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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Cool. I didn't know about Library/Thingy. That looks useful. Although, the Library I have seems to be part of LibreOffice.

I think I'm using a calendar addon of some sort, I don't remember, but I can add reminders, etc. It will be nice to have one that integrates with online services for some people I suppose, but I don't do that.

Unless the ebook reader can also read other document types, I'll be sticking with Calibre.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I just installed Calibre automated. It's a better experience. But I've dumped a few PDFs in it and it can't do full text search. I know they're working on it, so I'm going to see where that goes. Calibre has the feature now... Sort of... But it's not great if I can't use it from my phone when I'm away.

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  • What do folks here use for end to end encrypted calendars?

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    [–] [S] 41 points 2 months ago

    Linux Mint’s collection of home-grown, cross-desktop GTK apps (which now has a new website wearing the popular Claude design aesthetic).

    🤦‍♂️

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Interesting. I hope they have a "month" view in the calendar. Gnome Calendar removed theirs ("it's a feature, not a bug") and it's been a massive pain in the arse to use ever since.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I’m confused I don’t see anything about removing the month view, and I use it it’s exclusively from the month view.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    It was removed about version 44 or 45 or somewhere about then. Maybe a couple of years ago.

    Unless they've fixed it in a very recent version, it now has a "next five weeks" view instead - starting from the middle of one month and ending part way through another, and showing you a mixed up "Aug/Sep/Nov" sort of thing - which might be sort of useful for knowing what you're doing socially next week, but if you're trying to do accounts, timesheets, budgeting and other admin stuff it's a massive pain in the arse.

    [Edit] I had a look to see when it was done - there's a blog post talking about removing month view here: feaneron.com - 2023, extending the month to infinity
    though I think that version didn't appear in Linux Mint for another few years though.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, I had almost forgotten about this already, but Mint being so behind on certain projects like the calendar, that was a bit of a minor headache for the developers, right?

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

    Can’t say I need another ePub reader but an alternative calendar would be nice.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The built-in ePub reader in xreader had several regressing bugs through the years. Mint really needed one new lightweight option nicely integrated to Cinnamon.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    what a great news. hopefully Mint also makes alternatives to other GNOME applications.

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  • [+] -23 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Sad. All this energy to make the 273rd flavor of something nobody needs

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    People who develop things for free are going to work on things they want or are interested in.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    And it makes me sad that people find devlopment of a calendar "interesting". But well, as you said, their choice.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They are developing an operating system, they need a calendar. And while there are existing solutions, they aren't very good. The current bundled gnome calendar is rubbish as most gnome apps (I hope they replace their system monitor next)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    Mint does actually listen to their community. Maybe they found out these apps were lacking some functionality. I can understand they would want xapps for calendar and reading. I currently use Qt apps, other than GNOME calendar, can't remember a decent app for calendar and eBook reading outside Qt.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I never met a person in my life that needs a calendar app. But happy for the mint community. Mint will clearly be sky rocketing after this calendar app comes out. It was barely usable without it.

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    [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    I have been very happy with my Mint system. Good general distro.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Mint is pretty decent, great as a starter OS or a no nonsense daily driver.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I've been a Linux user since ~2010, and I've been on Mint since 2017. I use it because it Just Works and it doesn't give me any headaches. Socially, I'm very liberal but when it comes to software I'm conservative af, lol.

    My desktop with the main Cinnamon edition is mostly used for gaming, mostly with Heroic and games from GOG, and I've had zero issues or complaints with that either.

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