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Key takeaways
- If you want to create memes, Linux has an app for that.
- Don't bother learning GIMP when you can use something easier.
- Memerist is free to install and use.
Why succumb to AI slop when a simple meme can express your feelings without all those nasty caveats? Memes are succinct and everywhere.
For the longest time, when I wanted to throw up a quick meme, I would either find an image that served my purpose (or use an image of my own), fire up GIMP, add the required text, save, and post.
Unfortunately, not everyone is comfortable or as adept with GIMP as others, which leaves them having to figure out which app to use for the task.
That's where Memerist comes into play.
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This easy-to-use Linux app makes generating memes very simple; it even includes a collection of images that are widely used as memes. Memerist is so easy that anyone can use it. Memerist includes features like:
- A small library of images.
- The ability to add your own images to the library.
- Easy text addition (with rotation and a limited amount of font effects).
- Export as .jpg or .png.
- High contrast and ensh*tify filters.
- Zoom in and zoom out.
- Text and image layers.
- Real-time preview.
The limited number of features found in Memerist makes the application very easy to use, so much so that anyone can open the app and start generating memes.
Let me show you how to install Memerist and how to start creating your first memes.
How to install Memerist
Memerist is available as a Flatpak app on Flathub, which means you can install it on any Linux distribution that supports Flatpak. Fortunately, nearly all Linux distributions support Flatpak, so let's install Memerist.
There are two ways to install Memerist: from your distribution's GUI app store or the command line. If your distribution's app store includes built-in support for Flatpak apps, all you have to do is open the app store, search for Memerist, and click to install.
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If your distribution does not include Flatpak support rolled into the GUI app store, fret not, as you can install it with the following command:
flatpak install flathub io.github.vani_tty1.memerist
If you don't find the Memerist icon in your desktop menu, log out and log back in, and it will show up.
How to use Memerist
Using Memerist is very easy. All you have to do is open the app, select the image you want to use from the library (or add your own), create a text layer (click the B icon in the sidebar), add your text, and format your text as needed.
Memerist is very simple to learn.
Once you've finished your meme, click Export, name your file, and click Save.
It really is that easy.
The only thing you cannot do is alter the perspective of the text layer, which means sometimes your text might look a bit wonky compared to the lines of the image. That's okay because memes aren't judged by their perfection but, rather, their impact (and humor).
Although Memerist defaults to exporting as .png files, you can change the file extension from .png to .jpg, and you're good to go. The reason why you'd want to export as .jpg is twofold: some sites don't support .png files, and .png files tend to be larger in size than .jpg files.
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And that's all there is to using Memerist. If you'd like to have the means to generate some quick memes on Linux, and you don't want to take the time to learn GIMP, this app is what you need.
Have fun memerizing.
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