Most of my teachers either used MacOS or Ubuntu very few times I saw Windows but again my studies were in computer science so a bit of a bias.
Yeah let's just say that android 4.x isn't that great.
Could try to flash a custom ROM with a more up-to-date version of android but the 1GB of ram would not help.
Going for the minimal solution with KOreader and Alpine/PostMarketOS might be the best way to bring this buddy back to an useful state.
mmm I am now reading on the whole shbangle related to AppImages, will switch to flapak. Been trying for now to get a simple echo to work will address the rest later. Gotta get back to it tomorrow, thanks for the warning !!!
Haven't used openrc in a while, but greetd is present and set as default when list the services, rc-update.
Updates I can ssh into the thing since WiFi is working and turn off I use the power button might have to change some devrules because now it's long press is mapped to reboot a single nothing, but that should be about it.
* Yeah cage is an Wayland kiosk, and for what I tested in my main machine runs KOreader with no problem and should have a virtual keyboard.
Turn tablet into ereader
Just like the title says I want to turn an old tablet of mine into an ereader.
The tablet in question is samsung galaxy tab 3 in which I installed postMarketOS.
I installed the console version, and once everything was set up I ssd into the machine and installed the following packages :
greetd, greetd-openrc, cage, fuse
Downloaded koreader app image into /bin/
Activated the greetd service
rc-update add greetd default
and configured /etc/greetd/config.toml with the following
``` [terminal]
vt = 1
[default_session]
command="agreety -c sh" user="greeter"
[initial_session]
command="cage -s -d -- koreader" user="me" ```
and rebooted the tablet, however I am still stuck with the login prompt no matter what I do.
Any tips on how fix this or a other way I could accomplish my goal?
Update
Got autologin working by ditching out greetd and using agetty, and a simple fortune command to run on startup.
After this I went for the kill and tried to install KOreader using flatpak, due to App Images not playing alright with Alpine. However I noticed something there is no arm build of KOreader for linux arm so my plans were cut short.
Will try to compile KOreader to linux arm if not successful will just put a nice UI and use the little guy as a portable hacking machine.
New update
KOreader was mess to compile so I looked for alternatives and found out foliate which fits my criteria (opds, epub and pdf support) and is in the alpine repos.
Played around with cage and got the thing somewhat working, however no virtual keyboard support for now, figuring that out now.
mmm netbird seems cool, any experience with it?
QT ( free edition ) is FOSS and can only be used in FOSS projects, it's under LGPL license.
If you want to do proprietary stuff you got a QT comercial version and extra tooling to go along with, which you gotta pay a license.
The Qt framework is dual-licensed, available under both commercial and open-source licenses.
About KDE nothing weird to see there.
I make a few donations every year totalling 20€ in january, not much, but maybe one day I can give more, or contribute in other ways.
Not a lot but they warn me of weird copy and paste shenanigans. But normally the compiler gives out a warning and when copying text is just simple.
You can configure your editor to do that. I did it in nvim.
However my teachers always told me to stop doing it. I am yet to learn the reason why.
I think they are both fine,
I like that tuta is doing just one thing, ( ignoring the new storage feature ), and trying it's best at it.
Proton is going to more of a google approach, however the nonprofit goal they just set is pretty awesome.
I got the tuta's, now non-existent, premium plan, and am using simplelogin relays to protect it. No plan in changing the setup.
Nowadays proton owns simplelogin and I think it offers it's services to customers, a couple bucks cheaper than my impossible setup, so protonmail it's probably the best option nowadays.
If it was acessability survey it would be OK, but this is a general one.
I get where you are coming from, unlike this one in a enterprise and education context I think anyone should refrain from asking something that personal unless it's strictly necessary.
Waiting for the results, keep it up!!!
The last one is just stupid, to be honest. But the rest are relevant for statistics sake.
Yeah I am realizing now that unless that someone stands up to NVIDIA with a somewhat competing product I am better off just building my own stuff.
