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Timestamps; 00:00 Intro 00:39 Sponsor: Proton Mail 01:35 Espanso: Text Expander 04:12 LocalSend: Cross Platform AirDrop 05:45 SuperFile: TUI file manager 08:22 LACT: GPU graphical overclocking 10:40 GPU Screen Recorder 12:58 KDE Drawy: Easy editable Whiteboard 14:59 Easy Effects: audio effects in real time 16:30 BetterBird: Thunderbird+ 20:15 Ferdium: workspaces for your online services 22:34 SpeechNote: voice transcripts & translations 25:15 BlueFerry: iMessages on Linux 26:46 F*CK: terminal command autocorrect 29:14 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links: Espanso: https://espanso.org/

LocalSend: https://localsend.org/

SuperFile: https://superfile.dev/

LACT: https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT

GPU Screen Recorder: https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/

Drawy: https://apps.kde.org/drawy/

EasyEffects: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects

BetterBird: https://www.betterbird.eu/

Melia: https://melia.buxjr.com/

Ferdium: https://ferdium.org/

SpeechNote: https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote

BlueFerry: https://github.com/erikwb/blueferry

TheF*ck: https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago

i like using drawy, but i wish there was a way to multi-page, so you could use it like a sketchbook. Maybe it's possible but I can't find how

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I didn't know LACT but looks like a very usefull tool. For GPU data and overclocking I use Corectrl, also a very good monitoring tool https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Where's that Warhammer channel you mentioned when talking about Drawy? A friend just asked if we might play WH40K together. So I installed two of these video games on my Linux system and I'd be quite happy if I wouldn't have to use YouTube for tutorial videos.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Espanso is amazing! I was a heavy user of AutoHotKey on Windows. The lack of a well-functioning global text expansion tool would almost have been a deal-breaker for switching to another OS. Thankfully, Espanso works great on Linux Mint X11. To my knowledge it should also work on Wayland. Don’t know why Nick couldn’t get it to work.I also use Easy Effects as a global equalizer and am more than happy with it.

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  • I love these kinds of videos, because they highlight some underappreciated programs that work on Linux and help both the developers, and the users out.One note about drawy: this looks fine, but I'd generally recommend using Libreoffice Draw instead, if you sacrifice the infinite zoom feature. The connectors that Libreoffice Draw offers are a game changer, since you can move around elements that you drew and the connector lines move along with them, so if you have an arrow that points to a rectangle box and you move the rectangle at any point, the arrow will automatically follow it and always point to it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    @thelinuxexperimentCool video!I wonder, this #espanso should be an IME like #PlasmaKeyboard right? So it would conflict with that, even if it had support on Wayland. Odd choice to recommend if it is broken on Wayland tbh.About #Melia, every single feature you named also exists in #Thunderbird!Connection monitor maybe not?Theming, well you can install easy theme extensions or actually use UserChrome.css which I bet you can't on Melia. Though of course that is hacky.Thunderbird is a very complex piece of software. Also it has #PGP support which is crucial at least for signing to proof your authenticity. There is no alternative!It has soo many features and I suppose a lot of services will be included in Thunderbird Mail.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    @thelinuxexperimentI am a big fan of the "Store and Release" model regarding #proprietary software.A public entity would get access to all the source code and store it securely, and if a company stops operating or simply warranties and patents are expired, all source code gets released.It is cool if a company says "if we were unable to publish any updates for 12 months, we will for sure be able to clean up the codebase and #opensource it".That is simply not the case most of the time, unless they already use a single or a few private #git repos / forges with good git hygiene (cough #Winamp)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    @thelinuxexperimentSo... Ferdium is a Chromium wrapper and basically a browser? Does it isolate Cookies in these "workspaces"?This is such an odd tool too, as you constantly complain about the Chromium dominance XDThe lack of a competent and standardized Webview on Linux is an interesting thing though. QtWebengine vs WebKitGTK vs... nothing on other desktops?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    @thelinuxexperimentI am a big fan of #Buzz for transcription. I would use #ffmpeg to extract the audioffmpeg -i file.mkv -vn -c:a copy audio.mkaand then put that in there and it generates pretty okay .srt subtitles with timestamps, pauses etc!

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Joke's on you! I did try and am using localsend since I finally got fed up with KDE connect. It failed me for the last time when I tried to send 100-200 image files from my phone to my laptop and it inexplicably kept leaving out random ones. Of course always differrent ones at every attempt.

    Localsend just worked like a charm.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I just updated to the latest version on my computer and phone (1.18), but discovery doesn't seem to be working.

    It was very frustrating. Restarting both did nothing...I really don't know what to do.

    The only solution was a new button called share by link or something, where you manually type in the web address.

    So the transfer mechanism still works...it is just discovery that is borked.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I've been using Ferdium for years even before swtching to Linux (it works on Windows, too). I started with Franz, then switched to Ferdi, and then Ferdium.

    I know it sounds pointless as it's a little more than a separate browser with pinned tabs, but somehow having all the permanent services organized the same way in the same app across all my computers is immensly helpful for my ADHD brain to keep track of all the channels and communicators.

    Also thefuck rules.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    LACT and Easy Effects are both great.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I feel like an actual Linux user now because I've used GPU Screen Recorder, EasyEffects, and BetterBird!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Thanks I enjoyed.

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