histoireSettled-In
Lumeinshin
I like the database functionality of calibre, but man, the reader and what not have never worked for me right.
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gingermilkDedicated
histoire what problems did you have with the reader?
- gingermilkDedicated
Lumeinshin the only thing you need is a browser and a terminal to syu. that's what I do on my computer 90% of the time
I think most people here already knew, but here are some scripts/softwares that I like:
yt-dlp
basically youtube-dl, but the throttling issue has been improved a lot
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
i3 with kde
a guide for setting up i3 with kde, the comfiest combination imo
https://github.com/heckelson/i3-and-kde-plasma
thefuck
I don't actually use it, but a command correcter called fuck is pretty funny
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
- histoireSettled-In
gingermilk
It's been a while since I tried using it, but it seems like it wouldn't render, would render wrong, or would do so so slowly as to be unusable.
- gingermilkDedicated
histoire hmm interesting. I have never had these problems
LumeinshinElder
I think i'd heard of 'thefuck' but didnt remember it, tempted to install it for the amount of times i mistype commands
the other two i hadnt heard of, I still havent given i3 a proper go tbh
- histoireSettled-In
Yeah, it's super weird. Not a clue what could be causing it.
Oh man, it removes auto complete? :^)
- LumeinshinElder
histoire There is an appimage, but yeah its worth trying it again should you want to
Weirdly I did have calibre open when i put more epubs on my ereader and it detected it which surprised me, thank you FOSS. I dont have my calibre set up properly tho, just got stuff i converted on it lol, got a /books/ folder which i drag n drop instead
histoire
sometimes tab doesnt work, idk why i dont even think anythings wrong, some things just dont recognise anything until ive typed it properly then ran it
- gingermilkDedicated
Lumeinshin i3 is the only tiling wm I have used for a long time. it's basic but contains all you need :>
- LumeinshinElder
gingermilk
Yeah I tried adding some features to OpenBox (ive used it for 3+ years now) but i could only really get window moving going, just via keybinds not automatic tiling. I probably could get it working properly now if i wrote some custom scripts but I havent tried since.
If i were still in my 'have 20 million laptops all with different linux softwares on' phase i'd definitely give i3 a go again and give it a fair shot
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kronerNewbie
Hello friends I am new to this foruhm and I use linux/gnu btw 
Looks like a nice place y'all got here
- gingermilkDedicated
kroner welcome!
yukarihinataRegular
kroner welcome and enjoy. this is a comfy forum to talk about your interests. enjoy your time here.
friffriRegular
ripgrep: A clone of the classic grep, except it's like super fast! In the last year I had to work on really big codebases and this tool saved my ass so much time. I have no idea how it does it but it's complete magic to me.
I often use this when working on a big codebase, with the classic grep I had to filter folders or I had to wait like 20-30 seconds for the search to print results. With ripgrep I don't even have to do that, just type rg "something" . and it's instant
Photopea: it's not really Linux software, it's a webapp but it's a damn good one. They even have AI art tools integrated, no setup needed. I first found it because I wanted to make a stupid meme for a group chat, I found it so good that I got a lot more ideas and made 5 of them.
- LumeinshinElder
friffri
oh thats neat, always cool to find a little equivalent of something that is just way better. i'm sure there'll be like 2 scenarios where ripgrep will just set your machine on fire but otherwise its fiiiine 
ah i remember Photopea! I think i last heard about it during a beta? it seemed really promising, maybe i'll have to check it out again.
I've had to learn to love GIMP, I used to run photoshop cs2(?) via wine and that was decent once it decided to work
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LlunarisedNewbie
Ive been finding that maintaining my packages with Nix has left me feeling a bit lame regarding the management of my system. I wonder if it is time to move back to pacman. Has anyone tried snap here? Is it good? I hear people meme on it, but for alot of stuff, I would like it to just work...
- LumeinshinElder
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mechapSettled-In- Edited
I prefer to compile from source or use the standard package manager. Programs load and run faster, use less memory and take up less disk space. I believe that flatpack and snap are two competitive solutions to a problem that doesn't actually exist. The former was created as a way for canonical to compete with apple and microsoft in offering an online store where they could sell you software with any licence whatsoever. The sole purpose of the latter was to provide an open-source alternative. However, they are both attempts to monetize software and inject dubious licences into a community that habors a deep-seated distrust for both of those practices.