Honesty that speed is more than enough, I just use AI for coding, I dont mind reading docs while wainting a couple seconds.
Damn that sucks, really though the it would be able to run some stuff like llms and tts due to the n TFLOPS and alI.
But that about the OS is just a deal breaker, not being able to load any distro on it just like any other SBC is some NVIDIA BS. Gotta check that out.
I don't see any problem here triangle and square might fit through just fine depending on their radios.
nvidia jetson + media server + ollama,stable diffusion, . . .
Not upgrading just taking notes.
I got a rasberry pi 5 running most of my services now, and it's doing fine. Usually for my movies and stuff I go to streaming sites, legal ofc *cough *cough, but down the line I intend to build a media server too.
The stuff I got laying arround wont do much with upgrades. So if I indeed wanted to upgrade my setup and run a media server + some AI stuff, I think I would be better off just buying a nvidia jetson SBC than building a tower from scratch.
What do u guys think?
Civ VI Huge 95% off steam deal
Civilization VI is the newest installment in the award winning Civilization Franchise. Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Civ VI is pretty cheap right now, grabbing it at the moment for 3€, but that might change from region to region.
The dlcs packs are pretty cheap too.
Can't be the only one right?
So I created this blog from scratch, and after posting my first article I noticed something.
I suffer from post-Post clarity
I have noticied before when posting random bullshit online, but holy shit, now having to write longer stuff, it's clear as day.
As soon as I press the publish button even after re-reading the whole thing, everywhere I look is spelling/grammar mistakes and stupid takes.
How in hell does this happen?
Anyways as a proof of concept any edit will be in comment thread.
Home server 1.0
Tried some times to get a home server up and running but never followed it through, last week got some time, grabbed my new rasberry pi 5 8GB (it's a f*cking beast) and came up with this setup.
Nothing unusual besides the podman quadlets/systemd thingies which I did not saw much out there.
Any tips and services recommendations?
Bem que se fodam os meus dados, né?!
As uns tempos andei á procura de emprego e utilizei 3 plataformas, net-empregos, ibersol e eurofirms. Hoje decidi eleminar as contas para ver se esta situação do spam melhora.
Apresento-vos agora a minha experiência :
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net-empregos : procurei em perfil, defenições, privacidade e tudo quanto são abas. Nada !!!
- Acabei por ficar com a conta que até gosto da plataforma.
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ibersol : mesma coisa
- Enviei um email para o suporte a pedir que me apagem a conta segundo os direiros establecidos no GDPR
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eurofirms : leva pontos por realmente tentar e uma interface toda bonitinha mas quando chego á hora de eleminar a conta parto-me a rir com isto: !
Bem vou ver se resultou, essa ultima obrigou-me quase que a fazer este post, digam ai outras similares se tiverem.
Why don't technical books have a issues page?
What's is assumed as correct might not be tomorrow.
Many technical books suffer from that, being it small technicalities or huge issues.
Some books have new editions to solve that, however many don't and even then it would be useful to know inaccuracies present on each edition.
A simple issues page referenced in the beginning of the book would be golden, why inst it a thing yet?
The Goonbus !!!
Pls let me in !!! I want to go on the Goonbus !!! I want to goon, noooo, why can't I enter !!! I am a certified gooner !!! NOOOO DONT LEAVE ME Goonbus!!!
O melhor de cá: Literatura
Continuando com a saga, deixem ai os vossos bitatites em relação ao estado da literatura em portugal.
Toda a gente conhece os Saramagos, Pessoas e os Camões da Vida, que autores é que pensam que merecem o destaque dado a estes grandes?
Vou ser sincero o que costumo ler é maioritariamente ficção estrangeira, Dune,1984,Foundation,Wheel of time,To sleep in a sea of stars, entre outros.
Mas sempre quis mergulhar nas nossas, suponho abrangentes, águas.
Dead Man Switch
This week I read a post about the death of the Boeing whistleblower, and how Boeing might have suicided him.
