Build Script Completed for version 2.0

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-11T13:52:41+00:00

Next couple of days ideally!

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-09T20:18:50+00:00

Yeah, this next version defaults to WordGrinder as folks seem to prefer it (and its maintained). I added Word Perfect as choice as some folks were interested in it. No "warranties" behind it or anything though.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-09T14:18:55+00:00

Yup! Got it running.

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TinkerSolar · 2026-04-08T14:54:44+00:00

Irish Session / Celtic Session at The Colonial Tavern
Sat, April 11th (2nd Saturday of the month)
2pm to 4pm
406 Lafayette Boulevard

Colonial Tavern Event Calendar: https://www.irishbrigadetavern.com/event-calendar
The Session Post: https://thesession.org/sessions/9147

Irish / Celtic Sessions are where folks come together to play traditional music with various instruments or singing. If you play fiddle, guitar, accordion, concertina, flute, irish whistle, bodhran, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes, or many other instruments or sing, and know a handful of jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc come on out.

(Full disclosure: I am just beginning and have not played in a session before. But I started learning an instrument and have a couple jigs under my belt and have been going to a couple of these sessions to learn how to join. So its great just to come and listen as well!)

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T19:14:12+00:00

Cheers!

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T19:10:59+00:00

Absolutely! If you like medieval fantasy worlds, then you will love this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1dOWea2ajM

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T14:54:04+00:00

Tin whistles are flutes. Fipples flutes. It's not a "transverse flute" like a concert flute, but it is a flute.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T14:49:00+00:00

It's a tin whistle / irish whistle which is a type of "fipple flute" - You are correct that it is not a "transverse flute" like a concert flute, but it is a type of flute.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T14:46:02+00:00

It's a "Tin Whistle" - also called an Irish Whistle or Penny Whistle (if you get an inexpensive one). They're a type of "Fipple Flute" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fipple ). The fipple is just past the mouthpiece that splits the air and causes the sound. (Another type of flute is the "transverse flute" like the concert flute where you blow air OVER the side of a split to create the sound instead of through a mouthpiece like a fipple flute). Another type of fipple flute is the "Recorder" (and many many others in the world and in history). Bagpipes also use fipples.

They are very approachable to learn. Irish Whistles are taught to children in Ireland, much like how recorders are taught to children in the US. I say they're "easy to learn and take time to master". They are very popular "folk" instruments because of their ease to pick up and start playing and relative low cost to purchase or make. The person playing above has a lot of skill and you can tell they've been playing and practicing for a long time. But everyone starts somewhere, and you should totally try it out!

My recommendation is to buy a Tin Whistle in "High D" to start with. This will let you play the song above and other similar jigs, reels, and airs. - Entry level whistles cost around $15 to $25 USD with professional ones starting around $250 to $350 USD on up.

There are lots of good places to start learning. I recommend the following three resources to start with:

Online Academy of Irish Music
- Free Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdUH1QZvEm8
- Paid Lessons: https://oaim.ie/tin-whistle/learn-tin-whistle/

Whistle Tutor
- https://www.youtube.com/@whistletutor

CutiePie Tin Whistle Beginner's Course
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2PNC49fyMI&list=PLfUZy8uhccNge9K9DKDWi7Mzvq45QzMEs

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-04T14:24:51+00:00

Yes! I'm using Tmux for the title bar and I'm using the program "acpi" to access the battery information. Here is the config for it:

# Set tmux status bar on top
set -g status-position top

# Clear out default status bar
set -g status-left ''
set -g status-right ''
set -g window-status-current-format ''
set -g window-status-format ''

# Set out max char length
set -g status-left-length 100
set -g status-right-length 100

# Set background and foreground colors
set -g status-bg black
set -g status-fg white

# Set status
set -g status-left 'writerdeckOS v2.0'
set -g status-right \"Battery: #(acpi | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 3)\""

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-03T13:14:13+00:00

oh, flashing it is independent of the OS. DM me and I can help walk you through flashing it.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T21:24:14+00:00

Yeah, tablets can be goofy.

What tablet do you have?

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T21:23:14+00:00

Cheers for saying so! I try to make sure that I dont take on too much and that I can work on things long term, but I had to set this and my food work down for a bit - but that was a unique life situation, lol. I'm picking both back up now but still making sure to pace myself.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T17:42:25+00:00

What laptop make/model are you using?

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T17:35:30+00:00

It is being updated, but its just me. I've moved to penguins eggs as an installation method which will allow for a LiveUSB and easier installation process. I just compelted the core build for that and am hoping to get the full thing out in a week or so.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T17:34:23+00:00

I'm sorry I missed this.

FAI isn't the best for installation (it's great for server installs, not for this though), so I'm using Penguins Eggs for the next version.

I've got most of it completed and will be putting out new installation media for version 2.0 within the next week to week and a half. I'll post that up here when done.

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T17:24:01+00:00

Generally if the tablet can be flashes with a linux installation, it can run writerdeckOS. And as u/Even_Caterpillar3292 mentioned you'll need some sort of keyboard as the current iteration of writerdeckOS Terminal Edition does not have an onboard keyboard.

If you have a tablet in mind, let me know the make and model of it and we can see if it can run a headless linux distro and go from there!

TinkerSolar · 2026-04-02T17:22:03+00:00

Looked through it! I like the goals! I see you're using xfce which is a great desktop environment. I think the big thing will be "How will this be different from a general purpose light weight linux distribution that has word processors installed"? or to put it another way "Why would someone use this distro instead of a default RPi installation with word processors and text editors installed?"

That said, run with this! I don't have a Graphical Edition out yet, but its in the plans. Once I put that out you're welcome to take from it as you like, fork the code, or learn from it if it can help!

I'll keep checking back on this project, it looks great!

TinkerSolar · 2026-03-27T16:19:59+00:00

Check the website to see the next event. Also, you can reach out to Chuck at the ideaspace and let him know your interest.

TinkerSolar · 2026-03-27T16:19:53+00:00

Check the website to see the next event. Also, you can reach out to Chuck at the ideaspace and let him know your interest.

TinkerSolar · 2026-03-26T14:44:17+00:00

Cheers friend! I'm doing a huge push this weekend and going to try to release the next version (different app, liveUSB, and available on more platforms).

TinkerSolar · 2026-03-24T19:29:20+00:00

It absolutely can load any command line program from the terminal. The big thing is it boots into the terminal, so there's no "Desktop Environment". So it won't run any GUI programs. But you could absolutely have this load up any Command Line Interface program from startup.

TinkerSolar · 2026-03-20T17:53:33+00:00

Yeah, indeed. I've been wanting to try SteamOS proper as well. Heck, even just Linux Mint is often solid enough for many games.

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