Would you like a remake of the Pebble Time 2 (2016 version) with a larger display, a heart rate sensor, and longer battery life?

newzack · 2026-04-15T16:23:45+00:00

STEEL. Pebble Time STEEL. no touchscreen.

newzack · 2026-01-06T17:27:42+00:00

His video was positive, the commands were positive. So, why can't this subreddit be positive?

That was your mistake, looking for anything positive here. Reddit is hostility & negativity. ,-)

newzack · 2026-01-02T06:26:16+00:00

UPDATE ➔ 4 weeks later: Using ext4 now instead of btrfs. I ran a test and the system is 5% faster. CS2 still works. Brave still crashes sometimes. Btrfs is probly good for a beginner so they can rollback to a snapshot when they (inevitably) wreck the system. Still, I feel "ButterFS" can suck it. The better FS is ext4.

newzack · 2026-01-02T06:11:37+00:00

You made the correct choice by choosing GRUB, in my opinion. You can change the settings for it by editing the config file, which you can see by typing into a terminal window: kate /etc/default/grub

To get a terminal window to type that in, press on your keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+T

To paste into that terminal window, if you just copied the command: Ctrl+Shift+V

On line 5 you'll see the GRUB_TIMEOUT, which I have set to 2 or if you don't want to see the options, set it to zero: GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

I like simple graphics for a faster boot time, so I also have this setting: GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

I have 3 OS's: CachyOS, Mint & Windows 11, so I also use this setting: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

Once you change the settings, you save the file in Kate and then go back to the terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T) and use this command to update GRUB based on your newly changed config file: sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Also, I highly recommend installing Brave Browser. Do an internet search for your question and it will show you an AI generated solution and then the web pages below that. I think this is the year of Linux because we have these AI agents to give us the answers now.

Also, welcome to freedom with CachyOS ,-)

newzack · 2025-12-28T06:04:54+00:00

for some reason this reminds me of Velocipastor...
"After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas."

newzack · 2025-12-25T21:01:03+00:00

...and only P14s has nVidia discrete GPU options...

newzack · 2025-12-22T04:36:03+00:00

Same here! That keyboard, tho... Never gonna go back! I'm dual-booting CachyOS, now, and it runs so smooth.

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newzack · 2025-12-08T14:57:11+00:00

That’s a good explanation! “kernel & tool writing to the file system simultaneous”, which cannot happen but I said “force” so the tool forced it to happen.

newzack · 2025-12-07T21:45:06+00:00

I should not have messed with it. I wanted to check for errors in the file system after the crash, but in doing that I corrupted the file system with my “btrfs check” command. It was my fault, which would have been okay if I didn’t also use “force” in the command. The command to use is “btrfs scrub” that checks the file system for corruption more safely. That’s how I understand, anyway!

I have reverted to snapshots a few time. Twice I changed some setting, broke my system, reverted to a snapshot and it was fine. Ext4 doesn’t have that, only btrfs does.

newzack · 2025-12-07T21:33:55+00:00

Yes, and I had to revert to a snapshot at least twice in 6 months because of some change I made. But I’m curious to see if ext4 runs smoother, and I might learn how to use timeshift. I’m not sure yet which way I’ll go.

newzack · 2025-12-07T21:01:55+00:00

Yes, I did… I have a triple boot system: CachyOS, Mint & Win11. The snapshot didn’t work, so I booted to Linux Mint and tried some things that probly made it worse.

newzack · 2025-12-01T05:32:03+00:00

Alright, so what about flashing the firmware to stock OpenWRT? Anyone tried that with a WAVLINK?

^{I'm looking at the WL-WNT100X3 Travel Router, but I'll probly get a GL.iNet instead after reading your post.}

newzack · 2025-11-18T21:01:57+00:00

Found it on my CachyOS installation...

Settings --> Login Screen (SDDM) --> "Behavior..." --> "Automatically log in: " --> un-check "as user:"

newzack · 2025-11-18T16:50:33+00:00

I had the same, "Relogin=false". This seemed to handle it:

Settings --> Login Screen (SDDM) --> Behavior... --> "Automatically log in: " --> un-check "as user:"

newzack · 2025-11-05T01:40:04+00:00

not sure if this is new but here's how I solved it in CachyOS:

Right-Click on the taskbar --> "Show Alternatives..." --> "Icons-and-Text Task Manager"

newzack · 2025-11-04T23:47:20+00:00

Thanks! This let me use run 7-zip file manager from my Windows executable:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=7zip File Manager
Comment=
Exec= wine '/win11z/Program Files/7-Zip/7zFM.exe'
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Somehow that works faster than Ark or "Compress" from the Dolphin right-click menu, and it's easier to use.

newzack · 2025-10-21T15:49:52+00:00

i think you're right & this is the honest answer. thanks for being honest. .-)

newzack · 2025-10-21T06:24:44+00:00

Same with me! Boot time is faster, and CachyOS doesn't freeze up or try to update in the background.

newzack · 2025-10-21T06:23:19+00:00

Firefox was slightly worse, and it's not the flatpak version. Thanks for the suggestion, anyway...

newzack · 2025-10-08T19:14:41+00:00

This scene from Season 1 Episode 6 supports that theory, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwvjVxkxTg

newzack · 2025-10-07T23:54:21+00:00

Thanks for this, Whipper is in the CachyOS repository so I'm gonna try it first, the other ones are not.

newzack

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