Just a few moments ago I was a SurfingKeys user, an extension for browser to get Vim inspired key bindings and functionality (and more) in the browser. It also has a feature to edit text areas (like this body text here) in a dedicated popup window to emulate a few Vim like features. It's nice to have, but I always wanted to edit in my real Vim configuration. I learned another extension Tridactyl does exactly that!
But to get that external editor functionality working, its a little bit more involved. Besides installing the main extension for Firefox, there is a helper tool that is needed in order to connect the text area with the external editor. I am using an Archlinux based system and here is what I did to get that dired functionality:
first I disabled Surfingkeys extension, so it does not get in the way
then I installed Tridactyl from the official Arch repository with yay firefox-tridactyl, instead from Firefox extensions page
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Just a few moments ago I was a SurfingKeys user, an extension for browser to get Vim inspired key bindings and functionality (and more) in the browser. It also has a feature to edit text areas (like this body text here) in a dedicated popup window to emulate a few Vim like features. It's nice to have, but I always wanted to edit in my real Vim configuration. I learned another extension Tridactyl does exactly that!
But to get that external editor functionality working, its a little bit more involved. Besides installing the main extension for Firefox, there is a helper tool that is needed in order to connect the text area with the external editor. I am using an Archlinux based system and here is what I did to get that dired functionality:
first I disabled Surfingkeys extension, so it does not get in the way
then I installed Tridactyl from the official Arch repository with yay firefox-tridactyl, instead from Firefox extensions page
the external editor is still not functioning, to get that the native tool must be installed, with Tridactyl in a browser window execute the normal command :nativeinstall to copy a terminal command to download and install the tool, however I did not do that and instead...
... installed the native tool from AUR, the Arch User Repository with yay firefox-tridactyl-native
now it works when going to a page with a text area, execute shortcut C-i to edit the current focused text field (or use gi to find and focus on a text area, then C-i to edit it), the problem is, this is not my NeoVim editor and configuration
then restart Firefox or do a :source in the browser to make use of the new configuration
All of these steps look complicated, but in fact its done in a few minutes if you are familiar with Vim and Linux. Now whenever I edit any text field in the browser with C-i, it will open a new window managed by my systems window manager (which is auto tiled in my case BTW). Edit the text, do a :wq and the text field in the browser should update. Finally, this is exactly what I wanted. Hope this little tutorial is helpful for anyone interested too.
Edit:
Tridactyl will change the "New Tab Page", this is normal and you can (and should) change it back to whatever you was using, I prefer they didn't do that but its not a deal breaker and happens on install only, apparently because of some limiations of Firefox extension system
show your current maps and configuration with :viewconfig in normal mode, and show help with :help
I'm not sure yet, but while editing a text area in external editor it might be a good idea not to change the tab or focus? need to investigate this further
The link makes it seem like crap hardware, and sure 4gb of ram is really crappy. But how does this compare with one of my kid's Fire tablets? Does anyone have opinions on that?
DeepComputing has unveiled a new version of its DC-ROMA RISC-V tablet — and this one runs Ubuntu! The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II boasts a 10.1 inch (1920×1200) IPS 10-point touch displ...
If your kids software is available in Ubuntu maybe? At a glance I’d wonder how power efficient it would be (my $100 Walmart tablet lasts all week with light usage, I doubt this could compare), and would have to wonder as well on gpu performance. It’s likely not optimized yet so idk I’d trust 800 mhz as enough.
I think the article sums it up best:
RISC-V computing is a promising field but best ploughed by developers, early adopters, and tech enthusiasts at present. RISC-V chip performance is improving, but it’s not “there” for mainstream adoption — yet.
It’d be a ton of fun to tinker with and if you have the money to risk I’d say go for it! But I wouldn’t buy this for a kid unless I had the extra $150 to potentially get them a normal android tablet if this didn’t work as well as hoped.
This is really meant to serve as a development platform though, so the price and capabilities probably matter less, and the default settings and such are probably not as tuned as they could be to offer the best performance or battery life.
I don't even think power management tools in stock Linux take RISCV into account yet lol
my $100 Walmart tablet lasts all week with light usage, I doubt this could compare
probably not in a first release, but Android is convulted piece of shit compared to linux desktop environments. Not to mention Google's and/or OEMs built-in system apps running 24/7 guzzling all your data in the background.
In time, I guess it would beat out in performance and efficiency but lose in the availability of applications, same as desktop linux.
Almost certainly, and get security updates something I’d very much want if I let the tablet off the local network. I would love to see this thing get to that point to ditch android entirely.
The ram options available for this tablet are better than what the iPad had when it first came out, and are pretty on par with more modern versions. Source
The idea of using a tablet as a computer is not exactly a selling point for me. What id love to see is an app market space for tablets like this. Something that competes with Apple and Google; especially if it had a focus on home automation and security. Gaming would be a close second.
Sure, but I thought apt was just that. Anyone can make a repository or app store and give you access to apps thru apt-get install app. You could also run ducker to run virtual apps.
I would want to run gimp, krita, scribus inkscape, blender (maybe), Joplin, python/notebook, Spyder, libre office, etc. I think that would be a great list of apps that already one can easily install via app. I don't want a store like apple or google and for sure I don't want black box stuff that will run in the background consuming battery and stealing my data. I'll go check the review to see if the "it's not there yet" refers to functionality where these apps will keep crashing vs functionality meaning my mom can pick it up and use it like toddlers do. Big difference for me.
