noahadavis

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by noahadavis 2y ago
Every library is overhead that you need to first understand. There's no "just writing a JS file" or just writing a C++/C#/Java/Python/etc. file.
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by noahadavis 2y ago
This comes from different libraries being used for different things. KConfigXT uses XML to generate settings classes. Qt Widgets UI files are also XML based, but that comes from Qt and is separate from KConfigXT. I don't know what uses
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by noahadavis 4y ago
Android started off being its own thing, except for the kernel. The Steam Deck is built on desktop Linux tech, so they would have to start over if they wanted to move away from that. That doesn't make their path guaranteed to be the sa
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by noahadavis 4y ago
KDE still uses QQC2 and Flickable. However, we do workaround Flickable's deficiencies by filtering mouse wheel input on QQC2 ScrollViews and setting the content X/Y values so that it moves more like a view in Qt Widgets. It's
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by noahadavis 5y ago
If KDE and GNOME are stuck, it's not because they can't innovate with their UIs enough with traditional ways of interacting with a computer. In fact, I don't think innovating in a way that doesn't involve new ways to int
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by noahadavis 5y ago
And now that we have PipeWire, getting low latency audio is extremely easy too.
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by noahadavis 5y ago
> I mean, what are you going to do, use a 3rd party client for Google's services? You're not allowed to - at least not on the same service level. 3rd party Google Drive clients have been the only type of Google Drive client on
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by noahadavis 5y ago
Sorry, but I completely disagree. If what you were saying was true, then physical synths would have the same problems in live performances. I think the problem is not the instrument, but rather how people are used to using the instrument. I
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by noahadavis 5y ago
You don't see the side-effects of destabilizing a government as potentially disastrous for an economy? Governments and economies can have many different forms, but there are clear cases where destabilizing one will destabilize the othe
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by noahadavis 5y ago
Does making governments less stable really not make economies less stable?
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by noahadavis 5y ago
Apparently they are not associated with Andrew Lee anymore. They were sold to Kape (formerly Crossrider) in 2019.
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by noahadavis 5y ago
The apps are already individual things that don't depend on each other, except in some cases where KParts are used. A KPart is kind of like an application turned into a library. Usually, this is not something users need to be concerned
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by noahadavis 6y ago
Which group would a DAW and plugins developed by a FOSS community like KDE or GNOME belong to?
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by noahadavis 6y ago
Only KDE devs can merge MRs. We review, say that the patch looks good in a comment and then merge.
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by noahadavis 6y ago
Affinity Designer also lacks features compared to Inkscape, so paying more (than nothing) does not necessarily get you a better product.
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by noahadavis 6y ago
This kind of finger pointing is really not useful or constructive. Who do you think designed the interfaces that the author of the article prefers? Do you think he'd agree that designers —a whole class of professionals with a large div
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by noahadavis 7y ago
It's not related to the part of the article you quoted, in case you don't know. Generally, you can't use anything other than the GTK file picker in GTK apps. If you use flatpaks with XDG portal support or the app implements X
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by noahadavis 7y ago
LOC requirements are easy to abuse and LOC != amount of originality
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by noahadavis 7y ago
You're correct that KDE's design group isn't organized from the top down. While that might be a problem for a company, I think it's actually a good thing for a community of volunteers because communities need to grow. Ev
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by noahadavis 7y ago
Probably virtual reality. I tried it for the first time at an art museum a week ago and while I was only floating around an artist's 3D painting-like impression of her home, it still felt pretty magical.
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by noahadavis 8y ago
This already exists in desktop environments. Of course, not all desktop environments have the same features. I know KDE Plasma has this. It can't work with all apps though, for the same reasons that MacOS and Windows can't have a
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by noahadavis 8y ago
It won't happen because Linux users like it the way it is. It is consistent, it's just not the way you want it to be. I love middle click paste. It makes sense that it doesn't follow the text cursor because the mouse is separ
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by noahadavis 8y ago
I put my terminal based music player (cmus) in a Quake-style drop-down terminal (Yakuake). It's easy to access, doesn't add any clutter, works with ReplayGain, and it works with media keys.
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by noahadavis 10y ago
I can't send you links, but you can make GUIs using GTK and QML. The QML crate by cyndis is no longer being maintained, but there is a new one by White Oak. Just add "qml" or "gtk-rs" to your project's cargo.to
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by noahadavis 10y ago
I've been using KDE neon which actually works very well. The core of it is LTS Ubuntu (currently 16.04), but the Plasma DE gets updates pretty much every day and KDE apps get updated about once a week. Except for one time when my propr