data1701d

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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

More fun than, "I'm gonna rip your eyes out!", anyhow.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

I checked and it already exists in the Fastfatch codebase. Apparently, they event already has a Windows 95 logo.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Such a reference of three oddly specific sci-fi shows. I knew Koenig was in Babylon 5, but I've never watched the show. It's sort of on my mental classic/90s/early 2000s sci-fi watchlist, along with:

  • The various Stargates
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Classic Who (I've only watched the reboot, and only up to partway through 12 at that. I'm working on it.)
  • Perhaps the various Roddenberry concepts developed in the 2000s (I've watched part of Earth: Final Conflict, so I know they kind of suck but are just interesting enough to pull you through. Yes, I will probably watch them anyway.)
  • Maybe Farscapes?
  • I actually need to watch Enterprise at some point - it's the only non-modern Trek I haven't watched. Yes, I know it goes to a bit of a dumpster fire, especially near the end, but some of it is fun I guess.
[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago

Loved that one too.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Actually, I think Neelix doesn’t count as a natural disaster - I think he was a genetic experiment - a manmade disaster.

I’ll admit though that after Kes, Neelix is a somewhat enjoyable character.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago

While some of this can be a problem, I feel like using podman automatically disqualifies you as a regular user.

I think the more accurate title is “Linux is harder for medium power users who are already used to an operating system.”

I honestly feel I am unqualified to say how easy Linux distros are, as I often think to do things that a normal user wouldn’t, thus breaking my system in a way that doesn’t mirror what a regular user would experience.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

True. Industry entrenchment would be a big issue. I can think of two ways to try to fight it. The less viable option would be trying for PSD support, which would be a lot of work. The other option would be to write a Photoshop plugin to allow working with the new file format in Photoshop. This might be annoying to end users having to deal with the format, but also easier developer-wise because you could make sure Photoshop handles rendering right; you'd just need a way to warn about operations in Photoshop that can't be converted to the new FOSS program's native format.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Not exactly “full of” - it was more like 3 classrooms with 30 each. Still a lot of Macs, but keep in mind this was a high school of 2000 students. Also, I’m pretty sure the Macs were paid for with grants for the visual arts programs rather than standard public funding.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In some ways this is true. However, I feel like in the case of Adobe, someone needs to take another shot at a good FOSS image editor. Adobe is really starting to mess itself with generative AI; knowing many artists, they hate generative AI image tech as a threat to their job, so I find it weird that Adobe is alienating one of their largest user bases. I find it weird how Inkscape is really good and has evolved (I actually switched to it from Adobe Illustrator and don´t regret it), while GIMP has barely changed in 10 years.

I get that some parts of an image editor are complex, but at some point, it's just a chain of mathematical operations. Maybe I'm wrong, but when I get the time, it's almost tempting to take a stab at the issue.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think it depends. If a school has a laptop for each student, it is most certainly a Chromebook. However, a lot of schools also have a mix of systems. In elementary school, I was taught to use Microsoft Office on Windows, for instance. At my high school, all the students had Chromebooks, but there were also some labs with Windows machines; graphic design, photography, and film classes had labs full of 5K iMacs.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I added an apt repo someone had created. I've checked how it works, and it's just a CI routine pulling the latest Discord package for the website and throwing it in a repo.

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