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/viewanalytics

You can also take the survey here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKuxJKUQ-uzc-I2Y8Z6n0vZmcsFg_XQzxf_9QYTJSokBtVbw/viewform

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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