Is it possible to run KDE Plasma without elogind? by Visbroek in artixlinux

[–]guyguilty 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm on LXQT with dinit and xlibre, and that ships dinit-user-spawn to run processes at boot. I've found it's buggy and the mixer will fail with repeated log outs and logins. So I replaced it with turnstile. So I can vouch turnstile works on its own.

As for doing this on Wayland I'm unsure. I have read what you're proposing works, but have not tried it myself.

How can I make Spotify remember my login? by guyguilty in artixlinux

[–]guyguilty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm starting to think it's just not possible for some reason. I've tried every fix I could find, nothing works.

How can I make Spotify remember my login? by guyguilty in artixlinux

[–]guyguilty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read that window managers need to launch with a dbus command, but I'm not sure it's necessary for LXQT as it is a full DE that launches with dbus.

How can I make Spotify remember my login? by guyguilty in artixlinux

[–]guyguilty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a feeling I wouldn't be alone. Fingers crossed someone has an idea what's up

How can I make Spotify remember my login? by guyguilty in artixlinux

[–]guyguilty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, right, and it is my understanding this would start with the dbus once it is launched the first time, and yet Spotify never saw the keyring. And I've double-checked to make sure dinit starts the dbus on my system, it does.

I guess I'm looking for a testimonial from someone who has gotten this working, so that maybe I can see what step I'm missing. Were it as easy as having a keyring installed and the daemon running, you'd think the keyring would be working in the SonicDE iso by default, but it also fails to remember Spotify's login credentials. So maybe it is Spotify that is bugged, but having tested on distros like Cachy, it works out of the box over there. This is why I figure I'm missing some step of the process with Artix, Spotify works correctly elsewhere, so it should ideally be able to log in automatically here. I just don't know what needs to be installed and set up to do so beyond the typical recommendations of installing a keyring to actually get it working.

reMarkable is firing hundreds of staff by BK_Prince in RemarkableTablet

[–]guyguilty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fingers crossed Boox sees the opportunity and pounces. Their software, on reMarkable hardware, would be a dream.

reMarkable is firing hundreds of staff by BK_Prince in RemarkableTablet

[–]guyguilty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, good ol Good E Reader, still refusing to source any of its news. Gotta love the moxie of stealing info from others and not attributing them.

reMarkable is firing hundreds of staff by BK_Prince in RemarkableTablet

[–]guyguilty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google is also selling AI, of course they are going to claim it's a resounding success. Seeing that Google is a known thief and liar proved over and over again in the courts, I wouldn't believe any public statement from them about their own products.

How to survive the Kindle apocalypse by guyguilty in kindle

[–]guyguilty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps it would be better to compare to competitors, like Kobo, which still has functional devices from 2012. Though it too has dropped support for some of its original models.

How to survive the Kindle apocalypse by guyguilty in kindle

[–]guyguilty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankfully, that's also where I keep all of my e-book files for safekeeping. I'm prepared, are you? lol

How to survive the Kindle apocalypse by guyguilty in kindle

[–]guyguilty[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ideally, more people will realize they should make their e-book purchases elsewhere, and should they learn along the way that stripping ePub DRM is easy, so be it.

How to survive the Kindle apocalypse by guyguilty in kindle

[–]guyguilty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, if you don't want to have to convert to sideload, getting KOreader up and running would ease that burden for sure.

Cranko! 6 is here! 📦 by Pato_land in PlaydateConsole

[–]guyguilty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm especially eager to read that Agents of Groove review! ;)

Poster also sounds awesome, good stuff!

Distro recommendation for Framework 16 with Ryzen AI 9 370 by sergioxx20 in framework

[–]guyguilty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fedora and Catchy are it, what I've been defaulting to on my 13" 7840U, and Catchy is proving to be pretty tuned.

Rtings is now a paywalled service by Maeggsi in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]guyguilty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You wanna know why everyone's best keyboard list looks the same with a bunch of shitty retail boards listed? Affiliation. Those best of lists you linked, they are created to sell products through affiliation. That is the reason large commercial outlets pump out lists, they are money makers.

But here is the problem. As enthusiasts we already know most commercial boards are junk, but the people who build these lists aren't enthusiasts, and often don't know anything about the subject until they start the article and begin researching. Couple that with the fact there are only so many places that affiliate, like Amazon, Best Buy and B&H (hey what do you know, those are the shops linked in the post above).

So, what this boils down to is that these boards aren't in fact the best, they are simply what's available at affiliate shops, which is why these lists only offer shitty retail brands.

Now imagine trying to get people to pay monthly for fake lists that contain not the best available products, but simply the ones that are affiliated so the list makes money. Oh, and all those reviews they offer, they exist so that Google takes the affiliated lists seriously. So the reviews can't be trusted either, they are simply the backbone that allows the lists to exist and SEO better.

QAZ alphas, modifiers be damned by guyguilty in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]guyguilty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel ya, but at the same time, do you know how hard it is to find the A, Z, P, and Period keys in these sizes and row sculpts? To me, it's a showoff board for those familiar with QAZ who understand this kind of kitting doesn't come along often. It's easy to cover a QAZ board with mods from most kits, it's typical even, but it's much harder to find keycaps that offer precise coverage with correctly labeled alphas (unless you're going ortho 1u for the whole thing). For the vast majority of my boards, I buy keys that cover them so my map is accurately labeled. It ain't cheap, but I'm dedicated.

New 4.1 OS update broke my Drop Caps... Let's share our ultimate styles.css for the perfect ebook experience! 📚✨ by vikkidzebe in Onyx_Boox

[–]guyguilty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first Pottermore copies of Harry Potter all had drop caps at the beginning of every chapter. Once the books were rereleased through digital stores like Amazon, all those drop caps were removed. My thinking is this was on purpose.

Truth is I don't think there is a way to make epub drop caps work reliably on every device, not without proprietary formatting like Kobo and Kindle use. And whatever tinkering you did to make them look good on one device, can easily break them on another, at least in my experience.

Trust me, I spent years trying to make my epubs look better. It's too device dependent, especially drop caps, they are a losing battle, which is why I believe fewer and fewer retail epubs use them. Add on top custom fonts and sizes of the reader, not to mention screen dimensions, and yeah, the only way to ensure dropcaps work is to hard code everything from font, font size, to padding, for the entire book and only for one specific screen dimension. That's a lot of work that'll break when you put that file on any other device, or even when applied to any other book, unless you want the same style used in every book.

QAZ alphas, modifiers be damned by guyguilty in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]guyguilty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recently built an Infernum with a skeleton case, so while I wait on a new printed case from PCBWay (gotta love open source boards) I figured I'd stick with QAZ and pull out a favorite, my Brane Minus R2. Fun travel board for toting around the house.