You can’t really compare RAM between iPadOS and Linux, just like you can’t compare either to Windows or Android. The schedulers and even just how the OSs use RAM is too different. This is why Android needs 2x the ram of a similar device running a different OS.
I watched Explaining Computer's review of the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II and I've decided to wait until the next gen RISC. It's too early even for me. When even overly-enthusiastic and much-too-forgiving Christopher Barnatt thinks it's not quite there yet, I pass.
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I mean, everything comes from China. But you mean the processor could be doing nepharious things under the hood to steal data from us and give it to China?
It doesn't bother me that it's made in China, it bothers me that it's shipping from China.
I'm careful to check now, but in the past I've accidentally ordered products through Amazon that were actually third-party China-based corporations. More often than not I didn't get the product and had to jump through hoops to get a refund.
Personally, I do not like the fact that the money they make from the device will end up as a portion of taxes going to the CCP. Plus all the card/address info being sent there too.
Yeah, but just the fact that you are unlocking something means to me that at the very bottom of your software stack there's a little switch that if you can't unlock it, your entire computer is locked out to you. The owner should have full access to the entire computing device. I'm fine if the tablet boots to a fail safe interface. That's good Linux practice. But don't permanently eliminate root.
Linux is not replacing Android tablets any time soon for casual use by non-techies. Especially on RISC-V, where not much software has been packaged to that architecture. Even ARM or X86 tablets don't have much tablet-oriented software available. Most DEs are pretty shit at tablet style navigation.
It will gather dust, I guarantee it. Maybe someday Linux will be there, but it won't be soon. And I've tried several times with several devices to make that happen.
Sure, it's not perfect, but there is still probably use cases there. For me personally, I prefer using roll20 to store my character sheets for D&D, and my peace of shit 15 year old laptop just isn't cutting it anymore. I don't think this is a $150 use case, but if the price of this tablet were to come down I'd have second thoughts.
If I could get a 7" RISC-V tablet that only ran FBReader or some other calibre-compatible reader, and had wifi, I would be very happy. I would even pay $150. But I'm not holding my breath.
You could get a decent lightweight netbook type machine that’s maybe under a decade old and only have to shell out like $30 and you could Linux it just fine. Until not long ago I was using a 13 year old Toshiba laptop and it was kicking ass. I only replaced it because for sheer cpu power I just needed something faster for certain things.
I had Ubuntu on two of my ASUS transformer pads and I finally caved and went back to Android-x86 on the one that I use as a tablet more frequently. I really wish someone would make a proper full fledged touch distro for tablets, and at the same time I totally get why nobody has gone to the effort yet. Android kinda has it covered enough. I tried Bliss but some elements of the OS just would not play nice.
I think if any DE is close enough to what a tablet should have it’s Unity, and I don’t see anyone trying to bring that up to speed with Wayland etc. but it seems to be the best candidate short of making a DE from scratch - which might just be the best idea when all is said and done.
Linux is not replacing Android tablets any time soon for casual use by non-techies.
Meanwhile PineTab 2 is used nearly daily here, at home and while traveling, by non-techies.
I'm not saying anybody is fine with a Linux tablet... but if the applications (not "apps") one actually uses function properly on it, no reason that it would gather dust.
PS: tinkered with a Banana Pi BPI-F3 with SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V and for that architecture specifically I would wait just a bit more, also why I didn't get a PineTab V RISC.
I also have a Pinetab 2 and now after a year I'd say it's in a pretty good state.
However, if you just want a tablet, a similarly priced Android tablet will run circles around it in responsiveness and feel. (I have a Xiaoxin Pad pro 2022/Lenovo Pad M10 3rd gen)
Re RISC-V: AFAIK the new SpacemiT chips are the first actually usulable ones. The older and more common JH7110 has half the cores and way lower feature level. Like, no floating points and other extensions that are essential for modern computing.
DEs need to embrace tiling functionality and transparent windows (eg. playing a YT video under your LibreOffice window). It's the only proper way to use a tablet. Obviously KDE's Windows-like taskbar is a nightmare for tablets but even Android's "deck of window cards" is crappy for anything that you couldn't just as well do on a smartphone.
I just ordered a tab a7 lite for myself for some casual use and I read in advance it could be owned with a variety of things to the best of my understanding. I’m hoping it won’t be too much trouble.
Lenovo Pad if you order the unlocked versions from Aliexpress. Search for Xiaoxin Pad, anyone offering a global ROM version has unlocked the bootloader.
The hardware is not old but it is low powered. From the article: “The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II would struggle to outperform a cheap, second-hand ARM-based Android tablet from 5 years ago.”
The reason to buy it is not to have a tablet. It is to have an affordable RISC-V development and test machine.
First of all. This is not another "how do I exit vim?" shitpost.
I've been using (neo)vim for about two years and I started to notice, that I,m basically unable to use non-vim editors. I do not code a lot, but I write a lot of markown. I'd like to use dedicated tools for this, but their vim emulators are so bad. So I'm now stuck with my customized neovim, devoid of any hope of abandoning this strange addiction.
Yes, it is amazing, but some things ( like md tables or writing katex eqations) are handled rough. And I still sometimes need to use something other than vim and then life gets hard.
