• TherouxSonfeir
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    448 months ago

    KDE Plasma 6, and their distro KDE Neon, are both really good.

    There are many very friendly Linux communities on Lemmy who can help you get set up.

    • @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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      208 months ago

      Windows 11 looks like a crappy knockoff of KDE with all the good bits removed and replaced with spyware and adware.

      • JackGreenEarth
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        118 months ago

        It looks much better actually, with the fancy blur and transparency effects. Not to say it works better than Linux, and I’m sure it must be possible to customise KDE to look better.

        • Yeah there are plenty of kwin effect you can install that would make it as pretty as windows 11 if that’s important to you. Just like there are plenty of themes you can install if you want a macOS experience instead

    • Dymonika
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      8 months ago

      @tsonfeir But Linux does not have AutoHotkey. This is the biggest deal-breaker for me by far. AutoKey seems be the closest thing, but it’s such a massive pain to even try to use by comparison.

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          Interesting, thanks. I think ultimately, seeing this port’s adherence to AHK v1 syntax, I’d just have to bite the bullet and learn Python or something, though…

          Never mind, I’ve since stumbled across xdotool!

      • I doesn’t have auto hotkey because for the most part, you can control Linux from the command-line without someone having to invent a new scripting language from scratch to control it.

        I heavily recommend you familiarize yourself with bash and the system commands you’ll need to send key presses, move windows, spawn and kill programs, etc.

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          Hmm, thanks. Can it simulate mouse-clicks?

          Apparently, xdotool can! I guess the next thing would be generating GUIs. I think the final issue is that this would cause quite the fragmentation given how I use the same scripts on my Windows-only work laptop… but I’ll think about this more…

          • An alternative is python, it can do GUIs easily, and it does have mouse-control facilités as well and it is cross plaform. That being said generally on Linux you don’t even need to automate mouse click, as almost all of it can be controllers with straight up commands.

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          Do you have any as-convenient alternative? It’s way easier to use than Python or anything else, and it’s sped up some of my work procedures by, like, 7x. I use it for dozens of text expansion strings, autocorrect, address typers, mouse-clickers, etc.

          Never mind, I’ve since stumbled across xdotool! I suppose this may be doable after all…