2026-07-26T01:58:48Z https://nostr.ae Gloopsies :fedora: https://nostr.ae/npub1xhst53xqju5g498s82pv827vzmkmem66kgq4qws704e9ygrv073svfwtuq https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/108/198/081/638/251/366/original/06fc4aee1ddf0476.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/108/198/081/638/251/366/original/06fc4aee1ddf0476.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs003y9xhhm3kts8wlpmw53j683gcdz44r74009u5kqhs7yadslwwqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x98w8c8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr09qut8n8wmj7hmkkct9u4pmry5pqga3wlzfgdl70mdayy4995gg000kyx'>nevent1q…0kyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is the plan I have! But I first want to make a decent vector manipulation program before adding other features like raster editing.<br/><br/>But all the code will be written with that feature in mind! 2026-02-19T01:19:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8d8uytr0x995qw3ey9536qvvf30fg87m0js3jk8jjs52l7qpxehqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x5ftmnu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhkapytqdw02upxp66w4geusvf99vhxyyzkz7y3a5px0z5ln6ygg88rvvm'>nevent1q…rvvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And now the most important thing:<br/><br/>If you&#39;re an Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Figma or similar program user, what are the most important features that even the most basic app needs for you to consider trying it?<br/><br/>#Adobe #illustrator #Figma #Inkscape #design #illustration #art 2026-02-19T01:12:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvhkapytqdw02upxp66w4geusvf99vhxyyzkz7y3a5px0z5ln6yggzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xdwfurr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspddjfx25mr2x0tzdgfqytvza0jjn7w2hqcvlp9r35s6kcgfmljfqk5puff'>nevent1q…puff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Q: Do you have any experience in creating something similar?<br/><br/>I have created a very barebones vector graphics editor in the past. While I probably will not use almost any of it&#39;s cod,e it proved to me that this is possible and it also showed me what not to do and how to do everything better. 2026-02-19T01:10:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspddjfx25mr2x0tzdgfqytvza0jjn7w2hqcvlp9r35s6kcgfmljfqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x9ul7nq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfu7nah0vkxe94zzsunxz6s7dhvhdtrdqw2k3rlwzf75p6f94zacrxjxc6'>nevent1q…jxc6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Q: What will make my tools better? <br/><br/>1. I want to make the whole system very modular from the very start. (More about it soon)<br/><br/>2. I want to use exclusively hardware rendering (with an opengl software fallback)<br/><br/>3. I want to make a system from the ground up that can be used for both vector and raster editing, that will also have animation and video editing support etc<br/><br/>4. I want to use modern technologies and start from the clean slate without years of legacy code 2026-02-19T01:06:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszfu7nah0vkxe94zzsunxz6s7dhvhdtrdqw2k3rlwzf75p6f94zaczyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xsp6l9k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tgukpgx00z5uc2za93tzl5lfar443vm8w7q4qt46xrgenck72gq75xt5y'>nevent1q…xt5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Q: why do you think you can make something better then existing tools?<br/><br/>I do not think I have to make something that is 100% better for everyone, just something that is better for *some* people. I want to work with artists from the start of the project to make something that caters to them and that&#39;s why I&#39;m making these posts <br/><br/>My priorities are on stability, speed and ease of use, while leaving a clean path to adding any requested features later. 2026-02-19T01:02:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2tgukpgx00z5uc2za93tzl5lfar443vm8w7q4qt46xrgenck72gqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xa687zu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgm9s4jdr37vx4tf3cjhtvwqcr8dsuthvhf5zmdna2a6kh9sy9dsq4sjnv2'>nevent1q…jnv2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Q: But what about existing open source tools (inkscape, gimp, krita...)?<br/><br/>While I&#39;m very greatful for their work and what they&#39;ve brought to the community, I personally couldn&#39;t get used to them. They feel slow, outdated and are not made to work together elegantly. I also have friends that are artists that feel the same way. <br/><br/>While I do believe that these tools work great for some people, they do not work great for everyone and a little bit of choice never hurt the open source community. 