Paranoid Factoid

Started on 1993 with Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux. Before kernel 1.0! Before ELF binaries, even.

I’ve been running Ubuntu Studio for almost ten years. Before that it was Redhat variants. Before Linux, a short time with 386/BSD. But for work, SunOS, Irix, HP-UX, and a stint on a team supporting a VAX 8900 running VMS

I’m about to dump Ubuntu Studio. Thinking either Fedora or Debian.

So they’re feeding bees Vegemite now.

Mastodon project needs to fix how authentication is handled across user instances. This confuses newbies because they click a link and wind up at a remote server where they’re not authenticated, and don’t even realize it.

This divide is problematic across ActivityPub. Hubzilla and zot fixed that problem years ago.

Inkscape has a few text deformation tools Gimp lacks. Importing svgs produced from Inkscape would be a big win. People will use that.

An alpha mask on an adjustment layer allows for all sorts of useful adjustment blends using paint brushes or black and white gradients. I’m sure you’ve seen how Ps handles adjustment layers. Krita is similar. This is just a common interface element now. It works well. Shrug.

Good luck. Thank you for Gimp 3. It is a real improvement over prior major releases.

I realize Gimp is a free project and has limited resources. I’m thankful there are people (like you) who maintain and improve it. Because I run Linux, Gimp and Krita have been my only available go-to tools. But it is painful. I really hope you guys rework the alpha mask code so each adjustment filter gets its own mask. Maybe in 3.4 or whatever.

Layer styles for text are a big deal. Being able to reorder adjustments in the stack is a big deal. Vector layers are a big deal. Real improvement has happened. But I do actually use adjustment masks. A lot of people do.

Thank you for these updates. Another thing I’d really like to see is better integration with Inkscape. It does text better than Gimp. Being able to craft text there and flawlessly import that into Gimp, with all its filters and effects, would really be nice. Inkscape is quite good.

Come on. Since 1997 and Ps 7, every adjustment had its own alpha mask to paint where and how much that adjustment would take place in the frame. Affinity does this. Hell, Krita has done this for nearly 20 years.

Gimp 3 is a genuine improvement. But what you propose is the kind of delusional thinking seen in ‘Gimp is better than Photoshop’ advocacy videos on YouTube. The kind of advocacy that has ruined GIMP’s reputation among people who actually use this software.

Your half baked solution does not do the job.

I’m less interested in games and more interested in creative apps. If Affinity on Linux is actually useful now, I’d make the transition. Gimp still lacks layer masks for adjustments. I want better tools.

I can understand the FTC being involved because trade. But the FCC? Maybe regulatory authority over WiFi? But this seems like massive over reach.

Remember when conservatives claimed to support smaller government?

Apple’s integrated CPU, GPU and high bandwidth RAM has won the price/performance war. Neither Intel nor AMD have yet to offer a comparable product line that meets Apple’s design. They value upgradability via low bandwidth DIMMS and continue to lose customers.

It’s a weird Frankenstein mix with GrapheneOS. They have a Google compatibility layer, which allows some Google Store apps to run, but at the cost of providing tracking and telemetry to Google. There are other FOSS app stores as well.

You’re advised to use containers and containerize Google, Meta, and other privacy violating social media apps, which will feed data back but limit what data the apps can send. Also, you can shut down the containers when not in use, which ends all telemetry from those apps.

But you do have to manage this. Privacy comes at the cost of complexity and effort. Is that worth it to you? It is for me.

What’s the issue with the 10a?

Nice info but I have given up on Reddit.

Nautilus can move groups of numbered files, which is useful for image frames stored separately. But it has bugs. One of them won’t let you start a sequential move from any number other than 1. Which is idiotic.

Dolphin can’t even do that.

The command line can, easily.

I want my old Walkman back.

Yggdrasil Plug and Play Linux!

Thanks for linking to an archive of a Reddit post. Fuck Reddit.

Good demonstration project though.

That’s what arbitration is and the companies rigged it.