coupla blogs and lemmy subscribed ordered by top day; once I’m done with it, that’s it, no doomscrolling no more. all news and sports are filtered out, along with memes and similar stupid shit.

if im really craving something, read a book (thanks Anna!), reinstall one of the cheap laptops I got, go for a run/walk/bike ride etc. works most of the time.

weeell you kinda misrepresented the stated point, creating what’s commonly referred to as a strawman.

the subject isn’t a random sandwich that might or might not have contaminates in it; the subject is a shit sandwich. therefore it’s pointless to argue exactly how much shit is in a shit sandwich, as its essence and genesis preclude it from being considered nourishment.

now there’s copious propaganda out there convincing you it isn’t that bad, lotsa people do it, memba the sandwich from decades ago you loved… but we’re in the wrong community for that.

does it matter how bad it is? does it matter how much shit is in a shit sandwich?

I’m not having it however little there is.

it was pretty bad. the “protagonist” was as irritating as they come. evacide, doctorow and co. were super-underutilized, I imagine a huge chunk was cut out to make enough room for mr. annoyance and his forced parables and non-sequiturs.

I understand some things had to be dumbed down, but this was really, really bad from every angle you look at it.

the fb route would be awesome, I’m adding this to my research list. would video playback be accelerated in this case?

yeah, that’s the main question - do I need a window manager, when I all want is just full screen?

I’ve found something called mpv-kiosk, but that’s a snap and that monstrosity is the opposite of what I need.

doesn’t matter. in the future I might cobble something together, like a clock or weather or a slideshow, but I’m fine with a blank/black/whatever screen.

jellyfin’s android app has the cast functionality built-in, it connects to jellyfin-mpv-shim. you select the video from the app and press play and that’s it - it plays on the remote device. you can then pause, ff/rewind, change subs, etc., from the android app.

as to youtube videos, select video in newpipe, share to allcast, allcast connects to macast, which uses yt-dl to play the video via mpv. you can then control the playback (stop, skip, etc) from allcast.

this all works on a full-featured desktop without problems; I’d like to strip everything but the bare necessities needed to run mpv.

absolutely. I have a list as long as my arm of irritants that are 99% just the absence of sane defaults. I’m not saying that’s what’s deterring people from switching over, but it’s not helping either, is it?

every DE, distro, whatevs I install, I try to imagine what this looks like to a non-techie, how would a random grams deal with this… and it’s not looking good.

apple has a vertically integrated tech stack and are free to focus their sinister efforts elsewhere; they don’t have to dick around with 15 different DEs and 27 WMs, 50 teams pulling in 127 different directions, abandoned paths and duplicated efforts galore. just imagine where The Linux Desktop would be at if we had just one DE/WM and all devs would pull in the same direction…

I don’t have the answer. it’s chaos over here and out of that chaos eventually some order emerges. it’s unquestionable that shit’s way better than five years ago, let alone 10 or more… but it’s so slow and wasteful and it pains me that I see no other option.

meanwhile this (hey, try this shit out) is the best we as users can do; I know I regarded KDE/Plasma for the longest time as something clunky and un-serious and whatnot - I couldn’t have been more wrong. things that are outright deal-breakers (like the years-long refusal to implement scroll speed in Gnome) are handled beautifully over there, and then some.

that (and many other irritants) is why I switched to plasma. please try it before going back, it’s way better in every regard.

I don’t understand the fascination of other commenters with mini-PCs, as the mini-ness was mentioned nowhere in the OP.

any used and decomissioned old office PC, any i5/i7 is way more powerful than you’ll need for that setup. you get everything you need right in the box and you can cram it full with cheap RAM and hard disks. you get to repurpose something that’s useless as a desktop workstation and not buy more future e-waste.

yes, the mini-PCs and the Rpis are more power efficient, but the operating costs of a $30-50 PC don’t come close to the price of buying one of these mini-things, not to mention - figuring out how to run large hard disks with it.

noticed the green dot as well and panicked - first few search results said that’s an indicator someone’s recording, either via mic or camera; checked the permissions log, no help there. haven’t seen it after that.

just watched a video where the dev explains LG; this is for a Windows VM that allows GPU pass-through, or am I missing something? when you say “host” and “client”, you’re referring to two physical devices or how does that work in your case?