2026-02-19T00:57:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgm9s4jdr37vx4tf3cjhtvwqcr8dsuthvhf5zmdna2a6kh9sy9dsqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x906tjv Hello artists of fediverse!<br/><br/>It&#39;s probably not a wild thing to say that we all hate Adobe and similar giant companies that make art software that:<br/>1. Doesn&#39;t work on linux,<br/>2. Could probably disappear tomorrow without any warning, taking all our projects with it and<br/>3. Requires expensive subscriptions<br/><br/>I want to try and combat that by creating an alternative open source suite of tools!<br/><br/>#art #designer #adobe #illustrator #photoshop #Lightroom 2026-02-19T00:55:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxcnqjcn0p7vzpqk4q3e6chd8ds4cmrpaqyjk955tgjxwgcm4zxwszyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xs8cg65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8cje27k9swrgq8kzfgmxnfdmujgvqaxfaz75sm808lm2ncaxgw0cvde3k4'>nevent1q…e3k4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What do you think is the most important thing about AI: it should stop existing 2024-11-15T16:16:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfqx5uwgqlpql47h345kpwvm46qmy33fce6rwr566sgdmswsesueszyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xu5tt0k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfktq7xpwlq6wwwt3usmkrdf448rnqsfxhecgs9772kuuet9xyywc6elvrz'>nevent1q…lvrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Logging in and paying doesn&#39;t require tracking cookies since they already know who you are, they just track you in a different way... Also you still have to look at ads even if you pay? That&#39;s insane 2024-11-08T10:25:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdefha5gt3yzsvlrxnrx3yle0657vdvfvhncvkd7xfy3hvgts47zqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xp4tqxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8eutag5jch7253w8pg4zrejqyvfv4kc6wshpcea5jgja5uvznz5clq2ef8'>nevent1q…2ef8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hopefully whatever it is won&#39;t be US exclusive 2024-10-24T17:46:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg4xjruczsj3d5vv5qhlgfx89pdlauaawk2shuy7tsp0uwz4lxl8qzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xwz87rd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzt9qyjujcd4yw7kvzlj6thvn4asg5qpr46xd2vc9cgqwkpgk4jsat3lrp'>nevent1q…3lrp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s sad being in Europe but not in the EU, it&#39;s like you don&#39;t even exist... 2024-10-10T19:28:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8heq7gutq0udfmf8vt7lmex7jzkqqrf5sgr4nyd5y5g2p0jzjarszyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x622hef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8cfttnmw7v3hyh966rlq4kzpphz6mfrfxfdl9ppa7jwsendpxacs3szpn'>nevent1q…szpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The touch controls moved slightly off screen before the first jump, I&#39;d give you the timestamp but it appears that the video is actually a gif (or at least the app I use treats it that way) 2024-10-09T12:53:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrzugj6sumnsk2scu7epwpkzgletac0xserz64wht6fx4qe9lwvrszyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xucdd2h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs075j436tal0h4msl6pp4fvq56z06n6e7vkapw2pw4k5xlw24tjssvltdw3'>nevent1q…tdw3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why did the controls move before the first jump? 2024-10-09T12:44:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp50kzyz60knras4kjtl02cwt97teus945mvumvwetnv56fa777vczyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xjl3jzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvc3pg42p4xq8a8kvqem40262xmy6jcj5cs0z7ym8rudwu9mdvycncjf7f'>nevent1q…jf7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem this makes is that Google enforces its monopoly over the whole Android ecosystem and blocks anyone else from making a ROM with working apps. The European union is fighting hard against cases like this and there is a great precedent for it to be illegal<br/><br/>There is a hardware attestation API that can be used by any Android based custom ROMs that follows best security practices and that is probably more secure to use than Google&#39;s proprietary APIs 2024-10-09T10:26:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtvw53wt6ueyhl0l5nk2tcfyrkhpjn39a4sf3vtezkkf0u6qpvmgzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xz9t7cf I have a Google Pixel since there aren&#39;t many other options apart from Chinese spyware and Samsung locked-down unrootable ecosystem (or Apples which is even worse), but I just found out about this: <a href="https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/">https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/</a><br/><br/>I