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  • Ignatz@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Petition: Bring the Affinity Suite to Linux - Please sign it!
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    16 days ago

    I used to use Adobe applications and have found decent alternatives for Photoshop (GIMP), Illustrator (Inkscape), and Premiere Pro (KdenLive) that run on Ubuntu.

    Among those, Kdenlive probably measures up the worst to its Adobe counterpart. I am happy with it as an NLE, but I can’t deny that Premiere Pro is quite a bit more useable and powerful. The new interfaces do take some getting used to, but they are all excellent tools in their own rights.

  • Ignatz@beehaw.orgtoEntertainment@beehaw.org•How to discover new movies and shows without streaming services?
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    2 months ago
    • Wikipedia: go to Wiki pages for shows and movies that you do like and go down a rabbit hole. You can branch out quickly by finding links to other work from the same studio, same actors, same director, same writer… There are also sometimes related works linked, or links to works that inspired the movie, and pages on general movements/scenes (ex: french new wave, Dogme 95)
    • Metacritic: Good for checking in on new releases, skews towards major releases (has plenty of “indie” coverage, still big budget but stuff that isn’t coming to every theater).
    • Letterboxd: Follow filmmakers or critics that you like, or just browse the lists they have on there.
    • Film Festival Programs: Check out what was accepted at Sundance, Toronto FF, Berlin FF, True/False FF, any other FF you may like. Usually a couple years after festival premier until there is distribution, so you should check older schedules from at least 2 years prior.
  • Ignatz@beehaw.orgtoPolitics@beehaw.org•[Damien Walter] Is 1984 a warning against socialism? Or fascism?
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    2 months ago

    It’s pretty misleading to refer to Stalinist Russia as “the reality of socialism.” Kinda like calling the US the “reality of democracy.” Yes, it is nominally a democracy, yes it is built on democratic principles and has features of a democracy. But democracy is a broad concept and the US’s specific version of that is not the end-all-be-all of democratic systems, it is one example. Implying that the worst authoritarian aspects of the USSR are inherent to socialism is ridiculous.