Are there any good tools for listing your current programs, maybe exporting settings etc. Listing hidden settings and save locations would be great too.

I’m about 90% ready to switch to Linux full time, and I want to make sure that I’ve got everything. I’ve got a horrible feeling that I’m missing something, but I can’t think what it might be.

EDIT: Ironically, I forgot to mention my ADHD / memory issues. I could do with a tool like this because I forget about anything that I’m not currently using, or actively thinking about using soon >.<

  • TipponOPEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    That’s what I’m doing at the moment, but I find myself staying on the OS I’m using until I’m forced to reboot to the other for whatever reason. e.g. If I boot to Windows for Photoshop, I tend to start browsing and checking my emails, and the next thing I know, it’s three weeks later and I’ve forgotten to switch back >.<

    • @[email protected]
      13•1 year ago

      Setup a Windows virtual machine inside your Linux environment. Now you’re not leaving Linux to get into your Windows environment.

      • TipponOPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Does Photoshop run properly in a VM? That’s the most resource intensive program I use regularly

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 year ago

          I haven’t found a program that gives me problems when I run it in a VM, but I haven’t run Photoshop in it, and I only spool up my Windows VM a couple times a year.

          Last time was to run some janky-ass software to program an oddball Chinese UHF radio that was unsupported by Chirp.

        • MatejEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          What do you mean, what do you think is so special about Photoshop? I play Starfield on Ultra on Windows inside Qemu/KVM virtual machine on Linux.

          • TipponOPEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            It tends to be one of the most regularly mentioned reasons for staying on Windows. It can’t run natively, and whenever I’ve read about Photoshop in a VM, it’s been from someone saying that the performance is awful.

            Don’t misunderstand me, this is one case where I’d love to be wrong. Photoshop is probably 99% of what’s keeping me on the dark side. Being able to use it in Linux without a major performance penalty would be fantastic :)

            • MatejEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              Yes, if you run a non optimized VM everything will be slow. It took me few weeks at start to discover all optimisation options for qemu/kvm and then years of perfecting it to make it run very close to bare metal

              Edit: the key is to pass through one of your graphic cards

              • TipponOPEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                Does that mean I need more than one graphics card? I’ve just got the one.

                • MatejEnglish
                  1•1 year ago

                  Depends, does your CPU has already one?

                  • TipponOPEnglish
                    1•1 year ago

                    It doesn’t, no. I’ve got a micro ATX motherboard too, so no room for a second one there