No joke, Emacs has the ability to render in line markdown, essentially the current line is just text, while the rest of the doc is rendered as markdown titles, links, lists, etc. It's my favourite way of editing markdown but I've never found another editor that does markdown like that. Everything else has text and rendered markdown side by side as separate panes, which I personally hate.
No joke, Emacs has the ability to render in line markdown, essentially the current line is just text, while the rest of the doc is rendered as markdown titles, links, lists, etc.
This sounds amazing. I've been using markdown-mode for ages now though, and I've never come across this feature.
Some people over at reddit seem to suggest that the functionally you speak of doesn't exist, except in the form of a proof of concept snippet over at SO.
EDIT: Said snippet would probably be sufficient, if it handled codeblocks correctly (stuff in between ```). At the moment, it handles them miserably (maybe because they are multineline elements?)
I have it in my config, will link to a specific commit in case anything changes. Look for the heading called MARKDOWN and I'd recommend grabbing all 3 subsections (MARKDOWN, Markdown Headings, Markdown Concealing). The main part is the last one iirc. Link: gitlab.com/theshatterstone/dot…
Edit: Links from the Table of Contents don't work in Gitlab, unfortunately, so you'll have to scroll to it yourself.
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I just prefer the vim bindings and motions, not an obsession. I use diff tools almost daily and can manage in them with no issues, but whenever I can use vim binding I will because they just feel better to me.
I don't know understand why you need markdown, but if you are so used to vim motions why not switch to latex instead. You wouldn't have to worry about katex support as well. This is an advice solely based on your need for katex support without understanding your needs.
I don't know if this will work for you, and I'm not sure if you're only looking for TUI editors, but Obsidian has vi key bindings and a lot of plugins.
Disclaimer: I have not tried the vi key bindings in Obsidian.
Another one I use is vscode. It has a ton of markdown plugins and vi key bindings. It also has a nice preview window.
The trick is do the opposite, namely bring vim everywhere, e.g using Tridactyl you can bring some behaviors to the browser and, in this very textarea from lemmy, if I press Ctrl+i I get gvim, when I exit it, the content is back in the textarea and I can reply. Vim everywhere.
Thanks for sharing back such detailed instructions! I hope you will like it and inspire other to try. I've been using it for years now fabien.benetou.fr/Tools/Tridac… after Vimperator and really enjoy browsing this way.
I unfortunately deleted this comment, before seeing your reply. I thought it was too complicated for an comment. So I ended up creating a dedicated tutorial post based on that reply in Linux and Firefox communities.
Why do you want stop using Vim in the first place? That would be a good information to have, to give help. What dedicated tools do you mean? What do they offer that you miss in Vim? If you just hate Vim and want stop using it no matter what, the only solution is to uninstall it, to not fall into those habits of using it everywhere. Over time you should get used to those other editors and tools.
Just switch to VSCode or something similar, it has enough features and shortcuts that will quickly make you like at least 80% as productive as you were in Vim. It even has a Vim mode so you can wean yourself off of it more easily.
Honestly never got the appeal of Vim, you need to spend so much time learning and configuring it only to squeeze out a little bit of extra productivity out of it when compared to a "normal" editor/IDE. I don't see why it's so important to be able to edit and write code as quickly as possible since most of the time you're going to be debugging or looking at the code or reading docs.
EDIT: Just noticed you said you don't code a lot. I think most of what I said still applies, I imagine you don't spend 99% of the time in the editor typing away.
Eh I've seen colleagues that use Vim heavily do their work and they're like at best 10-20% faster than me when it comes to pure text input/editing, honestly not worth the effort to switch to Vim for me.
I used to use Sublime for notes and then VSCode and those types of text editors work just fine for non code stuff imo. VSCode even has syntax highlighting for Markdown so could be a plus for OP.
Ngl for me using vim is the only option. If something needs to be done using a mouse, it's just not going to be done. I can't aim properly due to problems with my arms, and it itches something in my brain everytime I try, it makes me literally furious and enraged.
I tried using zed, but quickly found out that I can only control the text field with motions, nothing else.
If I try using mouse, speed of anything I do gets multiplied by 0.1.
Thanks to vim, I'm able to work with loads of text at all.
Right, so you want eMacs evil mode with some choice vim plugins. Excellent vim emulation. The terminal interface is pretty good, and the GUI version has some excellent markdown plugins that give you a live preview. Get started with doom-emacs as it’s very pro vim and modernised out of the box. Then once you’ve got into eMacs you’ll not have any issues with free time ever again, as everything you could possibly want to do you’ll be doomed to finding out how to do in eMacs.
I alternate between helix and vim depending on the task, and their key bindings are kind of opposite from each other in a lot of ways. I've found that switching back and forth has kept me on my toes a bit and I don't feel as locked in to one editor as I did with vim before trying helix.
So I’m now stuck with my customized neovim, devoid of any hope of abandoning this strange addiction.
I would also try getting used to the defaults or a minimal config, which is also a good way to feel at home in the editor regardless of the system
Do you just need to write markdown? Plenty of text editors have a vim mode. Not sure if there's any lightweight ones that do the markdown preview alongside a vim mode; I know IntelliJ-based IDEs have a vim mode and can preview markdown, but that's not exactly a lightweight solution, and only the community edition is open source.
