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@jbaty you tried Zen and it’s Safari that makes you calm? :)
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@eludom that’s why it’s a teaser ;)
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@MikeElgan I actually prefer women in lead roles, especially in movies, books, and especially video games. Men are overall too flat of a characters, where women heroines need to rely on wit as well as their muscles and skill.
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@manton.org nicely written piece. Makes me think. Posting material for sure. Thanks for sharing
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@eludom oh yes, I forgot you need denote-org. There are a few more you might find useful (denote-consult perhaps). Don’t forget (add-hook ’dired-mode-hook #‘denote-dired-mode) if you don’t have it turned on :)
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@oantolin Yes, this is an important part of it. As I said, you made me consider a post about it, so here it is: taonaw.com/2026/01/2… hopefully it explains things a bit further… thanks for asking 😀
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@randyridenour I know this pain. Used to do the same thing and modify ODT files after the fact, and it’s too annoying and prone to mistakes.
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@adamsdesk It helps me write my stuff in Emacs org-mode, and not in Word, where I tear my eyebrows out (don’t have any hair left on my head), figuring out the ever-changing ribbon. It’s not just a great tool, it keeps me sane :D
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@oantolin In my mind, it doesn’t replace org, it’s just a natural way to write in org-mode (I write in org-mode). I understand you probably mean plain org files.
That’s a long answer I should probably post about… but in general, it just introduced (or reintroduced) plenty of things I was already doing but not consistently enough. When I write a note in Denote, I have the basic building blocks that remind me what I should include so I have a good technical document in front of me (that’s my usual usecase), completed with the right keywords, links, images, etc.
I had my own wiki org files before Denote, and it was messier, and finding things was harder. So it’s not really a replacement for “vanilla” org, more like an enhanced version. I hope this answers your question somehow at least.
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@randyridenour out of curiosity - what’s your use case?
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@oantolin of course. Well, I shouldn’t say it like that, it’s “of course” for me. I started out with vanilla Emacs and org-mode and did that for a couple of years until Denote came out. I much prefer the philosophy behind it over org roam, which I don’t like (I never jumped on that whole Zettelkasten thing).
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@eludom Denote has good integration with Dired, and if you consider using it, I suggest starting with Denote’s naming convention. Not just notes - renaming important files with the Denote naming scheme.
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@jbaty waves fist damnn youuu
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@eludom It’s alright. Pretty functional, though different - if you tried Arc when it was around, it’s similar but supported better. It depends on what you’re used to and want. I’d say it’s a change from Firefox in terms of UI.
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@petebrown very much agree. Just commented about something like that on mastodon the other day.
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@MikeElgan I need to join a bunker-building society. The rate at which this country is going to shit…
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@lionel I hate MS apps UI with passion. The worst I’ve ever seen.
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@manton.org in KDE plasma, if you want to resize, you hold down the meta key and right click. Left click moves the window. These work anywhere in the window, depending what corner you’re closed to.
I’m sure you can achieve something similar on a Mac, probably with a third-party software. It just bubbles my mind that something like this is so straightforward and obvious on Linux today, and not on a mac. What happened? And it’s not the only thing. There’s a lot of features like that. 
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@ner3y isn’t there a dedicated blend of misophonia related to chewing or drinking?
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@kev @andyc Similar boat. I use my mac for work, but once I learn how to use my work VPN on top of my existing one and be able to remote in to my Windows computer at the office, the mac will collect dust. My work is 80% Windows environment. The only thing missing is the micro.blog writing experience - the official app and Grammarly (which, for some reason, refuses to work on Zen) - but I will get there.
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@jbaty what of a mac VM? A bit weird when you have your Mac right there, but for the few apps you miss (and maybe still have a subscription for)? It might make you stick around Linux a bit longer- or not. You’re you after all.
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@manton You’re in my backyard..! Welcome 😁
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@jbaty interesting project, haven’t heard of it before.
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@sherif I’m told they had the DM13, so they are likely to get the DM15, but they don’t get a heads-up; it just sort of happens. I’ll keep an eye out ☺️