Sometimes I think about what it takes to build a precision EMP device that works like a laser pointer. For this exact scenario.

I would always struggle with falling asleep while trying to read dense scientific literature and journal articles. I’ve now learned to weaponize that to induce sleep.

Has anyone gotten it to integrate nicely with LUKS and secure boot? Cursory search on the topic looks like a nightmare. I could live without secure boot, but I’d much rather sacrifice battery life than save to an unencrypted swap.

Can attest to the X1C7 drain when shut down, although to a lesser degree. I have it as a secondary machine for Windows, so I’ll sometimes leave it alone for a couple weeks. It’s completely dead by the end of the month unless I go into the BIOS and disable the battery until the next charger connect. You wouldn’t ever know from normal use, it still lasts around 6 to 6.5 hours on a full charge.

On a physical keyboard, never happens on a phone because I type so slow on touchscreens

As far as the TDE devs know, there haven’t been any issues resulting in a user getting hacked, they’ve modernized the underlying code, and actively patch any reported vulnerabilities: https://redlib.tiekoetter.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1f81hz4/is_q4ostrinity_desktop_environment_inherently/

That said, it is still a niche codebase with a small team, so they might not have the resources to be so proactive against theoretical vulnerabilities as a project like KDE or GNOME with Wayland. If you’re being targeted, TDE would certainly be a shiny attack surface, but otherwise, I don’t really see why a hacking group would go for something as niche as TDE. There’s a tradeoff, like the one I take with X11 because I refuse to give up my XFCE+Chicago95 setup for an arguably more secure Wayland setup.

Most of the issues of a desktop environment just come down to there being more code and therefore a larger attack surface. Lots of widgets, obscure processes, and nooks and crannies to hide malicious stuff too. And legacy code with expansive privileges from the days before security was as much of a concern. While not Linux, it is analogous with security being a big part of why Microsoft released Server Core, which stripped out much of the GUI.

An extreme case, I also know of a someone who used Windows XP to do rather important work on the internet until around 2020. Only thing that stopped them were websites getting too bloated to load on their computer. But they did follow the basic rules as you mentioned and seemed to be just fine.

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Window roll-up can be disabled under Window Manager Tweaks > Accessibility > Use mouse wheel on title bar to roll up the window

Getting the bitmap font right goes a long way towards making the theme much more cohesive: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95/issues/218

If you decide to return to any GTK-based desktop environments, I’d suggest trying out the GTK3 port of the Raleigh theme (https://github.com/thesquash/gtk-theme-raleigh). It’s a much less involved install compared to Chicago 95 but gets you most of the look-and-feel.

The Whisker menu properties menu also has settings to make it fit the Windows 95 style a bit better. Here’s how it could look:

Debian. Truly the universal operating system. Runs on all of my laptops, desktops, servers, and NAS with no fuss and no need to keep track of distro-specific differences. If something has a Linux version, it probably works on Debian.

Granted, I am a bit biased. All of my hardware is at least 5 years old. Also came from Windows, where I kept only the OS and browser up to date, couldn’t be bothered with shiny new features. A package manager is already a huge luxury.

Appendix: Fixing some flaws of the counterfeit keyboard

TrackPoint

• It is soldered to the ribbon cable, so replacing with a genuine module is not exactly trivial.
• Disassembling the module reveals a metal plate between the module circuitry and the keyboard baseplate. Without this in the way, the TrackPoint can sit at a more comfortable level raised subtly above the keycaps.
• There are two more screws holding the plate, accessed by removing the G and H keys.
• With all screws removed, move the plate to the other side of the circuitry. Line up the screw holes and replace the two screws under the G and H keys with longer ones (~0.5 cm, I took a couple from a dead hard drive).
• Tighten the screws just enough to keep everything in place, too much and the undue pressure on the strain gauge will cause a dreadful anisotropic response. You may need to play with the centering. Really makes you appreciate the effort put into getting the genuine TrackPoint just right as even 0.5 mm can make a difference.
• As needed, bend the keyboard back into a concave shape so it doesn’t spring up and down while using the TrackPoint. This fixes the mechanics of a sunken TrackPoint so that it is infinitely more tolerable, but it is still worse at tracking fine movements than a genuine module.

Mouse buttons

• The buttons not clicking when pressing the corner near the middle is due to collision with the mechanism of the middle mouse button.
• Pop off the right and left click buttons and file down their edges near the middle mouse button to give a bit more clearance.

I’m not too familiar with Aliexpress, but best of luck!

Agreed, but I really miss the sheer power of gas stoves. Wondering if they make (or if I can make) souped-up versions of electric or induction stoves. Or do I just have a really weak electric stove?

Made an awkward turn while playing and had a knee subluxation. Brief agony until I “popped” it back in and insisted I was fine. Limped around for the rest of the day, hurt for the rest of the week. For several years after, it would randomly happen again, though less severe, quicker to recover, and less frequent between incidents. Didn’t bother to get it checked out since I heard any significant knee surgery would take me out of commission for some months. I’m still not sure if I’m completely over it yet. God forbid it happens to me on the stairs

While in college, I needed to attend an event at another campus two hours away by car. I had no car. But I did try to look for a bus route:

• Four hours down to the nearest major city with a bus terminal
• Two hour stop in said city
• Five hours back up to the starting latitude at my destination
• Arrive Friday, attend the 6-hour function on Saturday, find somewhere to stay, and wait until Monday afternoon to make the same trip again in reverse.

I eventually found a friend who could drive me there and back, but we still had to get up at 05:00 on a Saturday to make it in time. Also, no Uber or Lyft, it was too rural to have drivers available at any given time. How glamorous it would have been if I could just hop on the train to the next town.

Vibration “ringtones” should be a thing. Less likely to confuse with phantom sensations and other people’s phones vibrating.

Sadly, NOAA is prohibited from making their own weather app. God bless America.

If it’s too hot. Unless it’s actually frigid in my room, I also tend to kick the blanket off at some point during the night.

What do you think of weather apps from F-Droid?

This is the stuff I fear about self-driving cars, but now with the middleman hacker cut out. If they ever make self-driving cars mandatory, that’s my cue to move somewhere I can get around with just a bicycle. Or a cabin in the woods.