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Didn’t know about this. I’d still like QMK since I like having hardware level control, but this looks like something I’d use in conjunction with QMK. I should try setting it up this weekend. Thanks!

Technically you are able to to do with any live environment and backup data, so the answer would be “yes”.

Restic is my favorite, but you really would need to be familiar with the terminal, cron tasks, etc. to consider it a viable option.

Okay but the real question is does the keyboard use QMK? Mnt Reform has set the standard for open source laptops imo, if I can’t program my keyboard then that is a massive downside.

I unironically suggest you try installing Gentoo some time. You’ll be forced to learn a lot about how modern Linux works, and can even go with a non-systemd install if you want to learn a more “traditional” install.

That’s how you turn the boys and girls into proper Linux using men and women.

Gnome devs have a nasty habit of “rethinking” things while ignoring tons of usability issues. I’d like them to stop rethinking things until they addressed those first…

Ext4 came out 20 years ago.

When you pick a file to upload or open from inside another application, the GTK/Gnome file picker does not allow you to have a thumbnail view of all the files. It is a meme in the Linux community at this point since there was a bug filed in 2004 asking for this feature, some even writing patches to make it work. Gnome devs refuse to change how the file picker works however.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141154

Are they going to rethink putting thumbnails in the file selection dialog or many of their other insane decisions?

Gnome seems like they want to take the Apple approach to UI design without the attention to detail that Apple’s UX has.

Buy a used Dell Latitude. They are business laptops that often get put up on eBay, so you can get them for $200-$750 depending on how old you’re willing to buy.

Many (most?) Windows users find Windows to be frustrating. I find Gentoo to be extremely frustrating a lot of times. Frustration doesn’t really drive people away from tools that are necessary to them.

Yes, since you can run Android apps on them. They will be slower and have some quirks though I’m sure.

Linux phones are getting closer and closer to usability every day. I don’t care that they’ll always be less polished than iOS or Android, I want a Linux phone.

Try in another computer if you have one. The fact dd is limiting you to 5GB though doesn’t sound good, not going to lie.

Try managing thousands of images with Unix timestamps for names with only the terminal. Or browsing the web.

There’s tons of stuff that is simply better done in a GUI.

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That’s not necessarily the case. Most scripts will just run in the current environment (meaning your .bashrc will be used) and not define many/any arguments for commands like cp or rm.

Your .bashrc file is read whenever you start a command line shell, so by the time you can even run a script you probably already invoked your aliases.

Exceptions would be if you’re running a script from cron or running the script from another shell like sh or zsh.

I use FOSS. You can’t ever truly know if a pirated piece of software is back doored or not, so why even risk it?

Be careful, as this can easily break many scripts.

Just use the programs in the terminal more and more. You’re literally just running programs with some arguments to make them do exactly what you want. Even scripts are just a list of commands to run.