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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Connect is cool, no ads, buy-me-a-coffee support

It features powerful filters that allows me to stay away from current usa politics (by keywords) and from websites I wouldn't consume content (by URL)

I find its layout more legible, be it overview or listing communities etc. Also features direct links to overall instances, ability to switch accounts or browse other instances as guest

Dev is open to requests / suggestions (and bug reports) in c/lemmyconnect, tho their availability is spotty

Still a pretty solid app, with these filters being the one feature I need IRL. Fuck trump, fuck x.com, etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Since murglar allows you to download and keep the music you are paying for, I'm pretty sure that's completely illegal and could get you banned from the service

Which you'd then stop paying for

And turn to regular old piracy to get your music

...maybe someone at deezer, a service that isn't even profitable, think that one a bit further, because I'm on murglar since forever (tho I don't use it all the time, only when I need it)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ultra-specific: soundtracks for theatre plays. I'm happy with the available vst's, but I am not a musician, I don't play instruments - I record people or I rip stuff & work from there. That said it means multi-band comps, tube-like preamps, parametric eqs, de-essers, echo/delays etc... It's OK really.

Maybe all this is a bit like photoshop vs gimp: I mostly only ever used Ardour since forever and I cannot compare / suffer / get my workflow irremediably blocked because it doesn't work for me like I expect it to.

Ardour is really a powerhouse now, and with the Pipewire audio stack, switching inputs or monitoring in every which way is just a breeze.

There's tons of Linux musicians advice out there, including on, ahem, reddit. Yeah I know.

Now that we have Steam on Asahi my macos partition gonna get shrinked to minimal functional lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

So you own a perfect mastering device at home, now you get the ultrathin laptop to wander about. One isn't so portable, and the other may not be able to hardware-encode AV1 files. It only matters if it can play them decently.

Also, the M chips are good, but not that good. My M2 pro is about like a 12th gen i7, not like thrice quicker in any everyday way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Eww. I ran into similar trying to build a meson app on Asahi. Fuck that. Since the point of the Fedora-Asahi partnership is to have a max of stuff upstream, I guess it leaves you with whatever fedora is shipping - which may not be good enough for you.

Again, depends in your use case; since the horrible business of having a full ffmpeg on one machine is done, you can use any sync software between them & not care further. I use syncthing to keep my mastering device (mbp 14, Asahi) in sync with a playback machine and a backup machine.

But it is my use case: I use different, dedicated devices for dedicated tasks as to spread out wear, risks and improve redundancy in case of failure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I ran into issues while exporting (rendering) with kdenlive, where you will notice available formats being different between the Mac version of kdenlive and the Linux one.

But to me it was a matter of compatibility, I don't really care as long as I get useable files of sufficient quality, so I didn't pay much attention, works-for-me style I'm afraid.

Same applies to hardware vs software encoding/decoding - the M chipset is quite powerful enough you shouldn't have to worry about it in a pro context where encoding is something you gotta do and it's doing it reasonably fast.

Just try it out, it doesn't kill your mac install, and you can compare.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

I use it everyday. Got it with Gnome, which is very mac-y but think ultra-zen, minimalist, early macos style. Also with the spinning cube and the wobbly windows, I just can live without these very important productivity addons.

YMMV but for my use case it just works, period - and my use case isn't light-browsing-casual-text-editing but multitrack mixing with Ardour over Pipewire and some video editing on kdenlive. Oh and we've got steam games now lol, I just started Portal (unavailable on Mac haha) for 0.99!

Good thing about Asahi is that it is dualboot by nature, you won't loose your macos partition for that pesky proprietary app (fuck u Qlab)

Try it out, you'll love it if nothing specific arm64-related gets in your way. Software availability is great, there's Ftapak of course for more stuff... It works and is painless to try out.

