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  • What's up with the hyprland hype?

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  • As others have stated, it's a tiling window manager. Many, including me, prefer it to the usual floating window managers that most desktops use.

    But I've been using sway since switching to wayland after years with i3. I see lots of hyprland hype, but i'm happy with my sway workflow and don't see anything about hyprland that makes me want to switch or even try it out.

  • "SO proof" distro

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  • I switched from ubuntu to debian when 12 was released and it's been fine. Only thing i was worried about was running WoW via lutris but had no issues.

    So when my SO windows pc died we bought some newish parts and i installed debian on it as well. Also installed chrome since that's her browser of choice. She's still getting used to gnome, but all she needs is browser, WoW, and libreoffice, which is close enough that it hasnt been an issue. She doesn't even know how to update the system.

  • academic writing software recommendations from fellow researchers?

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  • I teach my physics undergraduates the basics of latex for writing. They usually figure it out. It's basically like writing some code. The biggest pain are graphs. And like a lot of code these days, chatgpt can help a lot.

    If you just need to write basic text formatted using apa, you could find or create a template and give it to your students. Then they won't even need to think about the formatting cause the template will deal with it all correctly.

    Oh, i should add, in that screenshot, most of that code creates the fornatting. Once that is set, your actual content with words and paragraphs looks mostly like text.

    Start with a minimal preamble and start testing it out.

  • What're some apps you can't go without on F-droid?

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    • Kvaesitso - my favorite launcher
    • Material Files
    • Fossify camera
    • Fossify gallery

  • College

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  • I'm a college professor. I'm very aware of textbook prices. Most students don't read the textbook anyway, even if its something you want them to read everyday.

    For intro classes, I use openstax, which are available free online. For upper-level classes, I try to pick non major publishers, ie not pearson or cengage, with much more reasonably priced books.

    My version of this meme would be the prof begging the students to actually read the book he/she picked out that is free or cheap so that they are prepared for class and the students rolling their eyes and instead just going to chatgpt or chegg...

  • What TV shows are you watching and would recommend?

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  • Super old show called scrapheap challenge or junkyard wars, which depends on whether it's the british or american version. I loved this show as a kid.

  • Is getting a Pixel 8 worth it, now?

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  • I still have my 4a. It still runs fine. I keep looking at upgrading but don't want a bigger phone or to lose my 3mm jack.

  • This is infininitivelivy worse

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  • Should we put bets on how long until chatgpt responds to anything with:

    Great question, before i give you a response, let me show you this great video for a new product you'll definitely want to check out!

  • Recommendations on Linux Friendly PDF Software

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  • Don't browsers allow you to do form fillable these days? I swear i just filled one with firefox the other day. Maybe that's too limited?

    For combining pdfs, pdftk from the command line is my goto. The command line interface for it isn't too complicated.

  • Debian in random places

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  • I'm pretty sure it's a cucumber plant. I planted them for the first time this year and they grow those little things to grab onto stuff for support. It's really neat!

  • Re-Evolved

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  • Just ducks.

  • Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11

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  • I've been running wow on linux via lutris since BFA.

  • New College of Florida tosses hundreds of library books, empties gender diversity library

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  • I was employed at this awesome little school but left before Desantis's stupid anti-woke and DEI crusade. I hope it and the current students/employees don't suffer too much. I doubt Desantis gets voted out...

  • Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a train wreck

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  • Yup, Google Now was actually useful and helpful, so of course they had to get rid of it.

  • Mr. BOOZE

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  • That looks like ranch dressing.

  • End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone

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  • No. You don't manually place apps on homescreen. I have it configured to only show one row of favorites, which are categorized as "pinned - manually sorted". Than the rest of my favorites are seen when i swipe to app drawer.

  • End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone

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  • Can do homescreen icons. It has a widgets "pane". You don't place them on the home screen but put all widgets together than swipe to widgets. You can configure kvaesitso so it's not too different from stock android experience.

    I have 5 "favorite" apps at bottom of screen, above the search bar, similar to stock android.

    I swipe left for my app drawer, which allows for more pinned favorites above full list.

    I swipe up for all my widgets.

    Swipe down for notifications, like stock.

    Swipe right for my camera app.

  • End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone

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  • I too would be put off if it had to be used that way. But it can be used as a regular icon tapping launcher - it has a regular app drawer - which is how i use it. I don't think it should market itself as a "search-focused" launcher.

  • End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone

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  • Kvaesitso has risen to the top as my favorite launcher after trying a ton of launchers.

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Catwalk for neighbor's cat

  • Gnome @discuss.tchncs.de
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    Gnome Files - how to change default terminal for "open in terminal"

  • swaywm @lemmy.ml
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    Bash script to move focused container to new empty workspace