But also what exactly is it you're looking for that Vim can't do? I use Vim for writing pretty much everything. I use Vim for markdown and it works fine. Markdown is already pretty readable as a text file so I don't feel the need for a previewer or anything like a rich text editor (but also there are plenty of markdown editors out there if you just want to edit markdown in a RTE).
Excellent point. I had forgotten about this. I work for a non profit so I'm ok, but yes you should absolutely check the terms of the license before using. On the upside, almost everything is markdown files in regular folders, so you can fall back to vim anytime.
How about obsidian.md? It's based on markdown, so edit mode has lots of keybindings, and there are all sorts of javascript plugins to add functionality.
Well, the point is, that vim is indeed perfect for writing and this is the problem, because I feel like I'm starting to get too much dependent on modal editors.
You have to practice switching between neovim and other editors.
You have forgotten how to use a normal editor. I am not making it up, it is a real phenomenon. Similar to when SmarterEveryDay learned to ride a backwards bicycle he forgot how to ride a normal bicycle and essentially had to re-learn it. You have to re-learn how to use a normal editor.
I appreciate the argument, but I feel like there's too much of a chance that we can do better with something in unicode. Or, that this isn't really good enough. Three asterisks is just too meh, IMO, to catch on.
⁂ ... to me right now just looks like a splodge on the screen.
Somewhat unfortunately, the pentagram in the older icon probably can't really be used without some cartoon-ification, because reasons.
I like it! Distinct but still simple enough that it could be easily stylized. The constellation symbolism works for me. Ideally if it were used as an icon it would be slightly larger than the default text on a given page, though I’m not sure how well it fares on those cheap low-res laptops
I know why you did it so fast and why you choose ⁂, it's already present and works as expected and probably to overcome meta's implication into the fediverse...
However, every symbol didn't exist at first and became popular on it's own because it defended something people found important and fought for (Like the peace symbol)!
Maybe create our own symbol and let it make enough noise so it becomes it's own symbol?
Note that if supported by the font you use, the three symbols will usually be drawn the same way as an asterisk (*) in that font. This means a lot of variation.
Your browser's rendering: */⁂
Several typefaces' rendering of Unicode U+2042 ASTERISM:
I think the diversity is alright! It's like the Fediverse: instances follow a standard to work with each other but can be heavily customized without breaking integration.
A serif typeface with 10 styles, available from Adobe Fonts for sync and web use. Adobe Fonts is the easiest way to bring great type into your workflow, wherever you are.
4chan ASCII Triforce refers to a frequently posed challenge on 4chan for call and response threads. The threads typically feature the original poster challenging 4chan newcomers to create a correctly formatted ASCII Triforce, originating from The Leg…
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This has existed for years already, is used widely, and IMHO looks way better than this dull attempt. I see no good argument in the campaign website for using this new one instead.
The weak argument they make is this doesn't look good at small sizes. Personally I don't think that constitutes a good enough reason to rebrand the fediverse
I commented on the last post about this, the three stars are difficult to make out on a small screen, they look like a blurry capital A. On top of that, it's apparently used in astronomy to represent clusters of stars, like a constellation.
The whole point of this campaign appears to be to replace a unique symbol with one that's already in use and is hard to read at small sizes 🤷🏻♂️
Exactly. A logo isn't meant to work at 11 point size in the middle of inline text. The typographical argument is nonsense, and I think this proposal is really a reaction to the idiotic "Satanic panic" over the rainbow pentacle.
Yeah which if that's the argument we're having... I kinda don't want to give people that dumb any influence. The fediverse symbol is not a pentagram and if the rainbow giving gay people visibility is somehow wrong, then... Fuck me I guess because I'd rather make gay people comfortable than a bunch of folks who've fallen down some manner of christofascist rabbit hole
...and this latest proposal certainly isn't either of those things.
This logo is really unpopular
Source? I've only ever seen a handful of strawman arguments that "I'm not offended by the vague resemblance to a pentagram/use of rainbow colours implying LGBTQ+ support, but somebody might be", but its fairly wide adoption suggests that most people — myself included — actually like it.
This is the first I'm hearing of any issue with it resembling a pentagram, the criticisms I've heard involve the design in general not looking professional, not scaling well, and lacking a unique palette.
However, its design is a little too complex to be used at small sizes, as you would in text or in a button. It’s also only available in image form, not as a typographical character.
We've used it as a tiny icon below posts from other instances and I've never found it problematic. I think it's already too well established to replace just because we can't type it. Besides, the three stars feel to me not distinct enough. Pushing Unicode Consortium to add it to the standard when the time comes is a batter way.
I do think however that it would be worth coming up with a proper name for the current symbol.
I quite like how *some* of the arms of the stars touch but not all. The older pentagram gives the impression that everything can connect to everything which has been hard to live up to.
But the ship has sailed and the pentagram has become well established.
I can see that you've taken on a lot of the feedback from previous comments threads. This is great! Thank you.
And thank you for open sourcing it.
Question: I was using Quiblr before without logging in. If I sign up an account now and log in, will it transfer my locally stored data into the account to keep the recommendation (see more/see less) settings?
Recommendations are entirely, 100% on your device. There is no association between your account and the recs. So there is no transfer of data to or from your account. You can log in with your current Lemmy profile and the recs will work all the same!
The benefit of logging in is that you have more ways to interact on lemmy (so your recommendations will be more tailored)
That is the long term vision. This has been just a passion project that I work on the side. But keeping it all react native has made it easier for me to manage 1 app for web, iOS, and Android.
