an appropriate community to post this in--I just want to thank the users on hexbear.net for being by far the best posters of the entire fediverse.

Each day I open Lemmy, it can be very hit or miss whether or not any given community has new content that I enjoy, but Hexbear posts are consistently funny, interesting and thoughtful.

I know that Hexbear is subject to being comically villified for reading books and having pronouns by several less progressive instances on Lemmy at this point, so I just wanted to let you guys know not to let the haters get you down and that your posting prowess does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

P.S. I can't help but smile every time I see that emoji of the smug character with crossed arms.

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 years ago

source: stonetoss

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

stonetoss is a nazi

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

If you have any additional software which you are looking for FOSS Linux alternatives for, feel free to list them. Your options are much greater than most people coming from Windows expect them to be, and many of us have already spent a lot of time deep down the rabbit hole of finding quality open-source software alternatives, so we can surely point you in the right directions.

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

NixOS is immutable and highly reproducible, with the ability to rebuild identical systems with a declarative configuration file--including installed packages.

So in the case of multiple public computers, you would only need to create/maintain one configuration file that defines all of the user profiles, permissions, restrictions, settings, software packages, you name it.

It would without a doubt be what i'd choose for a fleet of public library computers. Extremely reliable and easy to setup to prevent tampering or misuse.

 

[–] jacob@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Another option on Android is NewPipe. Doesn't look as nice as Libretube imo, but it goes to Youtube directly for content which is useful since public piped instances can be a bit unreliable or slow from time to time. (Also on Libretube you have to sign up and re-import your subscriptions whenever you switch instances which can be tedious)

 

(also ft. the hot air balloon i just built)

 
 

I felt that the asymmetry of the first extension (the purple part with green roof in the middle) was a bit too jarring and the support for that structure was questionable looking, so i added another section to even it all out and put an observatory dome on the top so that it didn't look too symmetrical.

 

I added the purple section arching over Dojo Street with a green roof on top. As an added bonus it provides rain cover for the Dojo Street Subway Station entrance below it 👍

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