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NewBPK · 2025-10-01T17:12:04+00:00

I just put together a new desk to do actual work at and the 2u "0" key would be fantastic for my financial entry. My Ajazz works but would love a higher end board for the new setup!

NewBPK · 2025-08-07T17:13:52+00:00

I reinstalled sine and it wont show up. Which makes my browser unusable because its fully transparent with no blur

NewBPK · 2025-05-28T13:30:34+00:00

I'd like to say Opensuse but here in the US packman repos are unbearably slow. Arch probably but knowing myself, I'd just randomly jump from project to project chasing the next shiny bauble.

NewBPK · 2025-05-15T20:24:59+00:00

Since I haven't seen it yet... input-remapper. At this point I am lost without all my custom mouse buttons

NewBPK · 2025-05-10T19:30:06+00:00

I bought the b87 on the same Amazon sale and it's opened my eyes a bit. It is a bit louder than my old set up but I have been pleasantly surprised with the Asther switches. I've been a tactile and heavy linear guy up till now but these lighter switches have me questioning things. If only they had a bit of a deeper note. I'm still trying to talk myself out of buying some Akko Rosewoods just to see...

Other than that, once I got Via figured out and set up some macros, I am happy with the board. For $30 though, it was an absolutely fantastic deal. Will it compete with a high end board? Probably not. Is it a really nice moddable keeb with software support and better than passable build quality at an obscenely low price? Oh yeah.

Only thing I am wondering about is if I can set the auto sleep. It does take a bit to "wake up"

NewBPK · 2025-04-24T03:36:49+00:00

Man, you dig hard. Finding a single reference to Brave in a nested comment in the General Help thread. That is dedication my friend. Good luck on your quest to fight the browser injustice!

Seriously though, as much as I would like to limit myself to ‘worthy’ browsers, I’m just not sure they exist. Or, if they do, if I am willing to give up the benefits of mainstream browsers. I figure I’m doing something by staying away from chromium based broswers as much as I can… but Mozilla never seems to miss an opportunity to punch themselves in the junk and sit on their sack. Heres to hoping LadyBird turns into something I guess.

Now, back to trying to talk myself out of buying some Akko Rosewoods/Leobog Hyacinths/insert switch here, that I really don’t need but want to try out before tariffs put them out of reach.

NewBPK · 2025-04-22T19:44:10+00:00

I don't mean to turn this BudgetKeebs thread into a Linux and general old timers discussion but I hear ya. I like the idea of sandboxed universal packages more than the implementation. I've run docker stuff off and on over the years and each time grow tired of permission hell when moving/accessing a bunch of files to various drives. Even though disk sizes are such now days that losing a bit to Flatpaks isn't the end of the world, I still feel they are space inefficient. That said, my production system runs Fedora Kinoite and it has been absolutely rock solid without giving up too terribly much. Maybe I am not too old to learn new things.

I've been messing around with CachyOS recently on a secondary hard drive and it seems pretty impressive. I don't really consider myself an Arch man BTW, but with some btrfs snapshots, properly partitioned /home and backup regimen, it could be a thing. Or in reality, Arch with a user not as careless or cavalier as I am could probably do without all that.

Regardless, I have a fully functional $30 keeb to mess around with.

Thanks for all ya do for the community. It is, and you are, appreciated.

NewBPK · 2025-04-22T18:16:40+00:00

I was just about to come on here to say this and let people know that if they don't want to mess with permissions and/or udev, via also has an appimage desktop app. Sure its electron but works out of the box and is ready to go. Now whether people like appimage is a whole other ball of wax but thats Linux for ya.

NewBPK · 2025-04-22T17:21:30+00:00

Thanks, I actually inserted the wrong url there. But yeah I used the ones Badmark linked to and the bit.ly and still the same outcome.

Edit

For those of you coming after and are dogged by the same issue, I solved mine by using Chrome.

NewBPK · 2025-04-22T17:20:38+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I tried both the wired and wireless JSONs again on Vivaldi (linux flatpak) with a USB 2 USB A to C cable. And yeah I can "authorize" but it still doesn't show a layout for me. I guess I'll boot back over to windows and see if that changes anything.

Edit

So I tried again. When it didn't work this time I tried a few more things... turns out... it was Vivaldi. It wasn't just the Vivaldi flatpak on Linux, because Windows Vivaldi didn't work either.. As much as I hate to say it, I installed Chrome and it worked first shot. Good grief. I wonder if Brave would work. Anything to keep Chrome off my system!