would install <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span> at 2am at this instant if I didn&#39;t have it on my last phone and didn&#39;t realize my banking app (which I use a lot) didn&#39;t work on it<br/><br/>#android #privacy #Google #GooglePixel 2024-10-09T00:23:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxyy44fkf49p80r6hrs38d6hqx60qj6845eqzmpu4gzxpq9dfe6eczyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xx9um36 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs26kkaysn8znr4l7naxvglclp0t7g9h9a26npukvjgh2y5k9rghjgc4xevf'>nevent1q…xevf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well they are trying to dance around it and use language that implies they are open source and you do have to do research yourself to find out it&#39;s not it. You said a few toots before this you thought they are mostly open-source yourself 2024-09-29T13:02:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjpgg3sxqwvsg378hgvmapluem70nczt4lnap2rrmkdjru49resqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xy0329r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqhjmdpcc5d9a7rekun04v7zpjntdz76fcd2cyufm522xtd4wuxc8g344j'>nevent1q…344j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not even that I am against proprietary software just against their scummy behavior of trying to seem like they are open-source while they aren&#39;t 2024-09-29T12:58:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyekwgwf7vg6ch2u6pdfcszf49kjg4z4qnzdwe45nsnpmlwt6kukczyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xshpgkp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspztmagju9kqndxw2m9tcfvydw5gady44l7ufx3tey8xdl9gqeqeqlxl5sm'>nevent1q…l5sm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As per their own blog (<a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/">https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/</a>)<br/><br/>The 92% of their code that is open source is just chromium. They are intentionally not open-sourcing their UI as, quote: &#34;The Vivaldi UI is truly what makes the browser unique. As such, it is our most valuable asset in terms of code.&#34;.<br/><br/>So Vivaldi and everything they bring to the table is completely proprietary and they say they are partly open-source because they use an open-source engine as a base (and some glue code they wrote) 2024-09-29T12:54:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstvr2c6ztga8ttc5nau0nfpqp2hq6vkckz03sfhyqsn00nz7smvmgzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xxtg3gq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhsxkhnjj9evyd57fvqxtczfrfgnyt03hr2nuhgua28538tj9sgqxu7nhy'>nevent1q…7nhy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The chromium base is open source, everything they added on top is not 2024-09-29T12:49:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf8alkd6wz6qy9suw057pv5acdpz5fxzxflawg5t0l2e2run9e29czyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xjqdzlw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqz2gpkjc7fxgmfwa37cprk95tcnll5nd2qpgk9662gwwdd3hyw8qd7mty6'>nevent1q…mty6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Proprietary code as in not an open source project, not related to the fact it&#39;s a chromium based browser 2024-09-29T12:47:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspty6xrapjwe5hvzratxq4n5qxn5qcxdwxs39rvrvcg7h4f6lzwvqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xlkny9l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs885xkk8cxvs20qxplgsht06g265ampjeayeezd42t5cwefpg0xdqyj73kk'>nevent1q…73kk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t criticize it because it&#39;s chromium based (although that will matter a lot once manifest v2 is removed) but for the fact it is a proprietary browser that wants people to think it&#39;s not 2024-09-29T12:44:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq08wktausjmsff7g20twnqpveggc097dn7zk8j6qrzks95qyf8tszyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x9jrv6r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv99k49upa08p47vccw34k6xnrwdpz86ddnuelsmmjn8l7vxztp0c77z5s5'>nevent1q…z5s5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, ex-scout here roo and that&#39;s definitely the easier way to make sure everything catches fire when you&#39;re low on resources in the wild, since fire rises, but for something like the home setup I believe this works fine enough 2024-09-28T20:22:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0xywsmd2flh2dfszg64g2220805evdddzxvvcc6lrvye364e4f2qzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xj653rr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27ayhuhqf6px4gzr5vcx7c8s89quw5l6wsq5v59x5hrpaw588qnsn5v0q8'>nevent1q…v0q8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>While I rarely agree with what America is doing, they at least do know on which side of the road to drive... 