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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Plasma has that capability built in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GUIs can have just as many options. Sure there are programs with poor UX. Choose a good one. There are also many GUIs with no CLI alternative, or only a poor UX alternative. As the GUIs guide the user, small changes are understood right away. GUIs remember last settings all the time. Great for reuse. If you have to write a command down, for GUIs it need not be perfect. For CLI one letter wrong and it fails. Using man commands is yet another command to learn and does not work with all CLI commands. It is possible to automate GUI commands.

And even if there was some benefit to a CLI, the entire UX is so poor you can understand why most people prefer GUIs. It's the dominant way for good reason. And why most CLI users use a web browser and GUI email client.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, but once again, the fanboys will hail it as an Apple invention.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great. Now everyone will be copying Apple's foldable idea.

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