I have two physical machines (both running linux, Fedora 40 on the desktop and Debian 12 on the laptop) connected to the same monitor, keyboard and mouse and I need to alternate between them.

edit: aha, the LG site refers to KVM as kernel-virtual-machine, whereas I’m talking about KVM as in keyboard-video-mouse; completely different things, maybe I should amend the post’s title.

granted, but they are inextricably linked and you have to consider the software that does or doesn’t allow you to utilise said hardware.

like, I’ve waited years for kernel devs to catch up to the proprietary hardware in my 2-in-1, namely the drivers for the ipu3 cameras. they are now obsolete and the focus is on ipu6 models. kinda important if you want this to be your main device.

and as to software, it’s important to note that the touch-friendliness was an afterthought, so it isn’t propagated through the system. like, in Gnome’s own system settings app, you can’t initiate dropdowns with touch! that’s a pretty significant UI element that’s been around since forever. another common stumbling block is initiating “right-clicks” on elements, by long-pressing stuff; sometimes it works, other times not. the on-screen keyboard usually appears when an input is focused, but it doesn’t often enough that it’s annoying.

speaking of, Gnome’s OSK is only somewhat usable (and less so if you’re on a non-US layout). if you’re used to Android or iOS keyboards, it’s pretty basic. however bad that is, Plasma’s maalit keyboard makes Gnome’s look like advanced alien tech, it’s broken on so many levels you’re better off disabling it. I didn’t follow development in the past year or so, but one default “feature” of Gnome OSK was that it remembers everything you type - that includes passwords! - and helpfully offers them on the suggestion strip, with no way of turning it off!

obviously, the OSKs don’t work if you need to unlock your disk on boot and I’m not sure they work on the login/lock screen; someone please correct me if I’m misremembering.

OK, screw OSKs, you’re gonna use the cover keyboard. except, it’s prone to just not work half the time. then you rip it apart (pardon, you disconnect it) and attach it again to have it working, maybe.

you’re used to reading stuff, books, comics, whathaveyous, for hours. well, those screens aren’t super power-efficient and the batteries aren’t humongous either. plus, that thing is heavy and thick (easily twice my Samsung Tab) so maybe don’t hold it up ABOVE YOUR FACE WHILE LYING DOWN - ask me how I know! speaking of screens, they aren’t the greatest - try scroll-flinging a long page and watch this stuttering-flashing mess; you’re gonna need new eyes if you keep this up.

I tried to make one work as a 3-in-1 solution. why have a desktop, a laptop, and tablet when I can have a single device and forego the constant copying and syncing and stuff. semi-decent specs, i5, 16 GB, 500 GB NVMe more than enough for my needs, so I got me a USB-C Dock, attached a huge 4K monitor, LAN, sound, mechanical keyboard, mouse… when I’m needed in the field, just detach it and off I go with all my shit on the drive AND I got a free iPad out of the deal, I just have to marvel at how smart I am!

yeah, nah. bottom line, they are bad as desktop replacement (throttled all over the place on account of anaemic cooling + whiny fan holler), bad as a laptop (on account of the kickstand, you hafta use it on a desk only, plus the keyboard is pretty bad and so is the tiny touchpad) and very bad as tablet (for reasons galore, some mentioned above).

so, like I said, as a fun project to play with - by all means, it’s super fun trying out different OSs/apps (I haven’t touched on Waydroid, Android x86, FydeOS, note-taking apps, etc.) but, as a daily driver, one that your livelihood and/or education depends on - hard pass.

there are no good linux tablets, for any price; by “good” I mean it works as good as an Android or iOS tablet. everything is from not-as-good to way worse and there are things that are downright unusable.

whichever platform you choose (Gnome, Plasma or any of the derivatives like Phosh, Plasma Mobile, etc.) the experience beyond the first 15 minutes (hey, this actually works!) is pretty bad. it’s certainly not usable as a main device that you depend on and use for actual work; as a dicking-around kinda project, sure, have at it.

before you spend that kind of money, my recommendation is to get an older Surface Pro or Dell Latitude 2-in-1 in the $150-200 range and see if that functionality is something you can live with. those can be had with up to 16 GB on-board and the SSDs are replaceable (Dells are more serviceable). kernel support is spotty, not all of the features work for all devices, mainly cameras and such; consult the linux-surface github.

edit: just saw this comment, my experiences are similar. the rest of the comments where people think what a device might work like you should disregard.

nah, tried that when I had windows on it. that and a bunch of other stuff from the unhelpfulest site on the webz - dell.com. screen rates and resolutions and auto brightness as well. the battery contacts are way too tiny for me to do anything meaningful there. besides, I’m thinking that if the battery is the problem, then there shouldn’t be any issues when running the thing on external power; it’s not like the battery is powering the laptop when connected to external power, it’s running on external power and using the surplus to charge the battery.

naturally, it began again after waking from sleep. that’s why it’s so darn tiresome diagnosing it, you never know if the tweak you’ve made has any effect, sometimes it works for hours, sometimes it freaks out after seconds.

if the battery is the culprit, shouldn’t it stop being a problem when running the device on external power? it’s not like it’s constantly charging the battery and simultaneously draining it; at least, no laptop I know of does that. and if the display cable is faulty, then it should also have those flickers when running it without battery. that never happens.

sadly that’s not an option at this point.

this if from a F38 live image.

idle on battery:

load on battery:

charging idle:

charging load:

battery is (or should be) 7.6V 42Wh. BIOS rates condition as excellent, 92% battery health. no visible deformations, as stated.

naturally, during this whole period the screen didn’t flicker once.

that seems reasonable but I don’t trust my chubby fingers, everything is so tiny I’m afraid I’ll short something.