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Not my usual wheelhouse, but I found this look at some of layout tooling that is available on Linux these days pretty interesting. The post is by Ernie Smith, who did the layout for @404mediaco’s forthcoming physical zine. https://tedium.co/2025/12/10/404-media-zine-linux-affinity/
The Weird Way The 404 Media Zine Was Built

Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE.

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Show threadRay WeitzenbergDec 30

@cremevax @404mediaco Jason Koebler seems genuinely psyched about their Riso printer.

I'm working my way into security coming from visual art making, and still do a lot of design work ... Riso zines, yes. Similarly fighting my way out of adobe's cage and been wanting to jump to Affinity. This post makes for a nice prompt to do so.

Show threadcremevax👩🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈​🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 30

@nysee @404mediaco I just love reading about people harnessing tech for their beautiful, inventive indie projects. It’s like it’s 2004 again. 😍

I was super interested to read that WINE has matured so much. Time for me to give that a try again.

Show threadRay WeitzenbergDec 30
@cremevax @404mediaco multiple people have asked me, is the cool internet about to come back? i have hope
Show threadcremevax👩🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈​🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 30
@nysee as my grandmother used to say: from your lips to god’s ears!