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Based on this photo reference, trying to warm back up my watercolor skills after a few years hiatus. I feel like this isn't my best but I had fun and finished it anyway.

Suggestions for improvements welcome!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/55526923

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/55496692

Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats

The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 8.15, bringing improvements in the Comments editor, bug fixes, and updates to its news-source catalog.

The e-book viewer adds a small enhancement: hovering over a highlight now displays the date it was created. The Comments editor receives two updates focused on text handling. Case-change operations now preserve as much existing formatting as possible, improving accuracy when editing styled text.

In addition, new keyboard shortcuts have been introduced for all case-change actions. Users can select text, open the right-click menu, and view the new shortcut list.

osu!, a rhythm game about clicking circles, has had a new client in development since 2014, aiming to fix some of the issues and "spaghetti code" the previous stable version had. The new client, Lazer, is open-source and works on Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Lazer has finally been made the default download option for new players just starting the game.

Larian have updated Baldur's Gate 3 with Hotfix #35, which includes more improvements to their Native Linux build supported on the Steam Deck with SteamOS.

Did you miss it getting a Native version? See the previous GamingOnLinux article for the info. They're still specifically calling it "Steam Deck Native", but it's just a Native Linux version with tweaks for the Steam Deck included. It will be interesting to see how this sort of language evolves, especially with the new upcoming Steam Machine.

This is extremely encouraging to me. I am not affiliated with the project but here is what I've gathered. Run by Mike.

• Nix (with the functional declarative design)
• Cinnamon (DE mostly used by Linux Mint, Mike and I think Cinnamon doesn't get enough respect)
• Two versions, main and "lite".
• zero config auto update is a huge selling point imo
• flatpak is a nice touch

Main:

• "4 core and 4GB of ram" target
• Flatpak integrated and auto-updates
• Zoom flatpak
• Chrome flatpak and Firefox
• Libreoffice flatpak

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    git
    firefox
    libnotify
    gawk
    gnugrep
    sudo
    dconf
    gnome-software
    gnome-calculator
    gnome-calendar
    gnome-screenshot
    flatpak
    xdg-desktop-portal
    xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
    xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
    system-config-printer

Lite:

• "2 core and 2 GB of RAM" target
• no flatpak
• firefox

  zramSwap.memoryPercent = 100;
MemoryHigh = "500M";
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    git
    firefox
    libnotify
    gawk
    sudo
    gnome-calculator
    gnome-calendar
    gnome-screenshot
    system-config-printer
  ];

Github

Installing

boot the special ISO and connect to wifi via the system settings via the start menu (rough edges here). install.

secure boot is not first-class supported in nix but it 'can' be done.

Does the market need this?

It feels like yes. See what do you install on other people's computers?. A zero-support OS that isn't tied into ChromeOS is a tall order. There are a lot of distros that are "semi" friendly but which are strong enough to give to a stranger and never hear from them again?

The pitch is compelling enough that I put it on my small laptop. I used it for about 20 minutes. That laptop is not a project laptop, and if I could just browse and do basic linux stuff and never think about maintaining it again I'd be happy. I can report back (and contribute to nixbook) if it serves my needs. If it passes my tests I may transition the family Win10 PC to nixbook. I'm getting spooked at how many more threats target Windows than Linux.

tweaking

I'm an ultra noob with nix but you should be able to edit this and have it work. Mike has a post about which config file to edit but I can't find it. https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nixos-rebuild

$ # Edit your configuration
$ sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
$ # Rebuild your system
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch

I added silversearcher tldr tilde and seemed to work.

Cool tweet

https://fosstodon.org/@codemonkeymike/115582530036847888

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