Just like migrating from Reddit to Lemmy it’s the same as migrating from Windows to Linux, there’s shortcomings and learning curve and the more I use Lemmy the more I hate about Windows, because unlike reddit Lemmy is open source and open source softwares communities is more popular than proprietary communities and people like to shit on them (and I loved it). (Sorry for horrible English)
I switched to Linux mint back in 2015 but had to switch back because of poor drawing tablet support and because I used Adobe Flash. I tried again last week and the open tablet driver fully supports my tablet, proton runs all my games, and fuck Adobe.
What are you currently using instead of Adobe’s suite? I know about inkscape. And although I applaud the efforts, Scribus and Gimp seem to be no match for Indesign and Photoshop.
Have you tried Krita?
I haven’t yet, but I’ll check it out! I thought that was more a digital art/drawing program though, but could still be useful.
I just gave inkscape and gimp another chance. The UI has become more modern now so it isn’t as much of a pain to use.
How do I convince my friends Lemmy ain’t a cult with titles like this!?
Its only a proper cult when we have /c/pyongyang hosted somewhere. But I don’t wanna go down that rabbit hole.
Yeah! Good on you. All these big tech companies are getting worse and worse.
At the risk of starting a fight in the comments, what distro did you choose?
I started with Fedora and ended up switched to Arch btw and that’s what I’m using
You must say “BTW” at the end of the sentence. Please read the manual.
Haha sorry Imma correct that now
Not OP, but I went with PopOS. I’d used it in a VM for a few years, so I decided to install it when I finally decided to make the switch after Microsoft decided to reveal that dystopian “record everything on your screen, coming to a PC near you soon” bullshit.
Yeah, that is either going to get me to Linux or at least Mac depending on one of my work apps.
(I can’t use alternatives or wine to run it.)
I did the same the other day, although I’m dual booting as I still need Windows for a few things (namely Photoshop.) Slowly getting used to Linux though, and it does feel… free. It’s extremely nice. Games run better (I mean fuck, the entire computer runs better.) I already use GrapheneOS on my Pixel 8, so it’s nice to have my PC finally move towards privacy too.
Welcome to the Linux world! Don’t get discouraged by the learning curve. It’ll vary by distro and what tasks you wish to accomplish. Remember: you’re re-learning or first learning a new system. Many conventions are the same. Some are different. Ask for help when you need it. You’ll find many people who are willing to guide you as you go. As time goes on, you’ll pick up steam and your growth will expand exponentially.
Coolest thing is that when you got yourself up to speed, very little will change in the future, and if there are changes, you can choose to upgrade your system to them, or not.
I feel windows was the stable, simple platform where stuff just worked. Today it’s not always working(like sound and music) and on top of that everything needs different workarounds, workarounds that won’t work anymore 1 day when some forced change will happen to your system.
Welcome!
I installed Linux mint in dual boot configuration, which had some problems getting working (aka not easy). I haven’t used it much mostly because notepad++ isn’t available outside of emulation and ubuntu’s repo. I tried like all the Linux notepads’ and didn’t like them because they lacked notepad++ functionalities I wanted. I really want to drop windows, but cannot right now.
If all you need is np++ you can run it through Lutris which is faster than windows in some cases
Haven’t heard of Lutris, and the website says it’s an open source gaming platform. I’m kinda confused about what it does. It’s a client to host all your gaming accounts? How’s that related to NP++? Sorry if I sound too obtuse, it can take a bit on the uptake for me.
It’s just a gui frontend of wine with some enchantment to run not just windows games but also windows softwares on Linux, it’s pretty easy to install and setup also you don’t need an account to use it
I’ll try this next, thanks for the info.
It’s worth noting that, if you already have steam installed, you can have it do the same thing without needing to install Lutris. Lutris will probably still be simpler to set up, but just in case you already have steam and really don’t want to install yet another program just to get notepad++ running properly:
You’ll need to enable “force compatibility layer for all games” in the Steam settings (or something along those lines), then add notepad++.exe to Steam via the “Add non-Steam game to library” functionality.
What features from Notepad++ are you wanting in an editor?
-Folder search/replace functions, which searches all text in all file types in a folder I choose.
-User created language rules and formatting (An example use case is a personal path of exile’s loot filter)
-Dark mode or ability to customize UI colors
-Exporting/importing application settings and languages
Notepad++ can do these without too much of a learning curve, which is nice, because I’m not looking for a full IDE to learn. Also the last two points are not as important, but really nice to have.
I’m willing to learn a new software package as long as it doesn’t have a big learning curve (basically as easy as notepad++), suggestions would be welcomed and maybe a nudge in the right direction to where these features are.
I don’t know if you’ve tried Kate, but it does most of this. It can act as an IDE, but it’s first and foremost a text editor, which is similar to Notepad++ (iirc, it’s been a while). The toughest requirement to meet would be
-User created language rules and formatting (An example use case is a personal path of exile’s loot filter) … without too much of a learning curve
https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/katepart/highlight.html is the documentation for how you’d do that, and https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/tree/master/data/syntax has all of the built-in syntax highlighters.
It also runs on Windows, so you can give it a spin and see what you think. It’s unfortunate that NP++ is tied so directly to Windows APIs, but I wonder how hard it would be to use winelib to make a decent Linux version.
I tried Kate on Linux, and didn’t see that. I’ll look into it again. Thanks for the tip.
I have no clue what it would take to make a Linux version, way over my head haha
Did notepadqq not work out? It’s a great look-alike of notepad++ but i admit i haven’t used it that much.
Tired it and it didn’t have the features I wanted. Last I looked, the description said they are in the process of implementing them.
lemmy máde me stop Using google
Lemmy made me try Kagi.com, a not open source search engine. I wish there was a better and more open way to search the web.
I’m using MetaGER right now and I’m liking it. It’s free to use but they have pricing for more robust features.
Check it out!
Thanks, it looks like a good Meta-Searchengine.
Using Lemmy make me hate Windows (or any proprietary softwares) and finally make me fully switched to Linux
- made me hate
- ‘software’ doesn’t get an S. ever.
- made me fully
- the ‘switched’ isn’t wrong here, but it’s ooky.
the ‘switched’ isn’t wrong here, but it’s ooky.
switched is wrong. should be “made me switch” where ‘made’ gets the past tense.
also, using obscure onomatopoetic words like “ooky” while teaching ESL is generally not that helpful lol. how is op supposed to know that it conveys a gross feeling? looks like a typo for ‘okay’. that shit ain’t gonna be in any dictionary they look up
I also thought it was a typo for okay.
software doesn’t get an S. Ever.
Oftware?
Okay but why? Is it just because it’s closed source?
Because of the metrics, the ads, and the constant “let’s see how they are going to degrade my user experience” dread whenever there is an update.
There are good closed source softwares out there but most of the popular closed source software are bad not because of their functionality but because of evil and controlling monetization tactics
Personally, I can’t stand trying to troubleshoot obfuscated error messages in current mass-market software. I don’t even think it appeals to the lowest common-denominator. “Oopsie-doodle! Your puter has an owie. 😢 Running a Health Check to see if we need to download more FUN! Sending results to Daddy Microsoft! …”
I love that you are trying Linux
I will fuckin hate you with a passion if you start invading threads specifically about Windows with comments about how Linux is superior and we should just use that.
It isn’t, that’s why we’re not using it 😂
