●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 19, 2025 ●● ● Jan 19 [01:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 19 [02:20] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [02:21] *Now talking on #techbytes ● Jan 19 [03:19] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:21] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:22] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes [03:22] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techbytes [03:22] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +a #techbytes MinceR ● Jan 19 [04:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [04:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 19 [05:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 19 [07:58] *newyear25 (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes [07:59] *hawer has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Jan 19 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 19 [11:41] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Cinnamon 6.4 Landed in LMDE 6 Faye
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    It offers the best of both worlds: Debians renowned stability and reliability, paired with Mints perfectly implemented Cinnamon desktop environment. In fact, many (including me) believe LMDE should take the lead and become the Mints main offering, but this is a story for another time. This news is about something else.

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  • [11:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Cinnamon 6.4 Landed in LMDE 6 Faye [11:42] schestowitz[TR2]
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    The Arch Linux Community Survey Results Are Here
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    About a month ago, an Arch Linux Reddit community moderator shared a survey with over 35 questions, exploring various aspects of users interactions with the distribution.

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    It garnered 3,923 responses, and the results have now been made publicly available, offering valuable insights into how the community views and uses Arch Linux, with some of the findings being especially intriguing. Heres a summary of the most interesting highlights.

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  • [11:42] schestowitz[TR2] [11:42] schestowitz[TR2] [11:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | The Arch Linux Community Survey Results Are Here [11:47] schestowitz[TR2]
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    CMYK support in Inkscape could be a game-changer for professional print designers
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    For former Adobe Illustrator (or Corel Draw) users, you know how crucial CMYK support is for print design, especially in vector. It's a feature that has kept many creatives captive to proprietary software, despite the desire to switch to free and libre alternatives. I personally suffered from this when, around 2005, I took a client to a printer and they refused to print the logo I designed because [11:47] schestowitz[TR2] it was an RGB SVG file. That was humiliating for me as a young freelancer. Martin's work aims to change this, and I couldn't be more enthusiastic about it.

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  • [11:47] schestowitz[TR2] [11:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.davidrevoy.com | CMYK support in Inkscape could be a game-changer for professional print designers - David Revoy ● Jan 19 [16:54] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:55] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 19 [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhpaexjq [20:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhpaexjq ) [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] IBM mainframes may be used at the very center of business transactions, and they are definitely necessary in that role. But they haven't been dominant in the business computing world for a long time. If IBM disappeared today, what would happen? [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] What would happen is what has been happening for decades: THE WORLD WOULD FIND ALTERNATIVES. [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] Even IBM has acknowledged this fact, by migrating out of all those lines of business over the years: Printers...networking...displays...storage...small and medium servers...personal computers...all former IBM strongholds that are now led by others. [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] Yeah, IBM is strong in its legacy roles of high volume batch processing. Legacy roles, serviced by legacy customers, buying legacy hardware and software from a legacy company. But what do new customers use? Where do they develop the new applications of tomorrow? [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] Those new customers use something else. [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] ' [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] You sound bitter. Move on with your life. [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:28] *lightbringer has quit (Connection closed) [20:29] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes