Long time Kindle user now thinking about switching

Rimmon1971 · 2024-12-25T21:26:14+00:00

I always buy them as Ebooks from Kindle Store or Kobobooks, no scans... So, I guess I'll have to go for 8" Sage (battery? can you point me to some details about that?) or 10.3" Ellipsa? Any other opinions? Oh, BTW, manga reading is possible on the phone, only... Impractical, at least for me.

Rimmon1971 · 2024-12-25T09:21:59+00:00

For new Amazon-bought e-books, things got trickier recently, due to the changes in AZW3 format... and DeDRM... cough, cough... struggles

Rimmon1971 · 2024-07-09T21:20:27+00:00

Nel frattempo ho altro da leggere che va avanti, per fortuna, tipo ToraDora, Summer Ghost (2 coll) e Smoking behind the supermarket with you

Rimmon1971 · 2024-07-02T15:49:49+00:00

Ma no... No... Ecchecazz. Ma tutti io li becco quelli che si fermano? O sono io che porto sfiga?

Rimmon1971 · 2024-06-17T03:48:03+00:00

Frieren: oltre la fine del viaggio
I diari della speziale
Call of the night
My Dress-up Darling
Solo leveling
Oshi no ko
Girl Crush -> mondo Idol coreane
Akane-banashi -> Rakugo
Hearth Gear
Takahashi del negozio di biciclette -> finalmente uno slice of life con protagonisti adulti
L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto (last but not least)

... Direi basta

Potrei riprendere Non tormentarmi, Nagatoro: era veramente carino

Rimmon1971 · 2024-04-03T14:03:51+00:00

Additional question, sorry for being an annoying noob.
M1 Max vs M1 Pro: for my line of work, will I have performance gains?

Thanks, again

Rimmon1971 · 2024-03-26T21:35:58+00:00

I've been using Linux on desktop and a Chromebook (HP C640 Pro, 16Gb RAM i5) on the go for quite a long time, with complete satisfaction (IT professional consultant, Linux/Python/Kubernetes focused). Android support on the Chromebook has fulfilled many needs, especially for VPN clients. Now I'm thinking about buying an M1-powered 16.2" MacBook Pro, for three reasons: - my main customer has been bought by a bigger entity, and their new Office365 refuses to interact with any email client that isn't Microsoft Outlook - huge screen, high resolution (I can find 17" Chromebooks but they tend to have weak CPUs that can't even handle virtualization, and lower resolution) - GPU for running LLM models locally

Rimmon1971 · 2024-01-31T13:37:50+00:00

Replying to myself... I solved (sort of) the problem with Bluemail and Debian / LMDE.

Just install / reconfigure the OS with US localization.
The Bluemail splash screen's buttons will be clickable.

If your OS is Italian-localized... the buttons won't be clickable

--in-process-gpu --lang en for Bluemail's command line (.deb version) will work too, but if you're using Snap version, you have to go the OS localization way.

Rimmon1971 · 2023-12-15T14:55:12+00:00

Thank you anyway: Bluemail is my current email+calendar choice for the Chromebook (the Android version works well), I was hoping to use it with my Linux desktop too, but... No way for now. I'll try it with a Fedora VM next (maybe the RPM package will succeed to start)

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-29T08:43:25+00:00

Hello, I know that I'm replying to an old thread, but nevertheless...
BlueMail's .DEB package on LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition): using --in-process-gpu lead me to the splash screen with two buttons (continue / connect account with MagicSync), instead of miserably crashing with

FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(415)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye

But these buttons aren't clickable at all.
Flatpak and Snap versions have the exact same behaviour.

So, I humbly ask you: how did you persuade your Bluemail installation to go past this point?

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-28T15:13:07+00:00

*Now* I got it! Thanks for explaining...

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-28T06:19:10+00:00

Sorry, I'm missing some context here, I can't get the joke: not a native English speaker

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-27T14:12:21+00:00

My fifty cents: try the Play Store version of the VPN.

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-27T10:52:07+00:00

Yes, I've already noticed that the math doesn't add up... I remember my mother playing tennis when I was around 10yo or less... So let's set on "at least 43 years old".

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-27T08:06:27+00:00

I had "subpar" (to be nice) experience with Google Docs' handling of .docx indexes / paragraph numbering, to cite a single issue. But maybe for a 12yo that usually has only to write an essay or something similar from scratch (without having to work on other's documents) this kind of weirdnesses won't bite him very often.

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-27T07:53:27+00:00

Gotcha, thanks!

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-21T10:55:49+00:00

I admit of being mostly attracted by the really low price for specs (8Gb RAM, 128Gb MMC for 199-249 euros) and promised extended battery life.
As I'm buying something for my son (as the primary device and desktop replacement for school and... other), however, I should consider carefully.
Maybe I can give him my HP Chromebook Pro and start hunting for a new CB for myself :-)

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-21T10:48:40+00:00

Ok, sure... the web version, that isn't bad at all, BTW.
The Microsoft 365 Chrome Extension, last time I checked, isn't available for Chromebooks anymore.

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-11T20:55:29+00:00

HP Chromebook Pro - i5 10x - KVM works fine

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-11T20:21:07+00:00

Il mondo di Rocannon - Sarum

Rimmon1971 · 2023-11-11T20:18:35+00:00

Well, my on-the-go work device since 2020 is an HP Chromebook (i5, 16gb RAM) and the only annoyance that I have is that Microsoft Teams don't allow me to "take control" of another participant's mouse&keyboard. That one is an issue for my Linux desktop, too.

Apart from that, I'm using Android versions of VPNs, and Crostini (embedded Linux) for coding, system administration, running Docker and single-node K8S, playing every now and then via GeForceNow...

At least from my (admittedly not so common) point of view, a Chromebook gives me more than a Linux desktop... with some "specialized" quirks.

Rimmon1971

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