se32point1

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by se32point1 6y ago
Alacritty + tmux is pretty good too, but not very user friendly. Although.. it's a lot faster.
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by se32point1 6y ago
I don't know if you answered my question: what is 3D Touch? Sure, it might be convenient, but it's hard for me to imagine without knowing what it is. > What trackballs offer free scrolling? My trackball (Marble Trackball from L
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by se32point1 6y ago
Ah, so compose isn't actually held down. What we do is we press compose, then release, then do the combination we want. In this. Now, for ó, it's not actually compose (⎄ is compose's symbol) "o, it's ⎄'o, with
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by se32point1 6y ago
Agreed on the Wayland point. Wayland isn't particularly usable yet, but we can keep hoping that it gets better. For now, there are some GNOME extensions or applications like fusuma.
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by se32point1 6y ago
... In all fairness, I use a trackball, where I can scroll in any axis. Zooming, of course, can be done with a keyboard. I'm not even sure what 3D touch is.
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by se32point1 6y ago
Counterpoints for Linux: - Compose key blows your "ABC - Extended layout out of the water." It's more powerful than anything else. - ... I never really use my XPS 13 without a charger, because I don't really travel aroun
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by se32point1 6y ago
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Right now, it's not very useful for me. Everything is still running on normal USB-A, so I really don't care for USB-C. I'm not about to just go out and replace all my existing and perfectly f
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by se32point1 6y ago
> Anyone know if Excel on Firefox on Linux works as expected? I'm not experienced with this, but I can safely say that if you're willing to, you can use Office 2007 (probably 2010 and 2013, and maybe 2016, but that last one is
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by se32point1 6y ago
> Would you recommend buying a new MBP or getting a laptop? A MacBook is a laptop, yes? What classifies a MacBook as not being a laptop? In terms of form factor, they are the same. There's nothing special. In fact, MacBooks can run
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by se32point1 6y ago
Microsoft isn't "cool" anymore?
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by se32point1 6y ago
I bet the people who use TikTok haven't even heard of Oracle.
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by se32point1 6y ago
I can't say for you, but there are plenty of other options. PocketBook (which recently released a color e-ink ereader), Kobo, Onyx (which I have heard negative things about regarding their unwillingness to comply with the GPL for their
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by se32point1 6y ago
You can use it with Calibre, if you're looking for a GUI.
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by se32point1 6y ago
I fail to see the connection between "tech-savvy" users and this tool, which is a command line tool. Why would a "non-tech-savvy" person even touch this? Either way, we will always have our ways (calibre's ebook con
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by se32point1 6y ago
If you mean this, https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17717476011 , the Kobo indeed has many of those features as of now. Supports searching a Dictionary, Wikipedia, Google, and adding notes. There are translations in the Dictiona
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by se32point1 6y ago
I've done it before on a really old Kindle... KOReader isn't precisely an alternate firmware. It's just a piece of software you run on the Kindle in place of the default, and it does have its advantages, at least on my old Ki
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by se32point1 6y ago
I was gonna reply with this as well, but you just about nailed it. When my hands are almost 99% on the keyboard (especially when programming, or even while browsing the internet), why should I bother moving my hands back to the mouse when I
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by se32point1 6y ago
If you use Wayland (which... has its issues, but maybe they're better now?) on an XPS 13 Developer Edition... or even my junk Chromebook with MrChromebox's firmware installed so I can install Linux, you can get all sorts of gestu
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by se32point1 6y ago
The original poster refers to sending your SSH private key, not RSA. Your SSH private key can be used for very malicious purposes. For example, if you use Git over SSH to upload code to your remote Git repositories, someone malicious can ta
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by se32point1 6y ago
WebKit, the enginge for Safari, is not. Epiphany uses the same engine and is available for Linux. I'm sure there's a Windows WebKit browser as well.