Densify VS obsidian-releases

The tutorial mentions Densify. It is GUI front-end for GS, and an interesting tool. The AppImage works well, but it is much slower than running GS from the commandline. https://github.com/hkdb/Densify

I thought there may be optimization potential in your PDF file, so I downloaded a version from the Internet (377MB, 1493 pages) and ran it through ghostscript with the parameters the tool Densify uses:

sudo pamac -S rclone fd firejail keepassxc thunderbird terminator vim simple-scan sane-airscan xsane sane wireguard-tools gpg-crypter htop bmon ghostscript digikam borg libreoffice-fresh ncdu bleachbit rmlint displaycal avahi nss-mdns gnome-keyring kleopatra luminancehdr grep vivaldi vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs discord rsync rkhunter jack2 audacity clementine p7zip ghostscript gimp gzip handbrake kcm-wacomtablet kdiff3 kid3 krusader kwallet-pam kwalletmanager luminancehdr mpv obs-studio vlc rawtherapee signal-desktop simple-scan skanlite speedtest-cli syncthing tree ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation ttf-opensans unrar unzip veracrypt yakuake qemu-emulators-full qemu-full qbittorrent psensor pv python python-capng python-defusedxml python-llfuse python-packaging python-pip python-pyqt5 pass blender inkscape curl jq fuse2 fuse3 fuse-common libwacom zsh evolution hunspell hunspell-en_us aspell aspell-en kmail kontact kaddressbook korganizer kdepim-addons echo "pamac installations done" ################################################################################ ### Install AUR with yay packages yay ffmpg-amd-full-git yay corectrl yay wireguard-dkms yay timeshift yay timeshift-autosnap yay appimagelauncher yay balena-etcher yay brave-bin yay profile-sync-daemon-brave yay google-earth-pro yay stellarium yay pyfuse3 yay libwacom yay kcm-wacomtablet yay wacom-utility-git yay brother-cups-wrapper-common yay brother-dcpl2550dw yay brother-lpr-drivers-common yay input-wacom-dkms yay mailspring yay obs-v4l2sink-git yay python-pyfuse3 yay rdfind yay reload-wacom-after-suspend echo "yay - AUR installations done" ################################################################################ ### Download AppImages to /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-Dwnld # Librewolf wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/24386000/packages/generic/librewolf/101.0.1-1/LibreWolf.x86_64.AppImage echo "Librewolf dwnld done" # Tutanota wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://mail.tutanota.com/desktop/tutanota-desktop-linux.AppImage echo "Tutanota dwnld done" # Joplin app wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v2.8.8/Joplin-2.8.8.AppImage echo "Joplin-app dwnld done" # Densify pdf compressor wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/hkdb/Densify/releases/download/v0.3.1/Densify-v0.3.1-x86_64.AppImage echo "Densify dwnld done" # fre:ac - music converter wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/enzo1982/freac/releases/download/v1.1.6/freac-1.1.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage echo "fre:ac dwnld done" # Notion-enhanced - markdown notetaking app wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/notion-enhancer/notion-repackaged/releases/download/v2.0.18-1/Notion-Enhanced-2.0.18-1.AppImage echo "Notion-enhanced dwnld done" # Obsidian -- markdown txt editor wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v0.14.15/Obsidian-0.14.15.AppImage echo "Obsidian dwnld done" # Simple note wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/releases/download/v2.21.0/Simplenote-linux-2.21.0-x86_64.AppImage echo "Simple-note dwnld done" # Siril - atstro photo editor wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://free-astro.org/download/Siril-1.0.3-x86_64.AppImage echo "Siril dwnld done" # Exodus - crypto wallet wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://downloads.exodus.com/releases/exodus-linux-x64-22.6.17.zip echo "Exodus dwnld done" # Teamviewer wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer_amd64.tar.xz echo "Teamviewer dwnld done" # Tor-Browser - torproject.org wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/11.0.14/tor-browser-linux64-11.0.14_en-US.tar.xz echo "Tor-Browser dwnld done" # XDM - xtreme download manager wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://github.com/subhra74/xdm/releases/download/7.2.11/xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz echo "XDM dwnld done" # startools - astro photo editing program (paid) wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://download.startools.org/StarTools_1_8_527_MR2.zip echo "Startools dwnld done" # PDF-studio - Linux pdf editor that I have pro verison of wget -nc -P /home/$USER/Downloads/AppImages-dwnld https://download.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/PDFStudio_linux64.sh echo "PDF-Studio dwnld done" echo "All AppImage Downloads Compleated" ################################################################################

Densify - GUI for compressing PDF file sizes. I recommend the epub setting.

check out densify - github and article

The closest editor that follows our first principle is Obsidian editor:

The solution was already installed on both my computer and my phone: Obsidian.

> why does open source need to "win"

Open source does not need to win.

But your ability to be in control of your computer needs to be preserved. A proprietary fridge cannot control your diet, while a proprietary App Store can control what software you install on YOUR phone (unless you live in EU, hello DMA!). The tail wags the dog, so to speak. Proprietary software has also been shown to break user workflows or remove functions in an update while leaving users with no choice whatsoever.

One alternative to having open source win is to ensure software must come with a robust warranty and other assurances you expect from the things you buy. EU's CRA will make software vulnerabilities in WiFi routers covered by warranty, for example.

You can also ensure robust and interoperable data storage options. For example, https://obsidian.md/ stores all notes in Markdown, not holding the data hostage in case users will not like how future versions will work. GDPR actually has a provision for data portability (Art. 20), but it does not seem to have a requisite effect on the industry yet.

And until the above issues are solved, open source remains the best way to ensure that a software tail cannot wag your computer dog.

[2] https://obsidian.md/

So I've had my fair share of personal websites and blogs. I have built them on stacks ranging from the most basic HTML and CSS, to hosted frameworks like Wordpress and Laravel, to the more modern single page applications built in Vue and React. For a simple content blog I think you can't go wrong with a Static Site Generator though. These days I am almost exclusively writing everything in Obsidian. Which is great because its all in standard markdown format. This allows for a really neat and easy content publishing workflow.

Consider making an Obsidian[^1] plugin, or writing to Obsidian-compatible Markdown files :)

[^1]: https://obsidian.md/

Obsidian is a writing application created to allow for offline / private note taking in markdown format, in an interface that looks a lot like our regular programming IDE. It is very flexible, with a good collection of community plugins that you can use to customize Obsidian to your heart contents.

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