I didn't want to rush out a native version though. I want it to really utilize native functionality
Hi I'm very interested in using the app because of the recommmendation feature, but the compact view (the only view I use) isn't compact enough. Let me show you:
The original study claims 0.1-5g/week of plastic dependent on the diet. The BBC expert says they overestimate this range a lot due to their methodology.
Well that's a bit more encouraging, although as they say at the end the real question is how many small particles we consume that can get into the blood stream instead of passing through the system.
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I've been using an app named "Mousepad" for filling the role of a light weight temporary textholder. Would be tempted to try this if it weren't for the fact that it can't save files. I've had many cases where I've realised I wanted to save text I've been working on, and I don't want to open something like vscode just to write a file.
The study indicates that human aging happens in two accelerated bursts, at ages 44 and 60. Most molecules studied showed non-linear changes at these ages. These changes are associated with reduced ability to metabolize caffeine and alcohol, muscle injuries, fat accumulation, and increased susceptibility to cardiovascular disorders, kidney issues, and type 2 diabetes. The study suggests making lifestyle changes like drinking less alcohol and exercising more when nearing these ages.
Greetings everyone. It is with much regret that I am writing this post. A plugin, ss-otr, was added to the third party plugins list on July 6th. On August 16th we received a report from 0xFFFC0000 that the plugin contained a key logger and shared screen shots with unwanted parties.
We quietly pulled the plugin from the list immediately and started investigating. On August 22nd Johnny Xmas was able to confirm that a keylogger was present.
It went unnoticed at the time that the plugin was not providing any source code and was only providing binaries for download. Going forward, we will be requiring that all plugins that we link to have an OSI Approved Open Source License and that some level of due diligence has been done to verify that the plugin is safe for users.
Unfortunate that this happened, but at least they are forcing more transparency to try to minimize the ability to hide behind opaque code.
Without some sort of reproducible builds (which are really finnickey to actually get) this doesn't really help though. Adding some set of malicious patches before doing the binary release is trivial.
I agree that reproducible builds would be ideal and modifying binary releases is trivial, but any step forward is better than no review process at all.
There's no such thing as a perfect system. It's all about increasing the number of hoops for an attacker to jump through. This is at least a step in the right direction.
This danger is why I quit using the Purple Teams plugin for Pidgin: it works well enough (considering Teams isn't exactly open to third-party clients, it works amazingly well in fact) it's GPL-3.0, the source is provided and I compiled it.
So I believe it's clean, but that's not good enough for me to hit our corporate Teams channels with it and I don't have the time to audit the code. Not to mention, while my company trusts my good judgment, I'm pretty sure running an unauthorized client is against IT policies.
So I dropped it, sadly. It's a bummer because Pidgin uses a fraction of the resources needed by that pig of an Electron app - the official client - made by Microsoft.
The newest Teams app (and I think newest Outlook amongst others) is using system/Edge provided WebViews rather than Electron, which I guess takes care of the “each app gets its own Chrome instance” part of the Electron bloat. It’s so far running better than old Teams for me. On my old work laptop, the fans spun up the second the old Teams client launched lol
I'm just surprised Pidgin hasn't been rewritten from the ground up by now. Some of the available messengers and logos in the app don't even exist anymore.
I used to use pidgin for our corporate HipChat. Pidgin was the best client for HipChat. I especially liked the psychic plugin, so I could get notified as soon as someone began composing a message to me (well before they sent the message).
I wrote a small python script to send my phone a high-priority message alert whenever my boss began composing a message to me. This was especially useful when I was in the kitchen or doing laundry or something.
We lost so much when these shitty corporate messaging services went so far off the XMPP spec that we couldn't use third party clients anymore
Tried to install nix but am stuck with an issue I'm not able to resolve. Whenever I boot the system, it uses approx 5min on the boot-up of Nixos Stage #1 as seen in the picture. After a while it will boot into the system but without a GUI. I've done the installation twice, with different isos to make sure I didn't do it wrong. It only works if I downgrade to nixos 23.11, but if I update(+plasma 6) from there It results in the same problem.
The error is:
kernel: Acpi Error: Aborting method (long string) due to previous error (AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_ELEMENT)
Have no idea what this error is, and there don't seem to be alot of info on it. Reaching out here to see if anyone is able to help me troubleshoot this, as I would really like to try latest Nixos.
I don't usually see as many prints as you have there, but it's quite a few, and the number seems to vary (grow?) over time. I keep meaning to investigate it, but haven't got around to it.
I think you should keep looking in your logs for other problems. If you can share the full log I'd be happy to take a look.
FYI a great way to share your logs (if you have internet on the machine but no GUI) is to use a pastebin like 0x0.st. E.g. do journalctl | curl -F'file=@-' https://0x0.st and post the link here.
I have the same motherboard! I also rock the AMD 6700 XT graphics card, which I acquired this year, so it would defo leave a sour taste in my mouth if this was the guilty puzzlepiece in the my stack.
Whilst trying to install other .iso's late last night i kept seeing the ACPI errors over and over again, which has me thinking this is a problem with my hardware setup, as you suggested by others. Journalctl command results in this if thats to any help; 0x0.st/Xt2e.txt
Describe the bug After following instructions from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Sway, the Sway DE starts just as expected. However, when you attempt to start it with WLR_RENDERER=vulkan it fails due to:...