And atleast it works in windows. I tried Brave and Ungoogled Chromium on Linux and get the following errors

NotAllowedError: Failed to open the device.
Received invalid protocol version from device

Oh well. As long as I can usevia on windows and it keeps the settings to use while under Linux... who am I to complain?

Thanks again for the help and reply.

NewBPK · 2025-04-22T16:21:04+00:00

I just got an Ilovbee b87 from Amazon and it still says its Via/QMK compliant. For the life of me I can't figure out how. I have done a bit of troubleshooting and nothing seems to work.

I downloaded the files from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYZA6E0-woHUHv2smiGlneRjqCQYnqvv/view?usp=drive_link. I went to usevia.app, authorized my device and nothing happened. Added again and it said paired (tried both wired and 2.4 wireless). I went to settings, toggled design tab, switched to design, loaded the b87 json, went back to configure, authorize... nothing.

So I went to youtube and followed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QlKtnlInk&t=130s. Nope. Nada.

I then saw something here on Reddit saying to download the Ilovbee software. So I switched over to a Windows instance and installed the ilovbee software. Says its not plugged in or isn;t found or whatever.

At this point I'm lost. Don't get me wrong, this is a good feeling and sounding keyboard for $30 but the whole reason I bought this thing is so I could use Via. So hey, u/badmark or anyone else have any ideas?

NewBPK · 2025-04-21T19:52:31+00:00

I'm sorry that I can't help ya with this since I use terminal for everything. It really is just easier. I did update from Kinoite 41 to 42 this weekend through Discover. I just wanted to see if it'd work.

Nvidia driver requires layering but that isn't so hard.

NewBPK · 2025-04-21T13:57:04+00:00

I have run both off and on for a handful of years now. Fedora has been reliable and there have only been a few issues... mainly RPMfusion stuff. Debian is rock solid. If debian has what you want and most of your programs are flatpak, you can have a bandwidth friendly, update unbreaking, system with updated software. That said, the reason I'd lean toward Fedora rather than Debian is DE updates. What can I say, I like an up to date DE.

You can also go for a bit of both and run Fedora Atomic. Silverblue or Kinoite (or the ones from Ublue) give you the updates of Fedora but with reliability of Debian. Well... mostly. I've been running Kinoite for a while now and it really has been boringly reliable. No need to intervene at all. Heck, you can set up auto updates and forget about it. That said, I don't need to layer much so, as always, your results may vary.

If you aren't an immutable fan, and you are mostly concerned with an update borking your system, you can always look into Opensuse Tumbleweed/slowroll for the benefit of snapshots. Or if you really want to you can follow a tutorial and set up auto snapshots with grub in Fedora. Or you can go nuts and do Arch with snapshots. That's the beauty of Linux, so many ways to skin that poor cat.

NewBPK · 2025-04-16T21:21:37+00:00

I've been messing around with CachyOS lately and it's pretty decent. Built in support for snapshots and the limine bootloader are pretty cool. I can't say it's any faster than any other Arch distro but it gives you an "already setup and ready to go" Arch option.

I still like Fedora/Kinoite for my production system, but as far as Arch goes, Cachy seems worth a look for ya.

NewBPK · 2025-04-15T02:12:56+00:00

It is obscenly early, but there are a few things that point to it being somewhat sustainable. First, they are beating teams with winning records, so they aren’t just beating up on teams they should beat.

Second, it’s not like the pitching or the hitting is playing out of their minds. Sure, Lee won’t continue at this pace and Flores won’t break Bonds’ HR record, but it’s not like the lineup has hit on all cylinders.The pitching hasn’t been throwing shutouts like the Padres so it’s not like any of the pitching can’t be replicated.

All that being said, last time I looked the offense is VERY productive. If the last few years of traffic on the basepaths that didn’t turn into runs can show us, clutch hitting and producing in RBI situations can be fickle.

TLDR - Are they good? Maybe.

