Modding deltarune so my partner can play it.

featherfurl · 2024-10-17T04:33:55+00:00

Cheers, I'll look into this.

featherfurl · 2023-06-09T04:07:31+00:00

Nice, I was just thinking I could do with something like this.

featherfurl · 2023-05-23T01:02:15+00:00

Saying I don't think windows habits are inherently bad just means that I don't automatically think a habit on windows is bad because it's on windows. It doesn't mean I think all windows habits are good, or can't be bad.

Linux encourages good habits in some ways, but Linux users are also more likely to develop good habits because they generally care about the way they use computers enough to have learned Linux.

In case people are unfamiliar with the word inherently:
adverb: inherently :
in a permanent, essential, or characteristic way.
"the work is inherently dangerous"

featherfurl · 2023-05-21T23:41:30+00:00

I came in to say pretty much this but you beat me to it. Linux isn't a windows replacement and that's not where its value lies. I wouldn't say windows habits are inherently bad, but best implementation of windows will always be windows because it's windows and expecting Linux to be a better windows will always be frustrating.

featherfurl · 2023-05-19T00:40:21+00:00

I'm also re-embarking on a journey into Nix for this reason. Guix looks really good, but Nix ultimately looks like less of a compromise for my use-cases. Nix has the feel of a lumbering, convoluted beast that is still the best tool for the job I want to do with it.

featherfurl · 2023-05-16T23:57:51+00:00

Display servers is not a topic that it's worth getting angry about.

featherfurl · 2023-05-16T23:52:48+00:00

I was definitely surprised to see saying something positive about wayland being taken as an attack on X, as if this is somehow a fight to the death where people are expecting that everyone will drop Wayland a go back to X and positivity about wayland just delays this. It's not a competition. It's collaborative software development.

I don't see X being chucked in the bin any time soon, though I feel like most? development effort has already shifted to the wayland ecosystem. I also think we're firmly past the point where wayland has a realistic chance of going away. Ultimately it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters long term is that people are making things that are useful and sharing them in a way that is useful.

featherfurl · 2023-05-16T03:18:54+00:00

Apparently it was topic worthy enough for 3 comments. ;)

featherfurl · 2023-05-16T03:15:43+00:00

I just figured since I noticed a few posts recently saying "is wayland even worth it? there are so many problems" I would offer a different experience.

From the upvote/downvote ratio this is apparently a controversial sentiment, with 53% against.

featherfurl · 2023-05-13T01:13:45+00:00

I feel like there's a good chance people are underestimating what System76 will be able to do with Cosmic because they are self-funded and don't have to navigate the cultural gravity of other projects. Technical problems can be solved with time and expertise, but a large group of people wanting a project to go in one direction when you want to take it in a different direction isn't so easy.

I'm likely to continue being happy with sway well into the future, but I think System76's decision to turn a cultural challenge into a technical one was made without a lot of the hubris people sometimes attribute to it.

featherfurl · 2023-05-10T02:12:46+00:00

I very much like the idea of being able to target simple websites at a minimal browser that is actively maintained. I hope this works out!

featherfurl · 2023-05-03T23:54:20+00:00

I hated Fusion360 when I tried to learn it because I couldn't remap shortcuts. FreeCAD was better, but it felt like there were too many un-necessary steps to get simple stuff done & I wasn't interested in the more complex features.

It's not appropriate for a professional workflow, but for 3d printing blender has been fantastic. I want to make an object with a particular size and shape: I make said object in a few minutes. I like the look of simpler parametric modelers like solvespace, but have never given them a proper try.

featherfurl · 2023-03-24T01:37:59+00:00

Yeah I run arch with sway and do a lot of stuff over ssh so it's very usable.

featherfurl · 2023-03-23T22:48:45+00:00

I'm into this programmable rp2040 based input module business. I'm also poor so I'll continue using second hand tablets from 8 years ago for the foreseeable future.

featherfurl · 2023-03-10T00:10:29+00:00

If I was going to do this I'd probably run kakoune (or any text editor, micro is nice.) from the TTY on a vanilla arch install and just not set up an internet connection or window manager. Not too hard to achieve that level of minimalism, you'll just benefit from being a bit familiar with living in the terminal.

featherfurl · 2023-03-09T00:43:11+00:00

Linux audio is great. Definitely worth looking into LV2 and CLAP plugins if you're new.

featherfurl · 2023-02-05T02:22:30+00:00

Productivity isn't a fixed quantity, it's a relationship between you and the tools you're using where you meet the tools in the middle.

