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deepenthiran · 7 months

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My Reasons to switch to or stay on Linux desktop instead of Windows

Before switching to Linux (When using windows 10 pro N)

Boring windows with no customisation: When I was using windows, I saw my friend using Linux (debian). I felt that 'Linux is looking cool'. Also I liked how he customise his Linux desktop. Also, I like to see some hacking stuffs and doing stuffs with command line. Comparing to that my windows 10 looked flat and boring.

Windows/its famous application is not free: When I was using windows, i was unable to switch to linux because I don't wanted to lose microsoft office. But after an accidental full 'reset my pc', I lost the access to microsoft office. I don't want to pay to get ms office. Don't like browser like Edge and other bloats.

Unnecessary stuffs of Windows: I don't like the windows auto update without my permission (I also don't want to pause every updates). I don't like the 'blue screen error'

Low performance over time in not so great spec PC and high RAM usage: My windows 10 performance was very very poor after 2 years. It only got better after 'reset my pc' but again started messing after months and adding some extra softwars over time. Also, I don't know why it is taking so much Ram (I initially used 4 GB ram and then added another 4GB ram). after it becomes 8 gb ram, the performance was better. but again got slower over time, crashes, hanging etc.,

Fear of Security vulnerability and the abstraction of windows: I always cautious about downloading unnecessary things. but still sometimes things gonna happen in the initial days. Always doubted the presence of malware in windows. After reset pc, it was working fine. but still not satisfied with windows for its security (As it always feels like fully abstracted os).

Complexity of windows in extra things: As long as using normal stuffs it is simple. But when going into control panel, changing environment variables, and several other things, etc,. I didn't have any idea of what I was doing.

The above reasons make me to try Linux. So, I started to try ubuntu 20.04.

Initial Impression of Linux and Easy to use: The Live usb feature of linux impressed me a lot. Easy installation of linux. The gnome DE was looking very good and also simple. Also the GUI settings are simple and easy to understand in ubuntu. As expected, I can do several customization and reading ubuntu's beginner command line tutorials etc., Surprisingly I didn't feel any complication at all. Infact everything felt simpler than windows. Also I felt that the utility apps or system apps of Linux is much better than windows in every aspect. Every Linux distros default pdf viewer >>> bloaty adobe acrobat pdf reader. Default text editor of linux >>> milky white notepad. etc.,

Linux is free and also its ecosystem application: Because Linux is free and open-source, it created an ecosystem for all the free and open-source apps. I automatically find all the fantastic free and powerful featured apps like Libreoffice, gimp, krita, inkscape, blender, kdenlive video editor, obs and several others (Some I already started to know when using windows at the later stage but the feel is different when using it in Linux). And there are no forceful apps like edge. I don't have to go for any pirated things when I already have a fully featured great open-source ecosystem for anything. I can also use apps vlc in linux (that is enough for all the media content for me).

Everything going fine: It just ping me that there are updates with all the package names and its details. It won't force me. I can start update only when I wish. Also the downloading and installation of updates are very quicker. This is such a relief when thinking about windows. Also there are no blue screen errors! I even started to have an idea of how it works inside (like one step deeper).

Very good performance in not so great spec and low RAM usage: The performance is very stable and good even after several months. The rendering in blender is like 20% to 25% faster compared to windows. Every app is performing good and stable in linux. felt like 8GB RAM is very sufficient for all my stuffs!

Security awareness: After I started using linux, I automatically started noticing what I am doing with my computer. started to know about why using this command to install or anything. Whenever installing anything or doing anything weird, I automatically started doing research about that. Came to know about firewall. Also came to realise that our system is not as secure as we think and we have to very careful about it.

Exploring Linux and it simplicity: The existing GUI part of linux is very simple and easy to use. But After using linux for some time, I felt comfortable with commands than GUI. It felt faster and also knowing what exactly is happening under the hood. It is less abstracted! and came to know about several things like IRC.

After using Linux for some time (an year), The things I felt:

I 100% missed games (especially cracked version of games like far cry 3, call of duty: modern warfare older version, nfs hotpursuit 2010 are no more playable in linux). I have to pay in steam to play those which i don't like. But still some free supported games are good in Linux. But I don't like much (as I am not a big gamer). The microsoft store has lot more good free games than Linux supported free games.

microsoft office: Currently I am familiar with Libre office, so no more missing MS office. But the problem is everyone uses ms office. and when I open some docs in Libreoffice which was created by ms office, then it started messing some things slightly.

Missing font: I missed the fonts of windows 10. Eventhough we can install preprietary microsoft fonts in Linux. it still misses some important fonts. Also the ubuntu's default font felt not so good after months. When I look into windows font, it looks great. (Initially I was liking ubuntu desktop font than the windows due to new changes, but when the time goes the windows desktop font is better)

browsers like firefox and chrome is taking some time for the first time launch after the reboot.

