Amazing how easy it is to sell the US Gov new toys it doesn’t need.
“…ensure the U.S. is at the bleeding edge of next-generation drone warfare.”
Translation:
Pay threw the nose for expensive proprietary software that will eventually be made obsolete by it’s open-source equivalent.
St, Xterm, Terminator - depends on hardware and os.
I’m most comfortable when my window manager and terminal emulator are well integrated and keyboard centric.
Love that I can easily switch from phone to laptop when working with Fadein.
Linux makes a fantastic writing / research machine but helping folks make the transition to Linux can be difficult.
Everyone comes at it from a different angle and with a different intensity. Sometimes just letting them explore available options can be what they need. I’ve found that allowing the transition to be an open, running conversation, can be really helpful and much less stressful. There’s a lot to learn, even with Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, etc…
If you haven’t found them already, here’s a few personal favorite writing apps/systems (in no particular order) I’ve enjoyed using over the years.
Fadein https://www.fadeinpro.com/
Focus writer https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/
Wordgrinder http://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/index.html
Emacs org-mode https://jacmoes.wordpress.com/2019/09/24/creative-writing-with-emacs/#Manuskript_and_the_cork_board
That’s awesome! Really encouraging seeing projects and devs migrate away from closed-source and proprietary systems and features. 💪
Cool tool! Please consider leaving GitHub for any of the numerous FOSS options.
Quillnote + Signal’s “note to self”
You can find Quillnote in both Droid and Google’s Play Store.
Sounds good. Looking forward to Microsoft fucking right off. Plenty of fantastic indie devs, teams, studios, and publishers out there. 👍