Perhaps we can contrast the fundamentals of a Linux system with all of the new technologies becoming integral to a modern distribution? I've created a survey to get some insight on these changes in the Linux desktop and how quickly they're being adopted. For example: * more than half of respondents said they run Linux without having to multi-boot * nearly 2 out of 3 of respondents said they use a Wayland desktop session only, while 1 out of 6 said they run X.org only * 2 out of 5 respondents said they install most/all of their applications as flatpaks, while almost none of them install snaps at all You can read the survey results here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_GmX0flabMP4xPwBXcGTU6QtAmpdRJQbCUU18QZSdHc... You can also take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKuxJKUQ-uzc-I2Y8Z6n0vZmcsFg_XQzxf... Note: Google email addresses are required to take the survey because I want people to be able to edit their responses and not send duplicate responses. - Josh On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 9:51 AM Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> wrote:
If you are looking for more (popular) productivity, try Blender for video editing.
I only watch some of the first part of the video and I remember it being pretty good.
Blender for complete beginners (video editing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7YPabqeDk (Part 1 of 4)
Video recording - OBS
On 7/31/2024 3:12 PM, Keith Wright via WLUG wrote:
John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> writes:
So it might be a really good thing for us to show some of this, along with some of the basic apps.
- web browser - inkscape - gimp - libre office
Basic productivity which most people would want to use. I guess what counts as productivity depends upon what you want to produce.
I need a web browser (Firefox) to learn about stuff and get it. Is there any reason to prefer one over another?
I didn't know what inkscape is. Googled it (with browser). It looks like it might be fun to play with, but is it "productivity"?
I have used gimp years ago, mostly to make party invitations with logo and map. I might have used inkscape if I knew about it at the time.
Office, I have heard, can read Microsoft Office documents, which is something I refuse to do. Years ago I filtered out a lot of stupid spam by setting the SMTP server to reject anything with an attached MS-Word file. I think it still does that, but nobody sends them anymore. I'm hoping it follows Adobe shockwave flash web pages into oblivion.
Besides the browser, my "productivity apps" are:
-- emacs. There may be other ASCII editors, but how can one produce _anything_ without _some_ editor?
-- gcc. I am interested in the Scheme programming language, but I need a C compiler (and make) to make the Scheme interpreter, and everything else.
-- evince. A *.pdf reader. If I download a journal article, it's a PDF.
-- TeX, LaTeX. To make my own article.pdf.
-- Postfix, Apache. That's the way I roll. Others might think Facebook is a good substitute. Phltt!
This conversation started with a link to a Video. How do you make a video? You get the raw material from a video camera/"phone", but what software should I use to cut and paste, maybe enlarge and crop?
-- Keith
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