So, I switched back to windows by reinstalling (using dual boot with linux):

Some positives: After swictching to windows the only thing felt good is seeing it in my PC again after a long time with fresh installation. It looked polished. The icons looks premium. Edge, google chrome launches very fast in the first time launch at the cost of eating so much RAM. The default fonts of windows looks so premium compared to ubuntu 20.04

Negatives again and no need for windows: All the negatives I listed Initially comes back again with very much awareness since i got familiar with linux. Now I can clearly see the difference of how mess it is! especially interms of RAM usage, simplicity! Felt that there is no reason to continue windows when everything worked perfectly and fluently in Linux. The positives of Linux is very much than the positives of windows.

Not so good development in Windows: The working with gcc, git and other software development things are very much easier to setup in Linux than the windows. Felt like app installation is much easier, faster and simpler in Linux than the windows.

Started to completely switch to linux but also need to overcome negatives of ubuntu 20.04. Which leads to Distro hopping.

I switched to Linux mint: Almost all the negatives of ubuntu is gone. The utilities, default system apps, simplicity, Faster and efficiency of everything is even so great in Linux mint than ubuntu 20.04. The fonts are very good like windows. But the only problem is after some months, the cinnamon DE looks bored and little bit old fashioned. Every other thing is great.

I switched back to ubuntu but ubuntu 22.04. This version is very good than ubuntu 20.04 and I was satisfied with new gnome DE. but still I want change because of somethings. I want to try debian (as that was the one I saw my cool friend was using back then in college).

I switched to debian: Everything went smooth. now my distro is not handled by any company like canonical. I learned a lot while using debian. I was so proud of debian and myself. But after 2 months, I felt that I don't like gnome 3 (why not gnome 4 like ubuntu 22.04). It felt outdated. Also as usual it uses only very stable applications in the repository which is also outdated. Now the disadvantages of ubuntu 20.04 and linux mint is happening in debian.

I tried to swich to several lite distro for like 2 to 3 days: But don't like the DE (desktop environment) because too old fashioned. I couldn't find anything that fully satisfy me. So I agian tried to switch between linux mint, ubuntu 22.04. Until I find the KDE Plasma.

The last distro I switched is Kubuntu 22.04. It felt like having a good water after a long thrist. It satisfied all my requirement and even have its own eco-system of KDE apps which is fantastic. The default font is very good, the performance of apps are very good. The default DE font is very good. The system apps and utilities are very good. The customisation is fantastic at its peak. The features are fantastic! The default apps like text editor, pdf readers, File manager, settings, music player (Elisa) etc,. are the best of all. The options I have here are excellent. It is almost an year with kubuntu. No distro hopping anymore for me. Fully satisfied with Kubuntu (mainly because of KDE plasma DE). I am not a 100% command line user.

This gives an end card to windows. I don't even have it in my PC. I have windows 11 in my company working PC and that is for work only and I don't like windown 11 there. Only games is the positivity in windows.

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ardate · 1 year

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4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

Honestly? Humans as a whole, still. I started art a long time ago, originally mostly focusing on animals and creatures, til I started drawing humans sometime in middle school - and I never stopped drawing them since! But yet, somehow, even though by now I probably have drawn more humans and human-adjacent characters than not with all those years, beasts are still much easier and come more naturally to me. Maybe those very early years wired my brain this way hbghb

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

Oh holy fukc so many of those uuuuuuuh,, right now the one that comes to mind is this old story I had made up in middle/highschool - something about a kind of death land, a sort of limbo, and the ghost lords that 'ran' it; and the main character having to go through it to bring his love back from the dead (orpheus and eurydice inspired). And though even then I wasn't particularly optimistic about my chances of going through with it, I really wanted to make a comic of it! Obviously, never happened. I should redraw those old OCs one of these days hgbghb

Have a sneak peek of what my art (and one of my ghost lords) looked like back then. Not the full pic cuz even just sharing this lil tidbit is hurting my ego

9. What are your file name conventions

I've been meaning to change it cuz it's no longer organized enough for my taste! My file themselves don't have any fancy names, they're usually just named after their subject (like 'demoman_sketch' or 'pernelle_portrait' or 'morribel_reference' etc). Of course, no accent in the file names since that renders them unstable and makes it easier for them to get corrupted, same (to a lesser extent) with spaces, so I always use an underscore instead.

So rather than by name, my organization goes by folders: • First off I have a folder per art program (one for Photoshop, After Effects, Corel Painter, Krita, etc), each of which have two folders, 'Unfinished' and 'Finished'. The latter usually only has the PNG renders, while the Unfinished folder houses the PSD (or other) files. Sometimes I'll have a 'Done' subfolder there for the files of pieces that i've finished, but most of the time they'll hang in there in the middle of WIP files forever • And in those Un/Finished folders, I have subfolders for the subject of the art piece (one folder per fandom (like TF2, Rayman, etc), a folder for commissions, one folder per original story, etc) so I can easily find what I'm looking for.

