Unfortunately mint’s file picker dialogue doesn’t have grid view yet - I think Gnome just got it a few versions ago. A workaround for now is to find stuff in the normal file browser, copy a file, then paste that into the directory in the file picker (control+L to edit the directory as text), then press enter.

Oop my bad lol

Man there’s a lot of really stupid shit in here.

Yes having a simple to use shape tool is nice. And it’s on the roadmap so no, it doesn’t go against some weird vaguely defined “core value” of gimp.

I wouldn’t have switched personally if Linux ui was still shit. I put the effort into learning because the initial experience was good enough to warrent delving deeper into it.

Like others have said, it’s on the roadmap. They just need (or want) to add vector layers first. So progress is being made.

Propaganda for what?

Yeah probably the biggest strength of gnome. Often feels better suited for tablets than windows is.

Kdenlive has a visualizer effect you can use https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/effects_and_filters/video_effects/on_master/audio_spectrum_filter.html

It’s not crazy but it works well enough for something simple.

You probably already know but just in case, xournal++ is a good alternative I’ve been using. Not quite as feature rich but does all the basics. Linux on a windows tablet is a surprisingly usable experience, if a little janky.

No flatpak? Who uses flatpak in the terminal?

Also pretty much every distro has some sort of GUI update manager.

I don’t think steam tracks usage of non-steam games. Maybe playtime but iirc it doesn’t even do that.

People are right about flatpak - it will generally keep stuff out of your actual root/home directory. But like you implied, the steam flatpak is unofficial so you may run into issues. With that said, I’ve used it and know many people who use it without any problems.

And depending on the game, you might be able to run it directly with steam offline, or even straight from the executable without steam open at all.

Of course this isn’t airtight, but there are ways to check the permissions granted to flatpak applications. And IMO it works well enough for games. Ofc this depends on how paranoid you are and your reasons for wanting this (fear of a game being a virus, not wanting clutter in home, wanting protection from a bug that would delete data, etc.).

I think the real thing we need to do to attract windows users is have tuxkart installed by default.

I had issues with debian-based distros as well, that’s why I switched to fedora. I also think the go 3 has better support in general. The cameras are still annoying but things have gotten better, with Firefox getting libcamera support.

I agree but also I saw the words “vote” and “nix” and nearly had an aneurism.

I personally got a surface go 3. Put fedora on it and the surface kernel and it works pretty good - GNOME’s interface honestly works better for touchscreens then windows. Just be aware that some config might be needed - I had an issue with the keyboard that required making a udev rule (I documented it on the surface kernel github issues page).

X11 has multi pointer but I have no idea how usable it is https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multi-pointer_X

I think I got this one from someone else, but “the girl who waited” to “Rory’s Choice.” Both are good titles but I think the second option makes a really nice connection to the episode “Amy’s Choice,” both being about their relationship and the passage of time.

It should - I don’t have one myself but I had someone test it and there weren’t any issues. It has full steam input support too.

thanks!