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  • Set a large pencil brush size and click a large black dot. Then make the brush smaller and white, then click once in the middle.

  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
    ian @feddit.uk

    New case with keyboard designed for disaster scenario

    The new, keyboard case, is intended to be inclusive for all Meshtastic users. In a dystopian apocalypse, and all mobile networks are down. even zombies can now keep in touch with the R keyboard. Press the letter R repeatedly to spell out any zombie phrase.

  • sure. those are reasons it's missing some stuff. But I was referring to other important things also missing from Windows. Which is what Linux seems to follow. Linux has a great opportunity to break away, and come up with something really good. But sadly, there will be reasons not to, I suspect.

  • AutoCAD might be widely used at the lower end, where many just create a sketch and extrude it. But that is no good for car or aircraft design, where you need high end smooth shape commands, and high productivity workflows.

  • Great. But AutoCAD and Solidworks are not high end CAD. Acceptable for some I guess. But we need serious CAD.

  • We have to use Windows at work for our high end CAD. There's no FOSS alternative.

    I use Linux at home. Which is basically a, less crap, copy of Windows. But is still missing important stuff.

  • Lease out the prisoners for manual labour. Include shackles in the leasing price. This would save prison costs, make money, and we can all say Trump brought back slavery.

  • They should get out more.

  • I knew they should have built a real smoke and engine noise generator into the cyber truck. So that all those who insist on polluting, don't have to be left out.

  • Why not both? It's simple to install both and decide for yourself. I use both for different tasks.

  • I'm also not a text first person. There are a lot of us about. I have found GUI applications to do most commands I need. Most IT users don't know them, as they've never searched for them. I pin the apps as Favourites in the launcher, to help remember my processes. The apps typically keep the last used values, making them quite productive.

  • Oh great! The planet has already got a carbon dioxide atmosphere. So we can't go there and burn stuff to mess it up like web did to the last one.

  • Get a spare computer. Then you will feel more inclined to mess with it. And your main computer is always ready to look up issues and set up boot USB sticks. You will definitely try out lots more distros without hesitation.

    And there are some cool mini PCs to buy quite cheap.

  • Yes. I use that option. But as I rarely see the desktop, hiding any files or folders makes little difference to using Plasma.

  • My desktop is hidden by all the open apps all the time. Sure you can get there via the file manager, but it's just another folder. And sure you can deliberately minimise all the apps. But the content is, by default hidden, and not in your face, to be stumbled upon like an inbox. Desktops can only contain closed files, and are a flaw in the UX logic.

  • Many churches have a bible that the church want's you to believe without question. Which is known as faith. It is better to question everything.

  • Oh, come on!

  • English is slightly ambiguous here. As tighten has 2 meanings. Turning a screw clockwise is to tighten it, as opposed to loosen it anticlockwise. But it's quite loose. Finally, to make it tight and secure, you tighten it with one last turn.

  • Me in shop: I want to buy a robot vacuum cleaner. Do you have one of those sweary ones?

  • HDMI is important as you can control it with the TV remote control. On off too. Essential.

    I have a Sony soundbar with a separate, floor standing, Bass unit. If you have a good screen then good bass, I mean really good bass, gives it a cinematic feel. Play the THX Intro on YouTube and you'll know what I mean. My neighbours love it too!

  • Vivaldi. It has lots of good usability functions, and handles tabs and bookmarks really well. In fact, as it is descended from the original Opera browser, it had a long heritage where other browsers copied the good features they developed, such as sync and tabs.

  • Droid-ify and F-Droid seem to work well.

  • KDE @lemmy.kde.social
    ian @feddit.uk

    Sync to Samba Share via GUI

    I’m looking for a way in Plasma to backup and sync my data from PC to a LAN Samba share on my NAS, using a GUI program.

    The many sync apps (Grsync, Unison, Lucky, RealTime, Kup etc.) I’ve tried over many years, don’t let me set a remote/samba target. Most navigate locally only. I would mount the share, but nobody I’ve found knows of a GUI way to permanently mount it.

    Everything else I need on Plasma has a GUI solution. Just a sync fails. I’d be grateful to hear of a GUI solution

    Inkscape Vector Graphics @feddit.uk
    ian @feddit.uk

    Inkscape 1.3 Released!

    Lots of new features in Inscape 1.3

    Inkscape Vector Graphics @feddit.uk
    ian @feddit.uk

    Share your vector artwork!

    Have you got a drawing made in Inkscape or other vector program that you are proud of? Share it here. Here's one to start off.

    Inkscape Vector Graphics @feddit.uk
    ian @feddit.uk

    What is Inkscape?

    Inkscape is a drawing program that creates vector graphics, or shape objects. Which is different from pixel graphics where the image is made from a grid of coloured dots. It has advanced functionality for creating professional artwork. Inkscape is a free, open source program. So if you want to try it you can download it from inkscape.org and install it right away.