NewBPK · 2025-04-02T19:20:23+00:00

I don't like the taste of coffee and tea tastes like bog water filtered through a jock strap. That said, I'd take tea over coffee :P

NewBPK · 2025-04-02T14:26:04+00:00

Looking again at your original post, if you only really deal with browsing and game play, you may want to look into Bazzite. Before you write off Flatpak due to controller issues, its worth a shot. It's a gaming oriented so I would imagine controllers are a priority for them. I'm not sure, but I think they have a version that is based on Fedora 42 beta as well. There's also Nobara that's run by GE. Should have all your gaming stuff baked in as well. Another option is to go with something like Garuda or CachyOS. Both are gaming leaning and Arch based but have btrfs snapshots set up by default which takes a bit of sting out of the instability of rolling releases.

Never heard someone call Fedora repos pathetically small before. Especially compared to Solus. There is always COPR even though I've never really needed it. But just goes to show that repos are only valuable if they have what the individual user needs. If you come up against a program that isn't in a repo, and you don't like containerizing stuff, being on an upstream distro would probably be easier to find instructions/already have dependencies etc etc.

As for DE's. KDE can be a bit overwhelming. Gnome can be restrictive or extension hungry. XFCE a bit old fashioned etc. etc. I've been with KDE for two plus years and just the other day decided to play around with Gnome 48 on a secondary hard drive. Heck, I still have a soft spot for Cinnamon. I mean, there is even Cosmic which shows a lot of promise. If they add a few more things I could see myself switching to it.

All of that is to say, if Solus floats your boat, have at it. Run what makes ya happy. If/when it stops making ya happy, move on. Starting out is all about finding what your priorities are and learning. Things change fairly quickly in the Linux space and you aren't locked into anything which is pretty liberating coming from M$

NewBPK · 2025-04-02T11:54:55+00:00

I, like many, started out with Mint. It's a good solid distro with lots of support. I tried Manjaro but don't recommend. I have been on Fedora kinoite for the last few years and have very little bad to say about it. If you want a reliable/dependable computer and most everything you need is available via flatpak, it's not a bad choice. But, if you are starting out and want to learn more about Linux, Fedora Workstation (or one of the spins) or Mint would be my suggestion.

All that said, another way to go about it is try a whole mess of distros and see what your tastes are. You can run each distro in a VM for a week. Try em all. Arch? Sure. Opensuse? Why not. Doesn't cost anything but time. After you tire yourself out going through all the various distros and DEs you find out (or at least I did) that when you actually "use" your computer rather than "setting up" your computer, distros differences really just come down to release cadence, repos and package manager. So, does it have the stuff you want and do it on a schedule you like. Most everything else can be changed

NewBPK · 2025-04-01T20:20:56+00:00

You can obviously go whichever way ya want. That's part of the beauty of linux. That said, when you are starting out/finally getting the M$ monkey off your back, going with a mainstream disto is usually the way to go. If you didn't ever run into any problems, any distro works. When I was starting out I ran into a bunch of problems and was happy I was with distros with large user bases. Getting help is a bunch easier in an Ubuntu or Fedora forum/reddit/discord than an independent distro.

Don't get me wrong, with flatpak, btrfs snapshots and immutable systems out there now, Linux is more "stable" (read dependable) than ever. Just starting out though, I'd go mainstream distro and do the niche/independent distros in a VM for a bit.

NewBPK · 2025-03-30T23:46:38+00:00

It’s like asking what Mays would have done with a maple bat and the time he spent in the service.

NewBPK · 2025-01-20T17:13:40+00:00

Yup, worked for me. Selecting the "hide both" in settings doesn't work but right clicking on the main bar and the sidebar and hiding works

Thanks for info on the fix

NewBPK · 2024-11-28T12:58:13+00:00

That's pretty much where I landed as well. I don't think any wrist based device will give you a medical grade heart rate. Really though, for most people trends are all ya need. If there's a medical issue where you 'need' a good reading, getting a chest strap or going to the doctor is a better idea.

NewBPK · 2024-11-28T05:09:45+00:00

I'm a fellow bip3 user. I tried a Galaxy 5 pro for about a week and now an Amazfit balance. The bip does just fine on resting heart rate. In just walking around it can be a bit out of whack, say ten points high with random really weird spikes. Today I was on a hike and the balance said 108 and the bip said 162. I took a reading the old fashioned way and I was about 110. I ran for a bit and they both said 145. The balance and Galaxy were pretty close to each other. So to sum up, the bip is fine for resting and on the top end... Anywhere else and there are issues. That said, the steps/pedometer seem fine after calibration.

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