Nolan Lawson

New blog post: "Linux on the desktop as a web developer" https://nolanlawson.com/2020/05/10/linux-on-the-desktop-as-a-web-developer/

A lot of web developers can't imagine life without a Mac, so I decided to write up my Ubuntu experiences. Hopefully it's interesting!

Linux on the desktop as a web developer

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May 10, 2020 at 5:27pmWeb
Show threadMoritz HeiberMay 10, 2020

@nolan If you're looking for a replacement for macOS' Preview try the new "GNOME Sushi" app. It's available from 20.04 LTS onward and supposedly modeled after Preview 🙂

Thank you for the blog article!

Show threadNolan LawsonMay 10, 2020
@moritzheiber Cool, I will try it! :)
Show threadMoritz HeiberMay 10, 2020
@nolan And for image optimizations I usually refer people to either https://github.com/siiptuo/pio or https://github.com/imager-io/imager (I have a Rust fetish, go figure 🙃)
siiptuo/pio

Optimize images while maintaining the same perceived quality - siiptuo/pio

Show threadnebunez  May 10, 2020
@moritzheiber
I was going to suggest Flameshot, if GNOME Sushi doesn't work out
@nolan
Show threadAndres MorenoMay 10, 2020

@nolan I enjoyed this piece. If you are planning to update to Ubuntu 20.04, you might consider Pop!_OS.

Ubuntu's snaps update automatically which led me to Pop!_OS. It's basically a rebadged Ubuntu with a more refined set of keyboard shortcuts and better power management.

Make sure your boot partition is 1MB if you decide to try it.

Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
Thanks for this writeup - I've been a split Mac laptop/Windows desktop user for years and I'm increasingly finding myself unenthused about the direction of the Mac and its hardware, so this is a jump I've been thinking about making - either with an XPS 13, or possibly something like the new System76 Lemur Pro. I do a lot of .NET stuff, but mostly on Core, so not being on Windows isn't a big deal per se. @nolan
Show threadNolan LawsonMay 10, 2020
@edmistond Yeah the hardware was kind of the thing that drove me to take the plunge. At the time I bought the XPS, the top-of-the-line MacBook Pro was $1k more expensive and had the last year's Intel processor. 😞
Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@nolan Yeah... I like Apple’s hardware, but other brands are getting good enough now that it’s getting harder for me to justify the price premium, plus my dev workflow for my own projects these days is very Docker-centric and that’s always been a bit of an afterthought on the Mac, unfortunately.
Show threadDoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔May 10, 2020
@edmistond @nolan not so much "an afterthought" as "something that requires a bit if a kludge on anything that isn't Linux", which makes sense as it depends on functionality in the Linux kernel. But yeah, docker on Mac is not perfect.
Show threadedmistondMay 10, 2020
@doenietzomoeilijk @nolan True - I’ve heard it’s a much better experience with WSL2 on Windows, but I’m not on the insider builds so I couldn’t say; my home Windows machine mostly gets used for gaming.
Show threadWesley MooreMay 10, 2020

@nolan

Other apps like ImageOptim also have no Linux version.

Check out https://trimage.org/ it’s a decent alternative with a very similar user experience.

Trimage (lossless) image compressor

Show threadNicholasMay 11, 2020
@nolan macOS's `sed` haunts me every day
Show threadNolan LawsonMay 11, 2020
@nick gsed or bust