I don’t get the Gnome desktop. The vanilla one is unusable without adding a ton of extensions. But I do appreciate the simplicity in the settings.
I love KDE in the way that it keeps the traditional desktop paradigm that we’re all used to, but their configs are way too complex. There’s too much in one place.
In fact I’ve been thinking of trying out LXQT for simplicity’s sake.
Debian is great. The Ubuntus just add a few quality of life features that make it slightly better in my opinion.
So they’re actively involved in the development of open source projects then?
security patches for community packages (instead of waiting on community patches)
I’m not sure I understand that part. Is Canonical implementing the patches instead of the open source project/package developers? I’m confused.
Then do with Ubuntu or its variants. Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.
I can’t stand Gnome 3. That’s why I go with Kubuntu.
What are the benefits/features that this adds?
Mac OS has had this for ages.
Yeah I’ve been using Inkscape instead for all my drawing needs for quite a while now. I find working with vector graphics to be much easier. Each thing you add is an object that can be altered continuously.
Plus I like that you can export to other formats at any size or any scale without loss.
Non destructive means like when you use a tool to add something, it isn’t “final”. You can still edit that brush stroke or resize a shape?
Kind of like in Inkscape when you edit an SVG?
I’ve been using gimp for as long as I can remember using Linux since 2000. The interface has changed so much lately that I can barely use it. I can’t find half the controls anymore.
Aw dang. You beat me to it.
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For real. I’ve been a pretty steady Linux user all my adult life and gaming was barely ever an option unless the game was built to run in Linux. When proton came out I gave it a shot and was blown away.
Red Hat 6 in college.
Mandrake Linux 7 at home.
In 2000
I’ve had nothing but Nvidia cards ever since I’ve owned my own PC 24 years ago. Always used Linux. Mostly Ubuntu. NEVER had any problems.
Oh yeah. That’s even worse because sometimes the machines outlive the computers and software and then you’re stuck maintaining a Windows 95 machine because the software was developed for that OS and the company has since came up with new machines with new software and they don’t support your machine anymore.
Ah ok I see. Thanks for the clarification.