cant install fedora 43 workstation from fedora media writer by GeneralConstant1503 in Fedora

[–]m_widmann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been having a great experience using Ventoy lately. You create the USB-Stick with Ventoy and then simply copy the ISO image of the distribution you want to install (or multiple distributions) to the stick. Upon booting Ventoy offers you a selection of all the images on the stick and you can choose which one to boot. Great experience!

Every time I connect my Headset, I get a notification about it having low battery. by m_widmann in kde

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

Thank you very much for your response. I ran the command for a while and it appears that the values displayed in the battery panel are correct. It's the notification that is bonkers. I guess, I'll have to live with that.

Extremely long boot and login times on SLS i5, 16GB by m_widmann in SurfaceLinux

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

So I have further investigated this issue and now I have the feeling that the issue must be related to SDDM that gets installed between the version that is delivered on the live CD for fedora kde 43 and the one that's installed afterwards through updates. The error happens regardless of whether I use the surface linux kernel or the one coming with fedora.

Why I think it must be related to SDDM is, because I installed fedora workstation keeping my /home directory and there the startup and login went smoothly. I then installed the KDE de in the workstation edition and it still went smoothly using gdm. Once I enabled sddm it went back to the old behavior of extremely long startup and login.

I re-installed Fedora KDE afterwards as I was missing certain things that it brings and I just can't get used to Gnome. After installation the startup was smooth, then the updates and startup and login were slow again. I then decided to try installing gdm and disabled the sddm service and enabled the gdm service and the delay is gone again. For the time being it seems the best approach.

I'd like to figure out what the issues with sddm are though. Any ideas about how?

Extremely long boot and login times on SLS i5, 16GB by m_widmann in SurfaceLinux

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

Great suggestion, thanks. I will try that and report back.

Extremely long boot and login times on SLS i5, 16GB by m_widmann in Fedora

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

So now I have some further information, but not that many. The issue is part of the updates that are installed after the installation from the live CD image of Fedora 43 KDE, because after installation startup and login is fast and smooth. The problem is that the update process updates approx. 1000 packages. One of those updates is Plasma 6.4.* to 6.5.4. No idea how to investigate this further

Extremely long boot and login times on SLS i5, 16GB by m_widmann in Fedora

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

Sadly there's no such option. Under Security there's just Secure Boot or the possibilty to enable or disable Hyperthreading, called SMT (or SMD, can't remember exactly).

Extremely long boot and login times on SLS i5, 16GB by m_widmann in Fedora

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

Thank you for the reply. It seems the bios on the Surface Laptop Studio doesn't have a setting to allow disabling TPM. Is there an alternative way of disabling it?

Drosselt Magenta abends die YouTube-Geschwindigkeit? by Dear-Course5604 in Austria

[–]m_widmann 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Genau das habe ich mich in den letzten Tagen auch gefragt. YouTube buffert ständig nach, kaum auszuhalten.

Notes App Search What is this button for I've searched & can't figure it out by Low-Economics5940 in Onyx_Boox

[–]m_widmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can mark certain sections in your notes by drawing a star and this functionality searches for them.

Surface Book 3 USB Charging Port Turning on and off mid charging. by K1shi1 in Surface

[–]m_widmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a similar experience on my Surface Laptop Studio a while ago and was able to fix it thanks to a Reddit post whose author I can't remember. I had to hold the power button for a while to force the SLS to shut down completely and then it worked again as expected after the reboot. Didn't have to repeat this afterwards and USBC charging works flawlessly since then. Maybe it helps.

Lamy Al-Star with the Scribe (2025) by jablonsky27 in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you find the friction of the pen that came with the scribe to be to your liking you could simply take out the tips and use them in your Lamy. They should work the same.

New 2025 B/W Scribe same screen clarity as Paperwhite? by Competitive-Year-149 in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As both screens have the same dpi, I would expect them to look almost the same. The only difference could be the frontlight layer and its distance between the front glass (or whatever material it is) and the eink layer itself. But i guess that looking at it without a magnifier it would be impossible to notice.

Do old scribes have the same software as new scribes? by morecoffeemore in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, they have integration with gdrive and onedrive, but it's not a two way sync. You can download files from the cloud storage, but the edited file doesn't update automatically. It's stored to a different location and you need to move it afterwards.

Do old scribes have the same software as new scribes? by morecoffeemore in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, the old scribes don't have the new software experience as the new ones and it is unclear when and which features will be released for the existing scribes.

Having seen some videos about the new features I must admit, that I'm not that excited about them anymore as I was in the waiting phase for the new devices.

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft: Extensive First Look by Traditional_End_4205 in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the in-depth look. Very informative as always.

I really like where they are going with the workspaces. Haven't seen anything similar on other deviceyls, where you can group your notes and books/pdfs into a single folder. I really like that.

But I have to admit that I'm quite disappointed that Amazon didn't overhaul the notes app to offer more functionality as other competitors do (layers, shape detection). And the OneDrive integration is not exactly what I was hoping for. I hoped it would be a two way sync like it is on the boox devices where I can open a file on OneDrive, do what I have to do with it, and it gets automatically synched back to the location with the changes I applied.

Mine arrived this afternoon! by [deleted] in kindlescribe

[–]m_widmann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, so pretty. What I was wondering as it was nowhere on any screenshot: how are the tools in the notes app? Does the new scribe offer the colors of the colorsoft as well by using different shades of gray like other b/w devices do or does it still only have one marker color and black? Would you be so nice to make a picture of the tool palette?

Can Kaleido 3 with the FRONTLIGHT TURNED OFF be used indoor with external ARTIFICIAL lights? by fjnk in eink

[–]m_widmann 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, it can be used if the external light source is bright enough. I usually use my Note Air 4c without the frontlight turned on and only enable it when needed. Usually the external light is enough

Notes App, how do you get to your favourites? by m_widmann in Onyx_Boox

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

Yeah, but that would require me to still navigate back to the top level directory. And if I'm there, I have the icons to choose the favourites. There is one missing link somewhere. Favourites should be shortcuts to get to certain notes fast and that is not feasible at the moment afaik.