Do you also struggle with extremely long boot times? Whenever I reboot or start the computer up, I am stuck with watching the ROG Asus logo for approx 5 whole minutes... Even if I try to press delete to enter bios, it still takes that long for it to enter bios. However, this doesn't always happen, sometimes it decides to be "quick about it". I've just made sure I'm running the latest bios version, and have set all values back to default values. So not sure what it can be. It only started this year, too, after acquiring the AMD GPU...
I dont know if this is the issue, but is your motherboard bios up to date? I had some weird error like this before and after updating my bios it worked.
Agreed with others that this is likely a BIOS issue, and it would be good to check for a firmware update first.
In particular, this looks like it might be an issue with the USB port locations described by your BIOS ACPI. Maybe one of the embedded root hubs? You might be able to play with USB settings in the BIOS Config to see if that helps, especially loading default values. I also think it might be possible to blacklist ports from kernel parameters and that could be a good check... but I'm not very familiar with the parameters in recent years and didn't find anything in a quick search.
As a last ditch, you can disable ACPI entirely, but it can/will cause very odd performance and configuration issues along with no power management. (This goes double for portable systems.)
Hmmm might be, I'm also experiencing very long boot times. Normally have to wait 3-6min while watching the Asus ROG logo before the system decides to boot up. Might just be easier to look for a new mobo than to troubleshoot something I know so little about to be honest.
That's definitely a frustrating situation you have, and I very much encourage you to take the path that feels most possible to you!
Before moving on, I would like to point to trying what u/mvirts suggested, disabling ACPI from the grub bootloader. It's easy and great for getting an installer running and working, and sometimes the freshly installed and updated OS whisks the problem away.
But regardless of what you choose, I wish you much luck in your endeavours!
I'd try the kernel version used in 23.11 to see if that fixes it. Add boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1; to your config (make sure to add it before the closing }) and sudo nixos-rebuild switch . You can also try older versions, like linux_5_19. If it doesn't fix the problem it might be that the ACPI error is a red herring and the problem is something else entirely, in which case it'd be more difficult to diagnose, and I'd recommend just staying on 23.11 for now and only taking the new packages that you need from 24.05. There's a great post on how to do this here: discourse.nixos.org/t/installi… (probably also in the docs somewhere but I couldn't find it easily).
This is definitely possible, but many ways lead to Rome. To understand this it’s important to first understand what NixOS releases and channels actually are.
I am typing this while sitting in the Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace, as a test of being out with it. We are at the Hampton Court Food Festival today. It is a sunny day but the sun is behind me, and I have the screen in my shadow. It is a reflective screen though, so it is not ideal in bright sun. The laptop is balanced on my legs and I’m able to type OK – not super fast still, but getting there (and I have read others in the forums comment about how they have been-able to level up their typing speed on the Pocket).
I’m using the GNOME app, Apostrophe, to do this basic writing, although I’ve also been using a number of TUI apps at the console for a lot of tasks. When I started out, I installed Tilix, which
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Using the Pocket Reform outdoors
I am typing this while sitting in the Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace, as a test of being out with it. We are at the Hampton Court Food Festival today. It is a sunny day but the sun is behind me, and I have the screen in my shadow. It is a reflective screen though, so it is not ideal in bright sun. The laptop is balanced on my legs and I’m able to type OK – not super fast still, but getting there (and I have read others in the forums comment about how they have been-able to level up their typing speed on the Pocket).
I’m using the GNOME app, Apostrophe, to do this basic writing, although I’ve also been using a number of TUI apps at the console for a lot of tasks. When I started out, I installed Tilix, which is a console app I use on other Linux machines, in place of Foot which is the default installed on the Pocket; I’m currently using Alacritty instead, as it is fast and minimal. I think I’d been put off from Alacritty before from the lack of menus or GUI for configuration, but do I really need those? Discovering that maybe they are overrated. The laptop is sitting at 94% battery right now. I think it would benefit from a brightness slider adjustment for the screen (by default, the reform-tray tool only offers low and high brightness options). I just used brightnessctl s 80 to turn it down a bit to save on power.
I don’t have mobile phone data right now – I am on the EE network – when we come to this event, I usually do find that the network is patchy. I didn’t put my WWAN / modem card in the laptop before we came out, and I don’t know whether the SIM I am using (which is a network called Smarty) would fare any better! So this is an offline-only deal, which to be honest is fine for writing purposes.
CPU and Performance
I’ve experimented with the Banana Pi RCM4 A311D SoC module in the past week, and that works really nicely and runs slightly cooler than the default Freescale NXP i.MX8M Plus that came in the Pocket from Crowd Supply. I’ve now ordered the RK3588 SoC which will be available soon, as that will give a bigger performance boost and add much more memory. Day-to-day though, although I tinkered with the A311D option, so far the i.MX8MP has been fine for my current limited usage.
Noting that as I’ve been sitting here, the CPU temperature has barely gone near 60C – there is a light breeze out, I am in the shade slightly and the wifi is not doing anything right now, plus I’m not heavily stressing the machine with code compilation or anything like that.
Customisations
A few changes I’ve made to improve the default setup:
I am using Sway over Wayfire. I’ve not really used tiling window managers before, and I’m still trying to get the shortcuts and patterns into my muscle memory, but I think this is ideal for a constrained display.
