Hi everyone! So I’ve recently switched to Linux and I’m having a lot of fun downloading software and replacing my old stuff with it. I’m wondering what you all use?
My switched softwares:
Obsidian -> Logseq - Obsidian is great and all but I think Logseq is also competent in its own way even without plugins. I am currently exploring templates to create my own daily journal/habit tracker like I did in Obsidian.
Word/Notepad -> LibreOffice - Seems to have a lot of options. Currently using the writer software for quick notes.
Canva -> Inkscape - I am aware that Canva is a website/android app, but I decided to switch from it to Inkscape by utilizing open source illustrations such as Undraw for graphics needs. I still need to look up tutorials on how to use it properly, though!
Clip Studio Paint -> Krita - I actually made this switch a month or two ago, but I’m really enjoying Krita a lot more than I ever did Clip Studio Paint. Less things to get distracted by, giving you more chances to learn how to utilize the essentials.
Things I’d like to explore in more detail:
- Thunderbird as a calendar/email/task software
- Whether or not I should stick with Calibre for book management
- Kdenlive as a video creating program. I haven’t created videos before, but it seems fun.
How about you? What do you enjoy?
My last experience with Win10 vs now:
(FOSS in bold)
BraveObsidianJoplin + Backblaze B2And now, the online services:
Sorry for the long post. Here are some potatoes:
People should stay far away from Brave.
Brandon Eich’s controversial past and opinions:
https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536
Anti-vaxxer and far-right conspiracies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1337496169690230784
https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040
Privacy related:
https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799
Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliated versions which they profited from:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology
Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/
Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/
Brave sent unsolicited marketing mail to users, though they claimed it was anonymous:
https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/
Brave temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling users:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309
Well fuck. What would you recommend for a mid-2010s ThinkPad, on which Firefox is slightly too heavy, which runs Arch. Bear in mind that I’d prefer to avoid Blink (despite having been using Brave).
I would still suggest Firefox but would recommend
a) to go for maximal RAM configuration
b) remove unnecessary addons
c) install UBlock Origin and an addon that automatically disables unused tabs
On my 2013 Chromebook with 2GB RAM, EndeavourOS and KDE I still get an acceptable browsing experience.
PS: Can somebody tell me how to properly format here?
Damn that’s a lot of reason no to use brave. I switched away from it when it kept trying to sell me their “brave” tokens.
Good overall recommendations, but it’s worth noting that Obsidian is not FOSS.
Ah, shit.
Can you post the link for Micro? I use VSCode daily and if there’s an OSS version comparable/better, definitely interested.
I never could make KDEnlive work well for me, I use ShotCut instead. Basically everything else, I’m the same. Can’t get away from VLC though.
Micro is just a text editor. What you’ll be looking for is probably VSCodium.
Thanks!
VSCode is OSS. The builds Microsoft distributes are proprietary because of some telemetry and stuff like that but glorious volunteers maintain something called VSCodium, which is essentially the same VSCode but without the Microsoft surprises
It took me a few seconds to figure out what the heck just popped up on the side of my screen, haha! Thank you for the potatoes.
Out of curiosity do you find that neocities is easy to set up for a beginner? I’d like to get into blogging that I don’t have to worry about getting comments on. Something where I can just ramble on a bit about how things went that day, what I learned, and then post and never touch it unless I want to reread that day’s entry.
You’ll need to know HTML and CSS, or at least know how to use a WYSIWYG editor (like DreamWeaver or BlueGriffon), but otherwise it’s easy enough.
Literally pick a good name, create the site, and away you go!
I also believe you can connect your site to a custom domain, so it could be mywebsite.xyz instead of mywebsite.neocities.org. Domains are normally subscription based, but Mali (.ml) and Tokelau (.tk) are giving them away for free.
I’m planning on learning coding through FreeCodeCamp, so…it’ll take a while, but I’ll keep it in mind for when I think I can create a site.
Thank you for the information!
Good luck!