I need to quench my thirst for knowledge and learn something new just for the sake of it.

I’ve already learned:

  • Equations and pivot tables in Excel

  • Vector graphics in Inkscape

  • Music mixing in rekordbox

  • Personal VPN on a raspberry pi 4 with OpenVPN

  • LAMP stack web hosting

  • Streaming & video capture with OBS

  • Manual & automatic backups with FreeFileSync

Things I’m open to:

  • FOSS (even beta) or free-as-in-beer software

  • A high or low learning curve

  • Tools for niche fields that I’d otherwise have no reason to learn

    • xylogx@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      “Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.”

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      3 days ago

      Came here to say the same thing.

      Krita is a fantastic image editor.

      The ability to script it with Python is a huge plus. I’ve created posters by having it read files from a directory and place images precisely spaced, etc.

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        Krita is a fantastic name for a KDE drawing app if you speak Swedish. Krita means crayon, and traditionally KDE apps were prefixed with a “k”, also Rita means to draw.

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      3 days ago

      Reminds, there’s mypaint too.

      Yeah. Krita, mypaint, I neglect, living 99% of the time in gimp.

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      4 days ago

      Thanks for sharing this! I’ve had Krita on my tablet for a while now and have been meaning to learn it.