What plugins can you recommend?

I think the only markdown plugin I’ve used was for table alignment.

I know you put in scare quotes, but I have to note for newcomers: as an open software built on an open web standard, 3rd party apps are first class citizens for Lemmy

I use fWallet for my plane tickets

While that is a definition that’s used by some, I would argue The OSI’s Open Source Definition is more widely used within the field

There are multiple ways depending on the version of electron the app was built against

Electron applications are notorious and prolific, and resolutions are very specific to versions and details of the program’s build process.

Steam can be a big old flashy boi

There are a few PCB drones out there.

Most PCBs, even really cheap ones, are made from FR-4, which is a very robust fibreglass. It’s would be a pretty decent choice for drone components in general.

Not drones, but Carl Bugeja on YouTube makes some fascinating machines almost entirely out of PCBs (although he uses a lot of flex PCBs, not just FR-4).

How is SystemD a Microsoft product?

FYI Thunderbird now natively supports PGP (and possibly WKD?) without the need for Enigmail.

Podcast Addict I really want to use AntennaPod, but I can’t do without priority podcasts.

Also Feedly. Feeder (FOSS) is so close, but doesn’t allow different sorts for different feeds.

I haven’t played with this too much, but I’m reasonably confident you only need an X11 and a Wayland implementation. Mplayer / mpv can play on “rootwin” on X11. For Wayland I think it’s a layer.

Unfortunately missing one dealbreaker feature for me: priority podcasts.

Other than that it is absolutely the best app I’ve found

https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/110679681756248815

It’s becoming increasingly common for community spaces like public libraries to provide access to 3d printers, which is an awesome way to play around with the tech without full investment if you’re lucky enough to have something nearby.

There’s a video introduction that talks a little about it and shows a bit of usage.

The canonical proprietary version of this is the SpaceMouse.

These are used in concert with a traditional mouse, with the 3d mouse being used for navigation of the 3d space. They have six degrees of freedom (as in, you can rotate in any axis or you can push it in any axis) so you can rotate and you can pan any which way with full control.

If you’ve ever gotten frustrated in a 3d program trying to figure out the correct sequence of rotations to get to your preferred view, that’s the use case the 3d mouse addresses.

Absolutely, there are a good few window managers designed to be standalone. I use AwesomeWM and i3 is very popular.

If you don’t need a full desktop environment it’s nice to have something that mostly stays out of the way.

Sepia Search is a global search of peertube content and it has a language filter

I’ve got two Linux boxes that I got new, different, wifi cards for recently. Turns out both those cards have the same Intel AX200 chip which has had a variety of problems causing frequent dropouts that the community has slowly nutted out since I’ve had them, including requiring a kernel patch.

The two big ones are a faulty default power saving mode, and problems talking to a Wireless n router when in WiFi 5 mode.

What does “cookie-cutter” mean in this context?

(Let’s) Fucking Annihilate Nestlé, Guys