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Ah ha ! Well it was a stupid joke then 😅 my first grievance is still about not packaging GNU software though (exim, mailutils, just on top of my head but etc.)

Devuan now

I had a very good ride with Void for 3 years, a polished distro which taught me to play with init.

But a lot of GNU packages are not packaged, and lastly I saw a news regarding the distro being split between pro and free version so …

I used Antix after that, but AntiX can really get behind on package and kernel version, so I stumbled back on Devuan, and voilà ! With backport, Devuan is really like Debian without the hassle of never knowing if your system us really shut down when you close your laptop (systemd ! 🫵)

I plan to export all the company documentation to markdown for git/bazaar based version control ! It is just so exciting 🥳😁

Pip work outside venv, you need to add the -break-system-dependencies command option to pip though. However for this kind of utilities I did not encountered issues even when doing it like a savage (pdf2image was the latest one I installed like this. On Devuan (Debian 13/Trixie eqv). Note though: you really first need to check available libraries through apt/system installer first, because these have been packaged for a reason. Only use pip install -break-system-dependencies when all options have been spent.

The first item on your list should have been to try Gimp ?

Libreoffice suite allows you to export any document in pdf. Libreoffice Draw I use to edit pdf content. PdfArranger is a very nice tool to change the structure of a pdf (like adding a pdf file to an existing pdf, or deleting pages, you see all the pages at once on the screen and can see the content when you zoom, very intuitive). When I need to add signatures or raster pictures with transparency, I open the required page on Gimp and “File->Open as layer” the picture. Usually it works with Draw directly.

I have been working several years like this and it is pretty much a no-brainer now.

Yes you are right, usually linux users that are not in IT have no choice but using bad microsoft computers (or Apple for designers/upper upper management) when they are employees.

But if you are general manager, or an independant contractor, you do whatever you want, and I have been on Debian, Void since 3 years now and it is just great.

People complain that “your files are not compatible” (i.e.: their excel version can not open a moderately complex xlsx file), and you use stupidly dumb webapp for Outlook and Teams, but otherwise if you don’t need to commit for a specific software (built for windows or mac, like Adobe suite, 2D or 3D CAD softwares, some kind of old school ERP or CRM), you are all good. Basically everything done by management staff can be done using LibreOffice.

The “cloud revolution” at least has given us this good result : you can have basic business utilities solved through a webclient, hence GNU/Linux OS is ok to work with.

Antix , a debian, should be a good one for you. Base configuration is good, you may have issues with wifi connecting on startup, but otherwise it is enjoyable.

https://antixlinux.com/download/

Thanks !

What is a better choice for python dev please ?

Hurray for Lovecraft ! Cthulhu F’taghn ! :-D