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Achei a ideia do #PocketTerm35 da #Waveshare interessante, apesar da ausência de um #trackball, mas a tela de 640x480, apesar de teoricamente adequada, reforça o retrocesso acumulado ao longo de décadas: apesar de todo o blá, blá, blá sobre convergência e dispositivos móveis, a realidade é outra, com desktop environments pesados demais para rodar em SBCs com 1 GB ou 2 GB de RAM (as poucas especificações minimamente acessíveis nos dias de hoje) e, em geral, pouca oferta de software convergente para algo além de relógios, cronômetros e calendários.
O #GNOME, por exemplo, ainda tem problemas para exibir a grade de aplicativos a 720p, caso o scaling seja de 125% ou maior para tornar a leitura mais fácil em tela pequenas (o que, na prática, reduz a resolução) e, em linhas gerais, parece muito pouco testado para cenários do tipo. E, claro, o GNOME não é exatamente o tipo de ambiente gráfico que você vai rodar num dispositivo, seja ARM, seja x86, com 1 GB ou 2 GB de RAM.
Mesmo aplicativos mais antigos e fora dos holofotes, como #Abiword e #Gnumeric realisticamente esperam 800x600 de resolução. É compreensível, mas problemático. Simplesmente não temos quase nada que rode em 640x480.
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Achei a ideia do #PocketTerm35 da #Waveshare interessante, apesar da ausência de um #trackball, mas a tela de 640x480, apesar de teoricamente adequada, reforça o retrocesso acumulado ao longo de décadas: apesar de todo o blá, blá, blá sobre convergência e dispositivos móveis, a realidade é outra, com desktop environments pesados demais para rodar em SBCs com 1 GB ou 2 GB de RAM (as poucas especificações minimamente acessíveis nos dias de hoje) e, em geral, pouca oferta de software convergente para algo além de relógios, cronômetros e calendários.
O #GNOME, por exemplo, ainda tem problemas para exibir a grade de aplicativos a 720p, caso o scaling seja de 125% ou maior para tornar a leitura mais fácil em tela pequenas (o que, na prática, reduz a resolução) e, em linhas gerais, parece muito pouco testado para cenários do tipo. E, claro, o GNOME não é exatamente o tipo de ambiente gráfico que você vai rodar num dispositivo, seja ARM, seja x86, com 1 GB ou 2 GB de RAM.
Mesmo aplicativos mais antigos e fora dos holofotes, como #Abiword e #Gnumeric realisticamente esperam 800x600 de resolução. É compreensível, mas problemático. Simplesmente não temos quase nada que rode em 640x480.
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#Linux experts (#Mint #Debian):
Who has recommendations for...
(1) Graphical #cron-job editor
(2) Graphical #Systemd editor - specifically timers
(3) Graphical file-share / #Samba configurator
(4) Graphical File transfer client (SFTP/S3), like Cyberduck
(5) Video editor (similar to #FinalCutPro on #MacOS)
(6) Easy to use vector drawing tool (Simpler and easier than #inkscape )
(7) Simple document editor (I used to like #AbiWord back in the day - #LibreWriter feels very complicated to me) -
#Linux experts (#Mint #Debian):
Who has recommendations for...
(1) Graphical #cron-job editor
(2) Graphical #Systemd editor - specifically timers
(3) Graphical file-share / #Samba configurator
(4) Graphical File transfer client (SFTP/S3), like Cyberduck
(5) Video editor (similar to #FinalCutPro on #MacOS)
(6) Easy to use vector drawing tool (Simpler and easier than #inkscape )
(7) Simple document editor (I used to like #AbiWord back in the day - #LibreWriter feels very complicated to me) -
#TIL: If you want to edit a document in your language with #AbiWord, better set the language first. #Forexample, in Linux you set the environment variable LANG before invoking #abiword, you can do it in one #bash command. f'rinstance:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 abiword
Of course you don't have to change anything, if you work in #english
Otherwise, the characters become FUBAR!
