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Bro666

@Bro666@social.tchncs.de

Writer, editor, FLOSS junkie, social media drone.

If you want serious Free Software/Hardware/Culture stuff please follow https://mastodon.social/@linux_spain.

Not this. This account is for silliness, off colour humour, complaining about Brexit (and other evil policies, politicians, and ideologies in general), and other stuff that matters to me.

May include swear words.

Cover image is a view of El Paseo de las Palmeras (Málaga) at 9ish in the am on a nice, clear, sunny day -- which is most of them.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

kde, (edited ) to kde
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You heard . Deep down you knew this was coming. Now all your art are belong to them. Time to move on to better things...

Kreative Suite

  • Krita is your new design/painting app
  • Kdenlive will give you video-editing powers
  • glaxnimate adds 2D vector animations to you videos
  • digiKam organises your collection images

https://kde.org/for/creators/
Also:

  • Inkscape - create sophisticated vector-graphic designs
  • Scribus - layout like a pro
  • GIMP - need we say more
  • Blender - ditto

@kde

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@greenman @kde @kde

That's a nice round number. How dis you get to it?

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@greenman @kde @kde

But as far as I know you can.

  • Bitmap design ✔️
  • Vector design ✔️
  • Layout ✔️
  • Video editing ✔️
  • Photo retouching ✔️
  • Animation ✔️
  • ...

Maybe you have info I am lacking. What 300% more tasks can you not do with FLOSS tools that you can with Adobe products?

Also, could you define "better"? In what way are they "better"? Because it is not in all ways, is it? The way they treat users is atrocious, so in that sense they are not "better", right?

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@greenman @kde @kde

  1. I am reading "I think Adobe products are better because I know how to use them."

  2. There is no such thing as an "intuitive ui", just one you have become used to. See 1.

  3. Can you back this up with some stats?

And that would be three things, hardly 300% more things.

kde, to kde
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Amarok, KDE's legendary music player, is out with version 3.0.1.

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/06/02/amarok-3.0.1-released/

@kde

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@kde @kde

Trying it out today, I had a flashback that reminded why I loved this player so much: when I pressed the "pause" button, instead of immediately cutting off, the track gradually faded into silence.

It was not the smorgasbord of features, but the small things like this that set Amarok head and shoulders above all other players. Can't wait to see it brought up to speed again.

kde, to kde
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde

A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

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@enigma @kde @kde

During the Clinton era Microsoft was a hair's breadth away from being broken apart for all its anti-competitive monopolistic shenanigans -- including the browser war thing that you mention.

But then Bush Junior got into power (I resist using the words "was elected") and he swept all that away.

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@aral @kde @kde

Here, you dropped this...

Because, guess what? Plasma does not force you to use Firefox either.

harriorrihar, to random Spanish
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"Looking back from tomorrow"
Prettylights

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@harriorrihar
Strong Mœbius vibes. Absolutely gorgeous.

Bro666, to DigitalArt
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NEW video about KRITA, showing how a 231 brushes bundle can help you.

Check it out. The best of... RAKURRI

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/6m9yK7S3ZUbEx6vdfZuYkP

@krita

Bro666, to StarTrek
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If The Original Series is ST TOS, and The New Generation is ST TNG,... is Discovery ST D?*

  • I bet someone has already made that joke 🙄

drcaberry, to random
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Happy Celebrating NoireSTEMinist.com

video/mp4

Bro666,
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@drcaberry @Hicsumus @toplesstopics @toplesstopics @ToplessTopics

Dear Doctor Berry,

People's mouths expand at the same rate their empathy shrivels on the Internets.

You are doing great work. Ignore the naysayers.

P.S.: I can recommend the Krita Artists's forum if you want to get in touch with a bunch of big-hearted nutty artists with unique visions to make you stuff.

Here's something I posted there and it worked out nicely:

https://krita-artists.org/t/kde-needs-a-new-design-for-our-sticker-set/43315/21

Bro666,
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@jaxil6 @Nia_The_Cat

Maybe you should ask for your money back...

kde, to random
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WARNING: Global themes and widgets created by 3rd party developers for Plasma can and will run arbitrary code. You are encouraged to exercise extreme caution when using these products.