The Air macs are the best: light, thin, with awesome batteries. The only words of warning are about the reboot mid-process during install: Mac laptops tend to boot on any keystroke, lid movement anything so be sure to not touch anything & just long-press the power button 'til the appropriate screen shows up. That's all there is to it, the only risky moment. Just (long-)press that button.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

No comment on that particular service, but I just checked Murglar 2 on my phone and it half-works, not everything is available to play / download but I'm not locked out either

Edit: I updated the app and it is much better, everything I tried downloads

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Finished Warehouse 13. Not unwatchable, definitely light-headed, shallow entertainment. There's a beginning and an end, nothing will break your appetite... Also not a hidden treasure or some sort if niche fabulous thing that only the true believers know about. Decent show from a period where scyfy was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Prius Dwellers are probably the most hardcore at that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

These seats are more expensive due to the extra legroom. They tend to be the last ones available to people who didn't bother to buy a specific seat on cheap airlines, so if you check-in at the last moment you may get some unsold "high value" seat assigned on your boarding pass.

Fuck airlines that make you pay to get a standard seat, quiet at the back of the plane.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

I used to but not anymore. Sometimes IMDb has niche movies which are devoid of reviews, but then writing one means I work for free for a private company with no ethics making tons of money so the eff with that.

Same with gmaps and others.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

It has been asked among other thing 3 months ago, so I'm now bumping it as its own request: I am not on lemmy to see stuff from youtube, twitter, Murdoch-owned trash media, you see the point.

Please add "block by url" to Filters, or have Keywords Filter parse the address the link points to too.

Thanks in advance!

 

Update : more games!

 

The link right here goes to 40:02 of Proton' boss on the TLE channel about Linux support, where a Drive Client is deemed so difficult to achieve that they don't even have a roadmap for it. Nor is the word "Linux" featured anywhere on proton's pages about Drive.

coughdropboxcough

If I believe what I see on Lemmy, 99% of users here are on Linux, and the 1% remaining probably are just waiting on a Drive Linux Client to make the switch, right? Right?

Please take the survey and maybe mention politely our deep sorrow and profound distress.

https://form.typeform.com/to/L0UNpRar

The accompanying message says "Limited submissions. Respond now to ensure your voice is heard."

Let's go! Thanks!

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Fedora Asahi Remix 40 coming in hot!

On top of the great work that @AsahiLinux and the Fedora Asahi SIG do, they've also worked to line up releases with the rest of Fedora, so thank you for that!

This release brings:

  • OpenGL 4.6
  • High quality audio out of the box
  • Plasma, Gnome, Server, and Minimal variants available
  • The latest that comes with Fedora Linux 40!
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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

On top of the great work that @AsahiLinux and the Fedora Asahi SIG do, they've also worked to line up releases with the rest of Fedora, so thank you for that!

This release brings:

  • OpenGL 4.6
  • High quality audio out of the box
  • Plasma, Gnome, Server, and Minimal variants available
  • The latest that comes with Fedora Linux 40!

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-40-is-now-available/

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Fedora Asahi Remix 40 images are now available on asahilinux.org! 🎉

This release brings lots of new updates, including the Plasma 6 desktop environment.

Existing users may upgrade by following the standard upgrade guide.

https://fosstodon.org/users/fedora/statuses/112405546368978626

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

A "natural language query" search engine is what I need sometimes.

Edit: directly reachable with the !ai bang

 

Hey Enthusiasts.

I'm being having my arm more or less twisted to force me to buy a macbook. Granted, with brands like lenovo shutting down on urp and arch Linux these days having a list of show-stopping issues longer than your phone's scrolling ability, uh, why not. Meh tho.

Local corner shop still has 'pro in M1pro/16GB ram or M2"basic"/8GB ram for not unaffordable prices. Single Core benchmarks puts the M2 at maybe 10% better than M1pro, but Multicore and "Metal" (???) says M1pro is better than M2 basic, sometimes by a lot (geekbench).

I don't understand benchmarking, especially with such variation in results.

I need a machine able to play 12 tracks of 16bits .wav files + some effects (Ardour) and / or output video in 1080p on 2 outputs + some gimmickery (Isadora). Or you know, run qlab like everybody else, with fades and envelopes and stuff.

Which one should I buy?

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