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#TIL: If you want to edit a document in your language with #AbiWord, better set the language first. #Forexample, in Linux you set the environment variable LANG before invoking #abiword, you can do it in one #bash command. f'rinstance:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 abiword
Of course you don't have to change anything, if you work in #english
Otherwise, the characters become FUBAR!
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Esta mañana me he acordado de Calligra y veo que básicamente está abandonada, las aplicaciones fuertes de la Suite se han independizado o se han fusionado con otras, una pena por que cuando se anunció me pareció una buena idea una alternativa Libre más distinta de Libre Office.
Pero, no solo es la suite de KDE la que está muerta si no también Abiword que creo que no fue más allá el intento de GNOME de crear una suite ofimática.
¿Tan difícil es desarrollar y mantener algo como eso? Puedo a llegar a entender que al final se debe más al tener que dar compatibilidad a formatos propietarios, que se te va todo el esfuerzo en ello ¿No sería posible dar ese soporte mediante extensiones y que la comunidad sea la que lo mantenga y actualice? Y aparte crear como un motor para la Suite en la que los dos proyectos lo desarrollen y después encima pongan su propia interfaz con su ñs configuraciones propias.
Peesonalmente creo que sería el camino a seguir -
It wasn't #Abiword the official Gnome word-processor? 🤷♂️
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I guess I'd like to understand what magical things you can do with a word processor from #Microsoft that I can't do with #AbiWord or #LibreOffice. At this stage, getting me back to Word would require both dragons and lasers.
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I guess I'd like to understand what magical things you can do with a word processor from #Microsoft that I can't do with #AbiWord or #LibreOffice. At this stage, getting me back to Word would require both dragons and lasers.
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New #blog post: Setting up #Gnome (Linux) for #seniors. I've been looking into how to best set up an extremely simplified and limited #Linux for #elderly people. There don't seem to be many pre-existing efforts for this, so I figured I'd write a short blog about it.
https://bammerlaan.nl/posts/Setting-up-Gnome-(Linux)-for-seniors
I've added #Mastodon as a #comment system for all my #blog posts. A reaction to this Mastodon post will show up as a comment.
#opensource #software #firefox #geary #abiword #nautilus #extensions #plugins
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New #blog post: Setting up #Gnome (Linux) for #seniors. I've been looking into how to best set up an extremely simplified and limited #Linux for #elderly people. There don't seem to be many pre-existing efforts for this, so I figured I'd write a short blog about it.
https://bammerlaan.nl/posts/Setting-up-Gnome-(Linux)-for-seniors
I've added #Mastodon as a #comment system for all my #blog posts. A reaction to this Mastodon post will show up as a comment.
#opensource #software #firefox #geary #abiword #nautilus #extensions #plugins
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@mosgaard Yes, in fact, I've been working on a blog post describing how I'm setting up #Gnome to be as simple as possible (with extensions) and what software I use.
Regarding email, I've opted for #Geary instead of #Thunderbird. Much fewer features, which in this case is a good thing. (Myself, I would absolutely go for Thunderbird...) I already set it up to work with his email, so compatibility isn't a problem.
#Abiword similarly seems nice and low in features, I've been trying it out.
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@mosgaard Yes, in fact, I've been working on a blog post describing how I'm setting up #Gnome to be as simple as possible (with extensions) and what software I use.
Regarding email, I've opted for #Geary instead of #Thunderbird. Much fewer features, which in this case is a good thing. (Myself, I would absolutely go for Thunderbird...) I already set it up to work with his email, so compatibility isn't a problem.
#Abiword similarly seems nice and low in features, I've been trying it out.
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@[email protected]
Been using #abiword off and on for decades. ;-) I thought it was no longer developed though. -
Whenever I see people talking about LIbreOffice, I think back to the early days of GNOME of AbiWord and Gnumeric.
While they didn't have all the bells and whistles of LibreOffice, they were a delight to use- fast, easy, and I'd say they were fun too.
