panosalevropoulos

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GIMP 3.0.0 RC1 Released in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

That is true. IIRC, Krita is the only one of the 3 that has native CMYK support.

GIMP 3.0.0 RC1 Released in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

In my experience, Inkscape can be used as a professional replacement for Illustrator. It has never crashed on me. There may be some limitations, but nothing super inconvenient or something there isn't a workaround for.

GIMP, on the other hand, is a mixed bag. I believe Krita is a much better candidate to be used professionally than GIMP. GIMP has an objectively bad UI, has weird quirks for very simple tasks, and is prone to crashes. I use GIMP for simple image editing and Krita for more complex projects. GIMP 3.0 is their best chance to fix their reputation and I'm hopeful it will deliver.

If you don't have time to try them yourself, follow creators who use them and check their workflow. I recommend Davies Media Design on YouTube for great videos on Inkscape especially.

Edit: No program is completely immune to crashes, it's good practice to routinely save projects no matter how stable or unstable the program is.

e-waste go brrrrrrr in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I recently flashed Mint on a MacBook Air 2012, but WiFi is really unstable and slow. Probably a driver issue. I had worse luck with Debian and Fedora.

What to do when a giant company refuses to honor a GPL claim? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 193 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Check the FSF's violations of GNU licenses page. You can also email the FSF's licensing and compliance lab at licensing@fsf.org and our team would be happy to assist.

Active combat against surveillance instead of passive defense in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some superficial thoughts, please correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't AdNauseam generating more traffic to ads, thus increasing their value in terms of metrics? Also, do people really think that agencies like NSA, which are capable of extremely sophisticated surveillance, can be disrupted by random text in emails? These tools sound like a waste of time to me.

I made it to Linux! What is your must-have FOSS or Free Software for linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

For DAW, you may also want to check out Zrythm and Ardour.

Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The patent was about a "sorting system". More info here.

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
 

See also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
 

See also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
 

See also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
 

See also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)
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See also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.

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ESP Wiki is looking for moderators (lemmy.ml)
 

Reposting from https://lemmy.ml/post/193809 now that lemmy has more users. :)

If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated.

ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc.

It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic.

Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while.

You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description.

Links:

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Open Source Needs Our Help: Stand up for Open Source Software Patent Defense! (tutanota.com)
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Open Source Needs Our Help: Stand up for Open Source Software Patent Defense! (tutanota.com)
Linus Torvalds -- Creator of Linux -- defends gun regulation, woke communists, womens rights AND trans rights. Linux is political! in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

That's true. It's the human element that creates the political attribute.

Linus Torvalds -- Creator of Linux -- defends gun regulation, woke communists, womens rights AND trans rights. Linux is political! in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (24 children)

You are thinking of software as if it exists in a vacuum. Software that is libre is a political statement. Software that is proprietary is also a political statement. Lemmy choosing to be decentralized/federated/interoperable is also a conscious political decision just as Apple chose to create its own proprietary ecosystem instead of caring about interoperability.

Stand up for Open Source Software Patent Defense in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
Blocking Google+Amazon+Cloudflare? [asking for a friend] in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can find some gigantic filter lists out there. Check https://filterlists.com.

It is correct to refer to GNU/Linux as GNU/Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] panosalevropoulos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Someone on Hacker News suggested the name "Gnux" instead of "GNU/Linux".

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ESP Wiki is looking for moderators (wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/193809

If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated.

ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc.

It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic.

Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while.

You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description.

Links:

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ESP Wiki is looking for moderators (wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/193809

If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated.

ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc.

It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic.

Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while.

You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description.

Links:

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ESP Wiki is looking for moderators (wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/193809

If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated.

ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc.

It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic.

Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while.

You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description.

Links:

3
ESP Wiki is looking for moderators (wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/193809

If you are familiar with software patents and would like to moderate an excellent database of campaign material against software patents, please respond below. This post will be pinned until ESP Wiki is sufficiently moderated.

ESP Wiki was created in 2008 as the main resource for activists, programmers, lawyers, and policy makers with the goal of abolishing software patents. In the past, it has worked as a community forum for FSF's amicus briefs to courts and has been cited by legal journals and articles. Lately it has gotten some serious updates: a new logo, a modernized theme, better categorization, brand-new custom wiki templates, etc.

It is not required to have a legal background, but you should be at least comfortable with reading legal information. You should also have a general understanding of basic legal procedure around patent law. But even if you don't know much, this is a great opportunity to learn some interesting details about this topic.

Do not hesitate to contact me at any point; this post will be up for a while.

You can read more about the End Software Patents campaign in the community's description.

Links:

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