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  • They have shape tools on the roadmap for this free image manipulation app, until then we’ll have to use the two-step method of stroking a circular selection or use a more dedicated drawing app.

    In any case GIMP 3.0 is a huge rewrite under the hood and seems to be attracting more contributors now, which is a good sign.





  • I’ve been using Linux since the nineties and I’ve been through the rolling distros and agree with you that usually it’s not a big hassle, just keep an eye on the process and .pacsave/.pacnew (or .rpm-ditto) - but I just don’t bother at all anymore, I only game and code some Rust and I prefer a LTS distro that keeps the kernel up to date, for me that’s the best of both worlds.

    I’d also say that running a major upgrade on my stable distros (both on servers and laptop) takes less than an hour, not a weekend and I never have issues with it. Issues when upgrading either rolling (every update) or LTS releases usually comes from the admin having made incompat/bad changes to the system on their own.







  • ProtonBadger@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.mlFish 4.0: The Fish Of Theseus
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    1 month ago

    Yes, it’s because it keeps track on object lifetimes and data access when sharing objects, even across threads. It means that once things compiles a whole category of common and often difficult to debug errors are gone. It means much less time debugging and fewer issues once in the hands of the end user. There can still be bugs but it’s more about logical errors than difficult memory issues.

    As a C++ dev for 20 years, I love Rust. Humans are fallible, even if endeavouring to use safe patterns. Might as well just let the compiler use some CPU cycles on that.





  • It’s a temporary thing and it’s likly Kent will just spend the time too continue development and prepare patches for next cycle instead. The ambition is to take it out of Experimental status sometime in the next year so there’s at least motivation to figure out these things. During the delay testers of this FS can still submit bug reports.




  • I started with Slackware in the late nineties. Have been through Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu, Arch, Tumbleweed. These days I just can’t be bothered, I just want to game and code and I prefer an out of the box well configured Ubuntu derivative, they also upgrade easily and have lots of application compatibility - mostly everyone provides .deb packages. I could also choose Fedora for these reasons.

    So now on Pop!_OS 24.04. Pop is has a stable/lts base but still gets Mesa/Nvidia/Kernel updates on a regular basis. I use it mainly for gaming and Rust dev, writing some COSMIC applets as well.

    COSMIC Alpha does still have problems with some games but not the games I play.


  • ProtonBadger@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.mlBest Distro
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    Yeah, GuildWars2, Valheim, Pathfinder WotR, etc. those sort of games… So I’m a bit niche, some gamers have more issues than I.

    I got a gnome-session installed for games that have problems with COSMIC but fortunately haven’t needed it for a while now.


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    I started with Slackware in the nineties, have been through Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu, Arch, Tumbleweed.

    I could use anything really but these days my focus have moved; I kinda just want functional and well configured up front. Using Pop!_OS 24 alpha on my gaming/dev laptop, it works well/is well put together and I’m having fun writing COSMIC apps. I’m using Ubuntu on a few servers, I picked it many years ago and they’ve been through a number of painless upgrades.