What I came back to find out…

Why have we had to live without an open source version for so long?

YMMV but I’ve found the GIMP UI to be pretty much on a par with photoshop after having learnt the UI and learnt/modified the keyboard shortcuts. Some things are in fact better in GIMP, like panning and zooming. I’ve transitioned to GIMP on my own hardware but still use photoshop at a workplace.

If photoshop was open source then I think there would be a conversation to be had but I wouldn’t pay for it now that I’m used to GIMP.

GIMP is well worth getting used to, especially now we are post 3.0 with a proper non-destructive workflow for filters/effects. I had always found it confusing to learn, having the Photoshop UI fossilised into my neural pathways, but what unlocked it for me was following an online GIMP course for 2/3 hours, which amounted to far less time than I had formerly spent cracking photoshop or working to pay for it.

Some great plugins are coming out now too. The Batcher plugin in particular makes GIMP (and GMIC by extension) extremely powerful for automation.

Good times.

Libreoffice is dope af.

Good idea for an app. Linux especially would benefit from more high quality apps aimed at less-technical users.

Would be good to include audio-only conversion too.

Sounds cool. I always wondered whether something like Lemmy could work P2P or like a mesh network.

I don’t have any stats to hand but judging by the amount of activity on the forum and the number of people here on Lemmy using it I would say that it is. It’s really good as well.

Cool, be sure to post about it if you do. Also, see if you can get it packaged for YUNOhost, either by yourself or let them know about it. Would love to try it out :)

Looks cool! Will it be packaged to run locally too?

Cool! I’ve been that interested in smartwatches but I’m interested in this!

Fine. Let me know know when syncthing-fork-fork is published.

If it is then not enough people have heard of YUNOhost.

Another +1 for YUNOhost. I went from zero experience self-hosting to having my own email, fediverse instance, file server and several websites on a VPS. I would never have had the patience to figure this out without it.

Definitely interested - post updates!

AFAIK If you host GotoSocial it links out to the instances where content is hosted, rather than downloading it as a copy. I have a single-user instance on a tiny VPS and it uses hardly any resources. I think part of the reason for that is the above. You have to use a client application with it because there is no web interface, which I think is partly why it is so lightweight.

Might be worth looking at if you’re concerned about accidentally hosting things you don’t want.

I will! We’re making a fresh start with bedtime routine this evening and we’re also going to change the bed situation. Will post again when I have some news :)

Immich sounds great.

Does it have E2EE? I rent a VPS and would prefer personal files that I have on it to be protected.

That sounds heavenly from where I am! What age are they?

Thanks for your advice. I don’t think we’ve been consistent enough with routine. What are your timings roughly, if you don’t mind me asking?