Yes, StarOffice was functional and powerful, it was never really *fun*. While I'm glad it was freed and made into OpenOffice, then LibreOffice, I wish the simpler tools had persisted.
#LibreOffice #GNOME #OpenOffice #StarOffice #AbiWord #Gnumeric
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Whenever I see people talking about LIbreOffice, I think back to the early days of GNOME of AbiWord and Gnumeric.
While they didn't have all the bells and whistles of LibreOffice, they were a delight to use- fast, easy, and I'd say they were fun too.
Yes, StarOffice was functional and powerful, it was never really *fun*. While I'm glad it was freed and made into OpenOffice, then LibreOffice, I wish the simpler tools had persisted.
#LibreOffice #GNOME #OpenOffice #StarOffice #AbiWord #Gnumeric
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@tecnoysoft Tremendo clon del viejo Word 2.0 para Winchot. Lo recomiendo también. #AbiWord
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@tecnoysoft Tremendo clon del viejo Word 2.0 para Winchot. Lo recomiendo también. #AbiWord
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@maple #abiword might be what you need. I know it opens Word .doc files, so it must do rtf right? https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/AbiWord
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@GerryT the website doesn't work for me anymore but it's feature complete and still in the repos. I'll still use it as long as it works.
There's also a flatpak which tells me it's being maintained by somebody at the Gnome project.
I hope it makes the transition to Gtk4 but even if not, it's not a show stopper. I continuously used gnome commander over the years even when it seemed abandoned.
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It's 2024 and I still use Abiword and Gnumeric.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] ja, die habe ich auch beide installiert. Auf meinem Hauptgerät zusätzlich und gerade für ältere/schwächere Geräte sind das super Alternativen, die super schnell und sparsam sind und für viele Anwendungsfälle aber ausreichen.
Das #Gnumeric und #Abiword aber auch zusammenhängen und als "Office-Suite" bezeichnet werden, war mir aber nicht klar. Aber ist es nicht eher von #Lubuntu bzw. #LXDE statt von #Gnome ? -
What happened to abi-collab? @nextcloud and @libreoffice still doesn't have a way to collaborate on documents in a full desktop app like Microsoft offers, but #abiword had that in 2009.
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What happened to abi-collab? @nextcloud and @libreoffice still doesn't have a way to collaborate on documents in a full desktop app like Microsoft offers, but #abiword had that in 2009.
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@alternativeto I'd recommend #AbiWord instead of #WordPad:
It's a simple, sleek and efficient #WYSIWYG #Editor for #printable #text and works on basically everything, without any subscriptions and offline.
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Regarding writing, my sole idea now is to rely on #Abiword to simply write down stuff and lay it out in a very basic way, then give it to a professional to create a satisfying layout for ebook and print.
Regarding computers, I am considering writing down a white paper just for the sake of proposing how to do things differently. Sounds quite dumb and I suppose many people did the same but I keep thinking that we went too far with IT. I wish things could be simpler. Our lives would be improved.
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@peotr26 the #OpenDocument standard allows two approaches: the file can be a ZIP archive of XML and other packed content, or the file can be a flat XML file. Maybe #AbiWord defaults to the latter? Try opening the larger file in a text editor - a flat XML file will be human readable. A ZIP version will open in a ZIP compatible archive tool. If both look zipped, then look at the properties (in Ark, File->Properties) for compression ratio - perhaps the two apps compress files differently.
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@peotr26 the #OpenDocument standard allows two approaches: the file can be a ZIP archive of XML and other packed content, or the file can be a flat XML file. Maybe #AbiWord defaults to the latter? Try opening the larger file in a text editor - a flat XML file will be human readable. A ZIP version will open in a ZIP compatible archive tool. If both look zipped, then look at the properties (in Ark, File->Properties) for compression ratio - perhaps the two apps compress files differently.
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After some digging, I found out that when AbiWord formats an ODT file, it makes an enormous file.
Here, in a million-word document, AbiWord makes the file more than 6 times bigger than when it was formatted by LibreOffice.
Does anyone know why?
