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[–] ian@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

People speak many different languages around the world. Gimp doesn't have a bad connotation outside small and sad group of people. A subset of English speakers only. People like that should not dictate what the rest of us, outside their bubble, do.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Businesses around the world, who have no idea what a few people use the term gimp to mean, are no different. The name makes no difference to them. To most people around the world, gimp means that photo editor.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

I'm a non IT user interested in usability. I left Windows 7, on my home PC, over 10 years ago, as Linux has a good selection of Desktop Environments to choose from. So I get to try different ways of working. Windows has loads of tweaks. But no serious alternative desktops. Work PC is Windows only sadly.

[–] ian@feddit.uk -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Plasma has that capability built in.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. For me, creating car body shells, FreeCAD doesn't come close. It seems most FOSS programmers don't need complex shape surfacing to scratch an itch, so that is a long way off. For now.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. Sure. I see. Thanks. Maybe I was too focussed. Non IT people are nerdy too.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah. True. Thanks. Yes dark times with hardware compatibility back then.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 33 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I might be an idiot, but I'm not going to use a Mac.

This meme also perpetuates the myth that to use Linux you must be an IT person. I just use it as a user.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For using osm as a map, it's great and very detailed. For cycling navigation it's ideal. And beats Google maps that fails to find a route without a data connection. Like when roaming. And in many poorer countries, where humanitarian agencies desperately need maps, Google doesn't bother to map any details, because there is no money in it for them. Fail again.

And, as with railways, companies love to build new, as you get a monopoly. But maintenance? No financial benefit to doing that.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

As long as it's easy to setup, anything would be good. After many years of asking, nobody has been able to suggest anything.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For simple screen recording, I could only find not-so-simple OBS that let me record a part of a screen. In the end it's a good and reliable solution once you set up and save the local area I want to record. Not so spontaneous, but solid.

I edit the videos in KDEnlive Windows install, which is excellent for this work. I have a smooth process and create many videos quickly.

 

Lots of new features in Inscape 1.3

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ian@feddit.uk to c/inkscape_vectors@feddit.uk
 

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