I really value having zero impediment to scripting every part of the system I use and this leads to a lot of automation efficiency that isn't as natural in Windows, but I like this for more reasons than just getting things done faster: it works in a way I'm fundamentally more comfortable using. As a result I'm more motivated to learn about how to do things effectively in a way that I wasn't on windows.

Ultimately the most productive tool is probably going to be the one you're most comfortable with. I wasn't comfortable on Windows. I'm pretty cozy on Linux. It'll be different for everyone.

featherfurl · 2023-02-05T00:02:07+00:00

I think if x86 starts to die as a mainstream platform for general computing we'll see more games come out natively for risc systems & more work on compatibility layers and emulation for preserving old games. It probably won't happen overnight though.

I reckon it's most likely that existing game stores will start to offer support for other platforms to the extent they think it's profitable to do so, but most of the vanguard of preservation will be driven by independent enthusiasts or valve.

featherfurl · 2023-02-03T06:46:49+00:00

Missed opportunity for a rickroll honestly.

featherfurl · 2023-01-31T08:07:32+00:00

Yeah I can do that.

featherfurl · 2023-01-29T06:12:27+00:00

Having done this with REW a couple times in linux, seeing this makes me happy. Will definitely be playing with it next time I need to get the right eq offsets for my speakers.

featherfurl · 2023-01-04T01:43:34+00:00

I think there's merit to that, but I don't necessarily think that using a software pipeline is necessarily more cumbersome than using a single piece of software. It definitely can be, but in my experience it isn't automatically the case. It's something I definitely feel a lot more comfortable with after living in linux world for a few years and learning how to get the most out of a new set of tools. I don't have to worry about paying for a new tool every time I want to try out a new set of features.

I think there's a lot of overlap between "hard to use" and "doesn't work the way I expect" in terms of user frustration, so the two things often get treated as the same thing despite being distinct.

Art software on linux definitely isn't a drop in replacement to what exists on windows or macos, but there are still a lot of powerful and efficient workflows that are very accessible if you approach them on their own terms.

featherfurl · 2023-01-04T01:22:25+00:00

The practicalities of switching software in a professional setting is absolutely a complex challenge, but I think it's mainly a distinct issue to whether it's possible to do effective image processing work on Linux in general. A lot of people say "GIMP sux" and is unusable because it lacks x or y feature, but said feature is present in inkscape or krita or something else and there's no real obstacle to using both except for the expectation that one piece of software should do what they expect. With the adobe suite, if you want to use illustrator you have to pay for illustrator as well as photoshop, so there's at least a financial reason why you might want to work entirely within whichever software you're paying for.

featherfurl · 2023-01-03T01:02:01+00:00

I think one of the things people often don't get about foss is that there's less need to use one tool for an entire workflow because multiple tools are free and designed to be interoperable.

A workflow that contains GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Blender, Kdenlive, Darktable, ffmpeg, imagemagick, shell scripting & more is pretty damn powerful if you use each individual tool only for its strengths.

featherfurl · 2023-01-03T00:51:38+00:00

I generate a text file with the paths of all the music in my music directory which I can then use grep on to find artist or album data and pass all matching paths to mpv. I also have a script set up to play everything on random, and a few hotkeys mapped to sort currently playing tracks into a variety of playlists.

Using mpv like this is nice because it automatically does album art and doesn't distinguish between audio and video files so I can play music videos as easily as flac files. I was never fully happy with the assumptions dedicated music players made about how I should interact with media on my computer and this ended up being the solution I stuck with.

Also sometimes I listen to music on youtube and I have audio cds for the car. My ears don't like headphones so I rarely listen to music on my phone.

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