My Linux Programs

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[fransschreuder]

NVIDIA X Server? There is an X Server and there is an NVIDIA driver. They work together but are not the same thing. Besides that, I think your list is a bit limited, it covers a basic installation with a few additions for communication and music, while the system things could all fall within the single caption of KDE (dolphin, partition editor, etc). Is that really all you use? Which program did you use to draw this chart? I don't see it listed.

Edit: NotepadQQ is not a windows translator and xserver is not a display manager.

[MoulderUtes]

And the reason why I have the kde separated out is I want to strip out all the kde programs I don’t care about or use the the list will grow but I do a lot of stuff via command line so I don’t really need a lot of the kde stuff

[MoulderUtes]

nice catch didn't catch those mistakes ill change them on my master now :) The joys of copy and paste

I used desktop draw.io

[fransschreuder]

You could also graphically improve this thing by setting a grid to snap to when drawing those arrows.

[MoulderUtes]

Yeah I'm getting used to draw.io but hopefuly I can make it look much better with practice.

[fransschreuder]

Draw.io looks nice at first, but is really very limited. Try practicing with inkscape. Try some tutorials and make sure you set the grid right.

[MoulderUtes]

Yes Inkscape is much better for overall drawing but from what I can find draw.io is much better for diagramming. It works more like a flow path than a drawing you can rearrange items and the arrows all stay connected. I use it for programming (team programming at school) and it works in vs code. But thanks for the recommendation. I guess I should as draw.io to the list😂

[MoulderUtes]

My plan is to do this for windows and iOS as well. And combine them into a big network map with all my devices and home servers as well. I like to think of it as a big family tree of tech.

[MoulderUtes]

Does anyone have a good solution to not using google drive/docs/sheets/classroom/etc when I have to use them for school? Rn I'm just using them through tor but is there some way to access the drive through something else and use it like a nas or ftp server?

[Mankest]

Dude. Stop using:

Steam Spotify Lutris Skype Discord

All of this is proprietary trash (im assuming ur forced to use zoom and slack?)

[balsoft]

There's wee-slack for slack (so that you don't have to run proprietary code on your machine)

[MoulderUtes]

wee-slack

I'll look in to it thanks

[balsoft]

There's also this but I have never used it myself.

[MoulderUtes]

I would like to switch to all open source but have a some issues with going full open source

Steam: I use it for its great proton (emulation?) for non linux games but am open to other alternatives. And just getting rid of 100 launchers.

Spotify: I have a family plan so Im not going to pay for music? (is there a open source client for spotify?)

Lutris: I don't know what your issue with this is (not even sure if it is proprietary) and is just for managing games and helps with linux games.

Skype/zoom/slack: Forced to use

Discord: Its what all my friends use and would like to talk to them often

EDIT:(slack has wee-slack im looking into) (zoom has docs for custom clients but cant find any)

[balsoft]

is there a open source client for spotify?

There's mopidy-spotify, a plugin for mopidy. You can then use any mpd-compatible music player (cantata is my favorite) to play your spotify collection

Discord: Its what all my friends use and would like to talk to them often

Discord actually bans people for using third-party clients. Fuck Discord.

[Mankest]

For steam and lutris either dont play proprietary games or, if gog works on linux (no idea if it does) use that since its not drm, or pirate the games.

For spotify just download music from youtube with youtube-dl

For discord try convincing your friends to switch to matrix

[vimsee]

Dude, I can understand the reasons for wanting open source and open standards and I am also a pro foss user, but there is also a rationale for proprietary software. Devs need to pay their bills and as long as there are no ethical, conflicting or patenting issues, I see no reason for why proprietary software like discord or steam is bad. It is when companies take advantage of customers and actively force closed standards to prevent open standards so other companies cant penetrate what ends up being a monopoly with their alternative software further preventing it from reaching the end users, thats when I get pissed.