A user has had a bad experience installing a global theme on Plasma and lost personal data.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bixmbx/do_not_install_global_themes_some_wipe_out_all/

Global themes change the look of Plasma, but also the behavior. To do this they run code, and this code can be faulty, as in the case mentioned above. The same goes for widgets and plasmoids.

Bro666,
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@whimsy @kde

I am not sure whether you are being sarcastic or not, but the fact there was a warning for users, and that the warning has been up there for several years, indicates that somebody at KDE did consider the possibility and developers considered it important enough to be worth advising about.

Lana, to random
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Let's make a list of awesome women to follow for .

Leave your suggestions and I'll add them here.

I'll start things off with

@lisa
@Stoned_Deva_
@GottaLaff
@Alice
@RickiTarr
@rooster

Bro666,
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@drcaberry @JeriEllsworth
@foosel

Bro666, to random
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Bro666, to random
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Coming next month in @linuxmagazine 8 pages on @kde's Plasma desktop system

Eight pages that try to answer the age old questions of what is it, why is it special (and different!), what's coming in , and why the heck aren't you on it already.

On sale in February.

kde, to kde
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Plasma 6 Beta 2 released! We are nearly there, but more testing needed.

Just in time for the Winter Holidays 🎄, Happy New Beta 🎉!

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/

After this second Beta, there will be two Release Candidates, one on the 10th and the other on the 31st of January. All these releases are not final, they are for testing and should not be used in production...

@kde

Animations showing of the multiple desktops and wallpapers available for Plasma 6

Bro666,
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@mdwalters @kde @kde

YES!!!!

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you use Threads or Bluesky, you get an "F" in anti-fascism.

Bro666,
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@StillIRise1963

Does the "F" also stand for "fuckwit"?

Hey_Beth, to random
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    @Hey_Beth

    Was the advantage "they don't use Threads"?

    kde, (edited ) to windows
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    Why wait for Microsoft to catch up with what we've been doing for decades?

    Get Plasma, a modern, fully functional, clean, privacy-respecting, non-intrusive operating system now, regardless from where you live and ditch Windows for good.

    https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

    #windows #DMA

    @kde

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    @tnypxl @kde @kde

    Like what?

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    @01adrianrdgz @kde @kde

    Take it from an old-timer: Microsoft would crush KDE without a second thought if it ever grew beyond what they considered acceptable in the desktop/end user market share.

    All the MS ❤️ Linux is at best for servers only, not anything that can benefit the common people. KDE aims for the common people.

    At worst it is PR bullshit ( ⬅️ it's this one).

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    @01adrianrdgz @kde @kde

    How can they ever be. one is greedy predatory megacorporation only motivated by power and money.

    The other is a grassroots volunteer-powered association that explicitly advocates both in word and action improving the lot of fellow humans by giving control over technology to everybody.

    They both produce software which is often functionally similar. A collision sooner or later is inevitable.

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    @torben @01adrianrdgz @kde @kde

    Interestingly related: when KDE devs complained to Microsoft that, due to the fact that name of their new product and similarity in functionality to KDE's own Maui project

    https://mauikit.org/

    they were causing confusion and potentially violating KDE's trademark, in the Microsoft forums KDE was told to sue them or f**k off.

    KDE does not have much money, much less enough to embark in a costly legal battle with Microsoft with a doubtful outcome.

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    @torben @01adrianrdgz @kde @kde

    They also copied the slogan for KDE Plasma 5 ("Simple by default, powerful when needed") and used a thinly veiled variation to promote Windows 11.

    https://twitter.com/ClauCambra/status/1466153819713191947

    They were also notified and they again ignored the notification.

    kdenlive, to videoediting
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    We just held our 2023 sprint and worked hard on improving KDE's video editor Kdenlive for three days straight.

    We tackled bugs affecting grouped clips, the workflow, the organization of menu items, and much more.

    Read the full report at:

    https://kdenlive.org/en/2023/11/kdenlive-sprint-recap-november-2023/

    @kde

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    @limitedduck @failedLyndonLaRouchite

    To add to this: Kdenlive team members are volunteers and KDE is not a company. They do it because they want to do it.

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