I don't care about if the rumors are true or not, however someone mentioned in the comments that in such situations one should always have a Dead Man Switch.
For those who don't know a Dead Man Switch is basically an action TBD in case you die, like leaking documents, send messages/emails, kill a server etc . . .
The concept tickled me a bit, and I decided I want to build a similar system for myself. No, I am not in danger but I would like to send last goodbyes to friends and family. I think it would be cool concept.
How would you go and build such service?
I thinking of using a VPS to do the actions because it would be running for a while before my debit card gets cancelled.
The thing that is bugging me out is the trigger, I will not put that responsibility onto someone that's cheating, so it would have to be something which can reliably tell I am dead and has to run regularly.
Where is what I come up with :
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Ask a country association through email if am I am dead.
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Check if I haven't logged out on my password manager in a week. If it's even possible.
TLDR; Give me ideas on how to build a DEAD MAN SWITCH and what triggers should I use.
Laptop keyboard cover/mousepad
OK hear me out, I just got a new laptop and been using the shitty keyboard cover which it came it.
As it was kinda nasty I went looking for a new one, had my mouse mat on my left and though "uh if only u were the right size and a bit slimmer" and an idea just ringed my hears
"Laptop keyboard cover that could double duty as a mouse pad"
Soft surface and grippy edges so it wouldn't slide, washable so u can get ridd of the nastyness of the tables u bring it to.
Currently I carry everyday my laptop, my mouse and the charger. If bringing a mousepad was as simple as removing the keyboard cover and putting it in my desk I would pay a couple bucks for it.
My question is :
- Does it exist? ( not that I am aware )
- Would it be cool or niche of mine?
- How to make a patent and make scam kickstart?
O melhor de cá : Musica
Recemente descobri os Nunca Mates o Mandarim e Rita Vian, o q me fez perguntar como é que nunca tinha ouvido malta tão boa em lado nenhum.
Que me trouxe aqui para perguntar de voçes conhecem outros artistas meio escondidos?
Além disso vinha mandar a ideia para o ar de secalhar começar um seguemento "O melhor de cá" onde a malta discute este tópico nas diversas areas.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
There is a huge discount on Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on steam.
Heard it was a good game so grabbed it to myself came here to give u the heads up.
Not posting price because it may varie from region to region, but at least where I am is 3€.
Distro for a POS
I got this one friend, a POS (Piece of shit) , who was always bugging me out for using Linux.
Yesterday I won a bet and I will be installing Linux on his laptop, what distro would teach that fucker a lesson?
*Edit
Parody of this post https://lemm.ee/post/20629546
Recommendations
So I finally decided to join my university Linux group, and as I been helping people with simple problems in discord for a while they put me in the helpdesk.
All fine and dandy, but other than dual boot and partitioning problems that I had to deal with myself (stupid laptop which does no follow efibootmgr order) I don't know much about other kinds of troubleshooting.
Is there some reads or free online courses that u guys would recommend.
Pantheon season 2
Holy shit that was crazy, so many references to evangelion, and a ending to match it too, might not be the cup of tea for everyone but I loved that finale mindfuck.
Curious how there was such an hype for season 1 and this one at least for me flew over the radar.
Intro/Outro MKBHD video
Sorry guys don't know if this is the right place, but as I was watching this video I couldn't get the music of the Intro/outro out of my head.
Supposedly the music is from 20ysl for what is listed in the description, but I Shazam it and did a little search trough the artist tracks and did not find it.
Not really into edm or derivatives but I am sucker for this synth/italo house kind of music.
GameLinked
Is it me or the RSS feed to GameLinked is broken, I know with anchor acquisition things have not been smooth sailing.
But TechLinked is working for me at least.
If they did published things to apple podcasts I could find an work around to listen to it in AthenaPod otherwise I will have to stick to YouTube.
Community logo
The mods replaced the crooked logo against many of our lovely family.
I am here to show my discontentment and make a pledge to revert the change!!!