atmur

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[–] atmur@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm early gen z (mid-twenties now), I've have had a touch-screen phone since I was 13, but somehow I am still awful at typing on it. I don't understand how this is a skill people are actually good at. Here's typing test I just did on my phone (the monkeytype website). Look at all those errors, and I was actually trying to do good.

I know people who will write entire emails from their phone and I just don't understand how. I've literally written texts on my computer, and then copied it to my phone to send instead of typing on the touch screen.

In comparison, on my computer with my lovely low-profile mechanical keyboard.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I think that's definitely one of the roadblocks Lemmy is facing at the moment. Even though I deleted my Reddit account after the API nonsense, I'm absolutely still appending every DDG or Startpage search with "reddit." Especially with the flood of AI-generated garbage filling search results, it's the easiest way to get quick answers from (probably) real people.

However, that also relates to Reddit's other advantage, in that it actually has a decade and a half of content to be indexed in the first place. The magic of Reddit is that every question has been asked in every way at least 5 times over, Lemmy just doesn't have that history yet.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Really good, but I did have to remove the screen protector as I was getting line jitter with it on.

Palm rejection is better than I expected but not as good as an iPad.

I've been using a Wacom Bamboo Ink Plus. Pressure sensitivity and stuff works out of the box, no additional drivers needed or anything.

Krita is excellent.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Chemical Brothers' lyrics:

We have no reason to live

We have no reason at all

We have no reason to live

When will they kill us all?

Chemical Brothers' music:

 

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is just blank writable discs, movies and TV shows on bluray will continue to be produced... for now.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] atmur@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this was the issue for a lot of the 2-in-1s I looked at. Lenovo, Dell, even Microsoft have some cool options, but they're insanely expensive by the time you spec them to be comparable to the V3.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The 32gb ram model was $1000, on sale from the usual $1200

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

I was just pointing out the state of things on an up-to-date distro like Fedora as many times a newer kernel fixes stuff like this and no one bothers to update old reviews. I was already aware of the link you provided (it's literally pinned to the top of the blog post I linked in my main post), but it's irrelevant when I'm talking about the out-of-the-box experience. I only tried the input-remapper fix because someone pointed it out and I wanted to confirm that worked for me.

I didn't make this post to complain about issues or ask for solutions, I'm here looking for interesting ideas and questions about this super cool hardware. This thing's fucking awesome and I wanted to share.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am super tempted to switch to KDE on this thing. KDE has always looked cool, but I'm too happy with Gnome on my main desktop to justify fully switching. This is seeming like a perfect opportunity for some variety...

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You must be new to Linux as a whole.

lmao i am not

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just tried it, and yep, that solved that problem.

 

So about 2 months ago I made this post about looking for an iPad replacement that runs Linux. I said I wasn't in a rush, but after thinking about it ever since and seeing the Minisforum V3 go on sale for just $1000, I pulled the trigger.

My impressions are still very new (I have used it for a total of 2 hours at this point), but I'm super happy so far. Installed Fedora 40 and almost everything works out of the box (including a Wacom MPP stylus). As mudkip mentioned in this blog, the volume buttons don't work when the keyboard is detached and auto-rotation doesn't work. The former isn't a big deal and the latter doesn't affect me in the slightest, but I can confirm those issues are still present on a stock Fedora install.

Anyway, there's not a lot of information about this tablet running Linux out there, is there anything anyone wants me to test or any questions I can answer?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by atmur@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

The last device I own that doesn't run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a "convertible" device rather than a tablet alone.

I'm not in a rush to replace it, iPadOS is, eh, usable, but there are things that get on my nerves often. I definitely wouldn't be upgrading to another iPad model if this one died. I'm curious on what kind of hardware is available out there with good Linux support that I can keep in mind for the future. My only requirements would be that it runs normal Linux distros (ideally Fedora) and has a pen/display that supports pressure sensitivity.

The Minisforum V3 looks pretty damn cool. There's also the Microsoft Surface devices that ironically seem popular with Linux users. Anyone have any experience with these kinds of devices? What do you think? What's your favorite device in this class?

 

I cannot get enough of Health, everything they've worked on since Death Magic has been so damn good.

 

Long story short: I don’t like iOS but have been using an iPhone for a couple years due to lack of personally viable hardware options on the Android side of things. I’ve gotten tired of waiting and found a good deal on an open box Pixel 8 Pro which arrives in a few days, I’ll be installing GrapheneOS on it.

I’ve used GrapheneOS before on a Pixel 3a. I’m familiar with some must-haves like F-Droid+Aurora Store and AntennaPod, but are there any other apps I should check out once the phone gets here that I’ve been missing out on during my time on iOS? Or just any recommendations at all for cool/useful apps that most people wouldn’t think to search for?

Bonus question for *sonic/Navidrome users, what’s your favorite Android client? I used Substacks last time I daily drove GrapheneOS, but it looks like it might not be actively maintained anymore.

 
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