I changed to a scaled display (output DSI-1 scale 1.5 in my .config/sway/config file) which means there is a bit more space for content without breaking my ability to read the text.
the default system is based on Debian unstable, which means paying attention to bug reports if I run any package upgrades; I’ve learned to love apt mark and apt unmark.
I borrowed a bunch of Waybar config from others, and now have the CPU load, temperature, multiple workspaces etc showing there. I’m sure that I should put my dotfiles online somewhere, at some point.
I installed a lot of tools that have proven to be helpful. Definitely a non-exhaustive list, and YMMV as to whether they are useful to your workflows. wavemon, nvme-cli, hdparm, blktool, avahi-utils, mdns-scan, zip and unzip, build-essential to get compilers etc and git, fdisk, lshw, cups, plocate, fastfetch (ok this one is more just, “because…”), iw, wdisplays, azote, srain.
(BTW, reform-fetch is an alias I made that formats fastfetch to include the MNT logo etc, don’t look for it as a default tool)
I’m hoping that suspend and hibernate are possible in the future, as it would mean that I can shut the lid and throw in my bag when done and pick right back up where I left off later, but it’s not a huge issue for me right now. It is an ideal size for a small messenger satchel I tend to carry around town.
MNT have been making devices that aim to be “open source, accessible and modular” for a number of years. I didn’t get their original Reform laptop, but I’ve seen those around at events like FOSDEM and I’ve been following the team’s progress with interest. When the Pocket Reform was announced I was immediately intrigued – a smaller form factor, 7 inch full Linux system with open hardware that is easily portable.
I went for the Hyper edition, which came with a beautiful Piñatex sleeve, SSD, and printed manual. Purple, of course, because I want to be on brand 🤓 and, also because I love it!
I posted a very brief unboxing video. I’ve now had a couple of weeks to occasionally tinker, and I’ve been putting off writing about it all in part because there’s a lot of things to dig into!
One of the things I like, surprisingly, is the chunkiness of the machine. It is really well constructed, solid, and feels great. Fits in a small cross-body bag or satchel. It’s less than half the size of a 14 inch MacBook Pro – you can more than fit two of them side by side on top of the Mac – but it is about 3 times thicker – and that’s OK, because, it is in service of making the innards very accessible and user serviceable. It comes with a complete manual and schematic, which is something I’ve not had in a computer since the 8-bit machines of my youth! The top half contains the mainboard and display (all the ports are in the top half), and the bottom contains the battery cells and mechanical keyboard. The upper panel has a copper layer and acts as a large heatsink for the processor module. The keyboard is ortholinear, which means it is a direct grid layout rather than offset row-by-row. It’s the first time I’ve used this format, which – along with the smaller keycaps – has made it a little challenging to learn, but I’m doing pretty well now. The trackball is nice and responsive. The backlit keys are easy to adjust. The screen is excellent – bright, and sharp. Actually I think the screen is probably the aspect that has impressed me most so far.
In terms of ports and connectivity – I’ve yet to hook up to an additional screen via the micro-HDMI connector, but I’ve used the USB-C connections (one of which is used to charge / power the machine), and the micro SD slot. The industrial iX connector for ethernet is likely a good choice for the target niche, and certainly does give more space on the motherboard than an RJ45 socket would… but I’ve yet to put my hands on a passive adapter to enable me to plug in to a wired connection, so it’s currently not as useful to me.
There’s a lot more to talk about, primarily (but not exclusively) on the software side, and also around hardware enablement. Out-of-the-box the Pocket Reform runs Debian unstable from MMC, with some customisations to provide a nice getting started wizard. It is important to point out that this is a machine for hackers and tinkerers – although it works very nicely, it’s not all fully baked in places – for example, the firmware for the system controller (a Raspberry Pi RP2040 chip) is being tweaked and tested, and I’ve already tested one update to that. The other day I posted about some issues with an NVMe SSD – that, unfortunately ,was on this machine. I actually think there was a physical hardware issue with the drive, as I’ve now replaced it with a higher-performance NVMe and things are moving along nicely (while the problematic SSD continues to report errors when accessed in an adapter over USB). I also managed to temporarily brick the machine by corrupting the uboot in flash, and needed to rig it up with Dupont wires on headers and access the machine from another via USB to get back to where I wanted to be. Very Open Source! 😎 but, I’m comfortable with this, and knew what I was purchasing. The forums and IRC have proven to be useful so far and I’m enjoying learning as well as hopefully (!?) helping the MNT team through my feedback and bug reports. I have a huge amount of respect for what they have built, their ethos, and their commitment to making this as open hardware as they can.
I should be receiving a modem / WWAN card for the second internal expansion slot shortly. I’ve been both learning the Sway desktop environment and also working out how best to organise my setup, so there will be more to cover in future. I particularly want to play more with the onboard I2C, and other hardware opportunities, as well – for example, potentially swapping in a Raspberry Pi CM4 if that becomes a modular option in the future. andypiper.co.uk/2024/08/06/mnt…
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På kort tid har högerextremister försökt döda palestinademonstranter, bränna ner eller spränga en vänsterpartilokal och överfalla en vänsterpartist i en palestinademonstration i Göteborg. Det handlar om en serie högerextrema attentat mot vänstern.
I searching for a tablet for drawing and discovered this one. Anyone tried drawing on it? I wondering if the experience is good.
On the page they doesn't mention if the screen supports drawing pens, but it's possible to order an MPP pen with it, so I assume that it works with Wacom or Surface pens?
