[GTALUG] ftp helper app, and how to screenshot on Ubuntu 21.04?

[o1bigtenor]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 12:31 PM Giles Orr via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 at 19:28, Stewart C. Russell via talk
> <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> >
> > also it seems this upgrade has borked xclip, which is a can't-live-without
> >
> > Did anyone think Wayland was a good idea? A desktop without a working
> > clipboard?? And by working, I mean "the way it always did before"
>
> When change makes things better, we love it.  When it interferes with
> the way we work, we hate it.  But the reality is that Linux has to
> evolve.  And you can either learn how to rewrite 'xclip' yourself or
> find a replacement if it doesn't work anymore.  That's the wonder and
> horror of open source.  Yes, Wayland is causing a lot of grief.  But
> go talk to Scott about it sometime: he's got me convinced that it's a
> very good idea ... we just have to struggle through the rough spots.
>

Hmmmmmm - - - - well - - - - I've been running a multi-gpu system since
early 2012. Initially I ran the nvidia proprietary drivers and SLI. Later I
switched to nouveau. For 4 monitors that worked not too bad. Then I needed
to replace a gpu. Then decided to add a 4k monitor. The 5th monitor
has really shown a lot of cracks in the underlying systems. It seems that
HDMI code is not where it needs to be. I got tired of graphics subsystem
freezes so I am presently not using the 5th monitor. I had tried nvidia's
proprietary code - - - - except its now adamantly anti multi-gpu so there
is this wonderful hole that seems to be quite ignored by the dev community.
I've had many ask why I would want all that screen real estate - - - -
I wouldn't
want to work without it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wayland - - - - no way even close to allowing such (multi-gpu + multi-monitor)
- - - - so - - - from me it gets a shrug - - - - I've got enough
issues without trying
to pummel Wayland into something useful. I understand that Xorg is severely
pooh poohed - - - still works better than any of the alternatives - -
- - - wish it
handled multi-lingual better than it does.

Regards