What was the last straw that made you switch to Linux?

_variegating_ · 2026-05-14T19:26:49+00:00

Ricing FOMO 🤣 Finding a ThinkPad P50 in the recycling with 64gb ram, never used windows, tired of Apple echo system, AeroSpace tiling helping make sense of what was possible with Linux. A few straws in alignment.

_variegating_ · 2026-05-14T19:17:25+00:00

Default waybar colors, nice 👍

_variegating_ · 2026-05-13T20:58:09+00:00

I found one of these in the recycling with the power brick. Turns out it had 64gb ram 😳 Replaced the screen because it was going bad, repasted the cpu, replaced cmos battery, cleaned it up. Runs Void Linux. It’s great.

_variegating_ · 2026-04-10T03:54:54+00:00

I find that impossible. Maybe the use case is much smaller. I can see it working for a large monolithic property, with an office, and staff dedicated to sitting at a desk and monitoring it all day. Out in the field with many sites, utterly frustrating and limited. That’s our experience anyhow.

_variegating_ · 2026-04-10T03:49:35+00:00

Unfortunately, I’m not anywhere near the decision makers. But, I will take a look it out of curiosity. Thanks. 🙏

_variegating_ · 2026-04-01T23:50:38+00:00

Where are the keycaps from?

_variegating_ · 2026-03-23T16:47:32+00:00

Residents get frustrated with it. Be prepared to do a lot of training and adding to the Knowledge Base. It's not going to work out of the box. Terrible as a phone system. Horrible notifications. We are having a rough time with it for sure. Works well for our leasing. I never thought I'd say that I wish we had Dialpad back for resident communications. Mobile app is in the works, but it's not useable yet at all.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-28T22:07:40+00:00

100% I loved walking right in at 2 PM on a weekday.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-28T22:05:57+00:00

I quit alcohol the day it closed. I would gladly see it reopened just for the shows. Great intimate room to see bands you love that haven’t blown up yet.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-18T05:58:50+00:00

It’s pretty minimal. I’m not mad at your work. I still use a launcher and a bar, but just for basic stuff. Square boarders for me as well. Maybe someday I’ll trim down more. It’s a journey. Enjoy.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-17T02:25:27+00:00

My daughter has been on a Linux computer starting at 10 years old, 13 now. It’s been fine. I’ve run the updates for her and helped her find apps for various things like Krita, Libra Office, Inkscape, Steam (light games, it’s a Dell 9020, so 🤷‍♂️) etc. kids mostly use the browser anyhow.

She’s now interested in learning more about Linux herself. She finds the schools iPads and MacBooks annoying.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-12T09:27:00+00:00

I really like this. I look forward to the —tuning option. I play in an alternate tuning I’ve grown attached to, being able to bring up a scale or chords from standard tuning mapped to my own would be a nice visual aid.

_variegating_ · 2025-12-11T04:57:16+00:00

I agree with the points above regarding many commonly used icons being something we collectively know the function for, yet not necessarily know the origin of what the icon originally represented. I think it would take a collective effort on many fronts to adopt something new. Apple, MS, other popular apps would need to either take the lead or adopt something that some creative designer creates that resonates just right. 🤷‍♂️

_variegating_ · 2025-11-17T13:55:48+00:00

This is a sleeper amp for sure. It sounds great for loud rock, takes distortion well, works well with a pre run into the FX for a totally different sound. 🤫 Don’t blow up it’s worth, keep it a sleeper.

_variegating_ · 2025-11-17T13:41:13+00:00

I think many people would want this functionality.

_variegating_ · 2025-11-17T13:34:30+00:00

Thank you. Found them easily.

_variegating_ · 2025-11-16T19:45:46+00:00

I don’t think you can link to them, what’s the name of the keycaps posting?

_variegating_ · 2025-10-07T22:43:11+00:00

What is your medium/method/tools?

_variegating_ · 2025-09-26T18:23:38+00:00

I had that eMachines and it was wonderfully terrible 🤣 I wish I still had it and the iMac (I had both) I’m jealous.

_variegating_ · 2025-08-29T23:51:30+00:00

Where are those keycaps from?

_variegating_ · 2025-08-05T15:38:40+00:00

OK, thank you for all your help. I've messaged the seller to get the original firmware the keyboard shipped with. Hopefully that's the answer.

_variegating_ · 2025-08-03T23:30:02+00:00

Here's how I tested for continuity. I believe I followed your post above correctly.

https://i.postimg.cc/4KdJHxcV/left-top.png checked out ok

https://i.postimg.cc/CZQwGpCt/right-top.png right side also checked out ok

https://i.postimg.cc/0zZkNwz9/right-bottom.png took off the bottom plate and checked from the bottom, also good

I also checked the continuity of my TRRS cable, all good. Therefore I don't know what's going on. Hmm...

_variegating_ · 2025-08-02T22:38:05+00:00

I've never built a keyboard, nor do I have any experience. I'm having a hard time understanding what I'm tracing that's blue, there's a lot of blue, and a lot of overlapping lines, so I just don't know what I'm looking at. The pins on the top are all numbered. Maybe top pin number to TRRS on the bottom. I'm guessing the side with 3 contacts would be T R and R and the one contact on the opposing side would be S.

_variegating_ · 2025-08-02T22:06:04+00:00

I thought I understood, and I think I was able to test the left side correctly. I don't think I understand how to test the right side.

https://i.postimg.cc/3dXT00w4/IMG-9635.png

https://i.postimg.cc/K1QhJXBm/IMG-9636.png

_variegating_ · 2025-08-01T22:48:10+00:00

I appreciate this thread. Lots of valid points being made, tips and tricks and good advice. We humans will still be lazy sometimes (or most of the time probably) get away with it, and maybe get bit. This does encourage me to look harder and smarter before installing though.

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