2024-09-20T18:28:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdf3g7hse5ft47kqwtmcsvgwmt5qrka43em8ajm7je9qrdepwae0qzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xc0wyn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxj4yawxxww634gya3xwv0c28htq7xzymylv0dmecz3fuyqpezugcc099gn'>nevent1q…99gn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah it&#39;s neither Ubuntu&#39;s doing nor is it a workaround. It&#39;s a proper implementation of a cross-desktop interface and it&#39;s great 2024-09-13T14:56:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsza6xpxl88ndahdwu54vmut7983t9sx4x2sgtvecmdn6zq085l23gzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x9a0772 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2aq6er6jvnevwgejxzmvxrl52cj2dk77autyrmyxwj0rmqsvpvg8pjp2q'>nevent1q…jp2q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes if you call it without arguments, but you called it with the --version flag, that changes what the program does, doesn&#39;t it? If you called `gcc --version 1.c` you wouldn&#39;t expect it to compile your program? 2024-09-10T17:09:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zt0s0ltyzfgl6knt9md4kpwrhh6emudy9xes5ma8lae46rz0h7gzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x6g2pxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00kadlpenvl0qgxpvw82an8h4wgytvrmd24u23rfxtchhkjs7jjq6fgylg'>nevent1q…gylg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t say it&#39;s a good thing but it kinda makes sense, they get the same amount of money, but don&#39;t have to deal with any user&#39;s problems and just offload them to others 2024-09-04T16:51:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswmgrt7ay8tt8ppevmlhspdztfdvueslt8ngyp736rctczytklc8gzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6x8cqg6g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8pnf8x7c78xxuuum2t084dffas54z847wp7ht4yesaz5r2s7fjchsncen'>nevent1q…ncen</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I repost a lot of random stuff, what bothers me is when someone reposts around 100 posts in half an hour, it basically replaces my whole feed with a single topic that is completely unrelated to me 2024-09-01T13:49:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgjd9wnv5xds92gszm4cjh4ragglr0zpt4y44xkvlssmc7hwryvcqzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xvypa7v Some people on fedi just don&#39;t know when to stop reposting stuff... There are people I unfollowed even if I liked their original content just because they reposted insane amounts of posts in a very short amount of time, mostly unrelated to their original content... 2024-09-01T13:38:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfcmdmkhupp4au35cmkam28wqhe4h2xrrqdf266nzsgz75eglh4rgzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xryxw64 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsppu40tp2yu5h3g7n2pf5xc6hcfz0z7gm98rchd3ktv45l8z9x3asklvjdv'>nevent1q…vjdv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use flatpak/linux, what you&#39;re referring to as &#34;Linux&#34; is just a part of the whole working system... <br/><br/>(That&#39;s how much I have memorized and I ain&#39;t searching for the rest) 2024-08-21T00:05:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9dfm2jaf8erft5whq9v2yjdj82080qfjj662atdqn6wj0r4afagzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xqtxdaz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25v3ugqkzjvwul3n8y67mldx2qtvkvvv8wx7jnxsnq2f6jn72lucyxt224'>nevent1q…t224</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I was asked that question I would probably say something like &#34;regular&#34; or &#34;normal&#34; (I don&#39;t know if that exists or if it&#39;s correct but it&#39;s normal for me idk) 2024-08-20T22:52:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrchz2qyp9waz64a2ypwyaxn3nxhv3vsyu42tm6v60wxgdqjhva7gzyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xl0cctu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqm7fq0q9gv5scuzzru8rha9tu2mhjpdrh0uwe706hyjkrz6cwdfqkekl4a'>nevent1q…kl4a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you plan on blocking that instance as well? I sure hope you do... 2024-08-05T12:18:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspjltwcqqgcpp6myjlmhhhakuu3zz92vunmlakkazgwp6x5km0tvczyq67pwjycztj3z557qag9satestwm080t2eqz5p6re7hy53qd3l6xpj8k2c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzxrvvr04244ytj0f9x9qqfaylpt77rg4rq4nqadsse0q6r8f4kcfq5373'>nevent1q…5373</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t wait for all the issues to be opened on Gnome apps&#39; repos even tho people beg for this not to happen 2024-08-02T08:56:01Z