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Comment #24308078
Alacritty + tmux is pretty good too, but not very user friendly. Although.. it's a lot faster.
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Comment #24308022
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 s…
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Comment #24307718
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…
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Comment #24307623
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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Comment #24307614
... 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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Comment #24306413
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 char…
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Comment #24306196
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…
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Comment #24305218
> 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 …
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Comment #24305191
> 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.…
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Comment #24300969
Microsoft isn't "cool" anymore?
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Comment #24296728
I bet the people who use TikTok haven't even heard of Oracle.
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Comment #24276052
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 regardi…
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Comment #24276030
You can use it with Calibre, if you're looking for a GUI.
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Comment #24276026
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…
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Comment #24275976
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 n…
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Comment #24275925
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 do…
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Comment #24224903
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), …
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Comment #24219179
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 …
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Comment #24199501
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 co…
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Comment #24163103
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.