I plan on changing my naming conventions though, keep my folders but name my files with dates at the beginning (year/month/day), then theme (fandom/story/commission, etc), and then the piece's name.

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

I'm... Not sure? 🤔 To be honest I post my art to share it but I don't really have expectations regarding its reception from the public... I used to! Back when I was on deviantArt. And honestly it sucked, getting legitimately upset when an art piece didn't get enough digital attention, not enough internet points. But I've grown past it years ago, so I don't really have many feelings if a piece does badly anymore. I've had OC pics get like 2 likes and nothing else and I felt fine with it ghbgh

Don't get me wrong I still want them to do well, I still want people to reblog my art, and nothing brings me more joy than comments in the tags because that's a direct reaction to my art, which always feels very personal and legitimately touches me. But not having expectations means I don't really feel disappointed as much

The last time I've had the thought 'oh i expected this to do better' was for my HLVRAI zine piece, but that's about it!

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hydrus · 5 months

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I had an ok week. I fixed some bugs and added a system to force-set filetypes.

You will be asked on update if you want to regenerate some animation thumbnails. The popup explains the decision, I recommend 'yes'.

full changelog

forced filetype

The difference between a zip and an Ugoira and a cbz is not perfectly clear cut. I am happy with the current filetype scanner--and there are a couple more improvements this week--but I'm sure there will always be some fuzziness in the difficult cases. This also applies to some clever other situations, like files that secretly store a zip concatenated after a jpeg. You might want that file to be considered something other than hydrus thinks it technically is.

So, on any file selection, you can now hit right-click->manage->force filetype. You can set any file to be seen as any other file. The changes take affect immediately, are reflected in presentation and system:filetype searches, and the files themselves will be renamed on disk (to aid 'open externally'). The original filetype is remembered, and everything is easily undoable through the same dialog.

Also added is 'system:has forced filetype', under the 'system:file properties' entry, if you'd like to find what you have set one way or the other.

This is experimental, and I don't recommend it for the most casual users, but if you are comfortable, have a play with it. I still need to write better error handling for complete nonsense cases (e.g. calling a webm a krita is probably going to raise an error somewhere), but let me know how you get on.

other highlights

I fixed some dodgy numbers in Mr. Bones (deleted file count) and the file history chart (inbox/archive count). If you have had some whack results here, let me know if things are any better! If they aren't, does changing the search to something more specific than 'all my files'/'system:everything' improve things?

Some new boot errors, mostly related to missing database components, are now handled with nicer dialog prompts, and even interactive console prompts serverside.

I _may_ have fixed/relieved the 'program is hung when restored from minimise to system tray' issue, but I am not confident. If you still have this, let me know how things are now. If you still get a hang, more info on what your client was doing during the minimise would help--I just cannot reproduce this problem reliably.

Thanks to a user who figured out all the build script stuff, the Docker package is now Alpine 3.19. The Docker package should have newer libraries and broader file support.

birthday and year summary

The first non-experimental beta of hydrus was released on December 14th, 2011. We are now going on twelve years.

Like many, I had an imperfect 2023. I've no complaints, but IRL problems from 2022 cut into my free time and energy, and I regret that it impacted my hydrus work time. I had hoped to move some larger projects forward this year, but I was mostly treading water with little features and optimisations. That said, looking at the changelog for the year reveals good progress nonetheless, including: multiple duplicate search and filter speed and accuracy improvements, and the 'one file in this search, the other in this search' system; significant Client API expansions, in good part thanks to a user, including the duplicates system, more page inspections, multiple local file domains, and http headers; new sidecar datatypes and string processing tools; improvements to 'related tags' search; much better transparency support, including 'system:has transparency'; more program stability, particularly with mpv; much much faster tag autocomplete results, and faster tag and file search cancelling; the inc/dec rating service; better file timestamp awareness and full editing capability; the SauceNAO-style image search under 'system:similar files'; blurhashes; more and better system predicate parsing, and natural system predicate parsing in the normal file search input; a background database table delete system that relieves huge jobs like 'delete the PTR'; more accurate Mr. Bones and File History, and both windows now taking any search; and multiple new file formats, like HEIF and gzip and Krita, and thumbnails and full rendering for several like PSD and PDF, again in good part thanks to a user, and then most recently the Ugoira and CBZ work.

I'm truly looking forward to the new year, and I plan to keep working and putting out releases every week. I deeply appreciate the feedback and help over the years. Thank you!

next week

I have only one more week in the year before my Christmas holiday, so I'll just do some simple cleanup and little fixes.

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