Its fanless design ensures your StarLite will never make more than a whisper - unless you want it to. The Mk V supports coreboot open source firmware which you can effortlessly configure to your preferences via our coreboot configurator.
But i'd say be careful as there's not much information on the screen (refresh rate, gamut range) and it's great to brag about you being able to switch parts but there's not much info on that, i'd be surprised if you can swap anything beside the ssd and some ram. Also the marketing is a bit weird, the keyboard is showed at all time but the price shown is wothout until you try to actually check the price... Kinda scummy if you ask me.
A part of me still think it looks a bit like a barebone low quality tech that is almost useless in it's option-less, low spec state.
Uh, the refresh rate is 60hz the gamut is listed on the specification section. The ram is soldered as it could not be increased it is 16gb which is the max supported by the n200.
main board, screen, battery, daughter board and all the parts can be swapped, they sell them on their website.
I agree the keyboard marketing sucks and the keyboard itself isn't great either. Granted its nice to have a cheaper option without the keyboard, but in current Linux tablet state you probably still want it.
The specs are pretty decent for a tablet and the price of the device. Can handle most tablet tasks and non graphically intensive. I use it for programming and arts and anything needing more power I offload the compile to my PC.
I checked on mobile maybe it is not listed there, I'll check on pc, what do you mean by daughter board ? Also, doing art do you bought their pen ? Is it compatible with other pen tablet pen ? Thanks for all the details !
right yeah my bad, all the io is on the right this one doesn't have a daughter board. The daughter board is for their other laptop. I did buy their pen but its pretty average it works on other tablets but I replaced it with an mp0p 2.0 pen
In my limited experience Wacom pens don’t work with anything but Wacom tablets… I don’t own one of the “new” fancy ones with a screen, but capacitive (most new touch screens) don’t seem to detect the Wacom pen. There are pens out there that are supposed to work with any capacitive screen, but I don’t think they provide the force/angle information that the Wacom pen does.
Now I’m confused again… the specific Lenovo pen you got supported tilt? You mentioned mmp 2.0 was coming, or something to that effect, that was the next version I was referring to.
I was kind of turned off by the keeb* being sold separately, also wasnt the aspect ratio meh.
Rule of thumb larger screen or surface means more fluid strokes, thus smaller screen means more fine motor skills and more tension in the hand and less* fluidity in the work.
I was incorrect about the aspect ratio it's 3:2 not 16:9 and I think 3:2 is fine especially at 2160x1440p.
Still with the dialogs on the left and right anything except minimal would make the drawing area small taking the left and right.
I did notice it on sale, maybe if you have humble expectations it would be okay for sketching, but if you are used to better quality things or larger draw surfaces you might not be easily impressed.
Hey, I own one of these. For drawing its pretty solid and most software can run on it. The device support MPP 1.51 and 2.0, they sell a 1.51 pen but its quite expensive for what it is. The digitizer isn't amazing and I have found external wacom screens to be better but considering the price of the starlite is about the same (when I bought it) as an only drawing tab I went with the starlite.
Performance is decent, I was quite surprised how managable the n200 is. Personally I use it as a study device and it handles 40 Firefox tabs and 15-20 windows just fine. Only thing is that gnome does not support triple buffering yet so overview animation is slightly laggy on the 3k screen, however this is less on the 2k version and fixed with the triple buffer PR.
The screen itself comes in either 3k or 2k. The 3k screen was only the first batch and the second+ batch is 2k. Screen is 60hz and I believe 300 nits.
To get buttons mappable on the pen device currently you have to use a custom libwacom entry. I have a PR for that on the github.
The Tablet itself is very solid
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Hey, I own one of these. For drawing its pretty solid and most software can run on it. The device support MPP 1.51 and 2.0, they sell a 1.51 pen but its quite expensive for what it is. The digitizer isn't amazing and I have found external wacom screens to be better but considering the price of the starlite is about the same (when I bought it) as an only drawing tab I went with the starlite.
Performance is decent, I was quite surprised how managable the n200 is. Personally I use it as a study device and it handles 40 Firefox tabs and 15-20 windows just fine. Only thing is that gnome does not support triple buffering yet so overview animation is slightly laggy on the 3k screen, however this is less on the 2k version and fixed with the triple buffer PR.
The screen itself comes in either 3k or 2k. The 3k screen was only the first batch and the second+ batch is 2k. Screen is 60hz and I believe 300 nits.
To get buttons mappable on the pen device currently you have to use a custom libwacom entry. I have a PR for that on the github.
The Tablet itself is very solid the main complaint I would have is the keyboard, its quite mushy and bounces as it doesn't have much structure. Its alright but not amazing.
Realistic battery is 4-6hr under usage and 9-13 with light usage and ~2 days in full sleep.
main board, screen, battery, daughter board and all the parts can be swapped, they sell them on their website.
nah it doesn't really get that hot, I use it a bit in bed to watch movies and I haven't found it uncomfortable. Its currently winter here though so the passive may not be as great in summer. Anything that's going to heat it up a lot though your prolly going to be using it at a desk.
No I jumped ship in May/June and got a refund as they kept kicking the can down the road for release. Was supposed to be Oct '23. Used that money to get something else for drawing. Curious if I should have waited.
starting to feel like all this plastic business might not be good for the long term health of the planet
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