No! We already have novels, comics, video games. Not one more non-canon media format! 😂
I'm a Virt Manager guy, personally. The only thing is 3D acceleration is usually hard if not impossible in some cases without GPU passthrough. (Unless I'm wrong. I'd like to be wrong.)
This is my favorite strat. Back in 2022, I used this to move my install from a cheap 256GB SSD I had got to try Linux to my main 1 TB NVMe (which I had recently wiped of Windows). This install is still up and running today, granted it was ext4, but really, a dd clone shouldn't prove a problem for any filesystem.
It's very bread and butter, but also very customizable. It's also decently lightweight. Not the lightest, but a good compromise between both.
Some distros don't have the best default config, though.
Debian Stable - yes.
Debian Testing or Sid - 😈
I can't wait to see what they can do, considering what System76 did with just GNOME.
I don't think anything's going to pry me from XFCE, though, except maybe if 4.20 hasn't made much progress on Wayland.
Yeh. To get the cameras working, you have to do some janky stuff with v4l2loopback. When I went to replace my aging Surface Go, I got a Thinkpad and haven't had to deal with much (other than switching to the Debian 12 backports kernel for the Wi-Fi driver, as I chose to use stable on that laptop because I don't want to have to debug it on the go).
Of course, I was running Debian Testing with XFCE4, so it may be something odd in that combination.
The iPhone does that too, but has a way to disable it on a per-network basis.
A severe temporal anomaly during a transporter accident lead to this abomination, Kai Winkomaskix, child of Mogh.
The transport officer on duty almost phasered them on site. During the manhunt, Gul Dukat got the closest he ever did to getting a statue on Bajor.
Luckily, temporal investigations got everything sorted out.
Kai Winkomaskix, child of Mogh was a spiritual successor to Needole. https://startrek.website/post/12514221
Edit: I just remembered what I had to do to get cameras working in most applications. I used v4l2loopback.
I don't know about older Surfaces, but for me in a nutshell, H-E-Double hockey sticks on my 1st gen Surface Go. Only install Linux on a Surface if you already own one.
More in-depth, it was usable - it was my main personal on-the-go device for a couple of years. I'd had it since before I used Linux. On mainline, the main stuff worked. With the Linux-Surface kernel, I could get the cameras working. It was always very janky (you had to bridge stuff through GStreamer or some other weird crap rather than using it directly. Don't remember the specifics), but it worked.
Another annoyance was a hardware issue with the keyboard when it was in your lap: since the keyboard wasn't very rigid, it would bend a bit while typing or placing your hand on the palm rest, making unwanted mouse clicks
My big problem with the Surface Go, though, was I had chronic issues with power profiles. It never went to sleep quite right, so after closing it a few times, the system would begin to get unstable and I'd just have to do a reboot.
After my initramfs got borked on that during the time_t64 transition (my fault, not the hardware's; I use Debian Testing and an apt update went awry), I didn't feel like going back and fixing it, as I was planning on replacing this device with the Thinkpad I write this on anyway.
Ultimately, my opinion (again, just based on using the Go 1, which is a bit newer than the Pro 4) is that it isn't the best idea. Considering Pro 4s are not expensive on eBay, trying it isn't the worst idea, but I feel like it's not worth it, an unfortunate truth considering Surfaces are such unique devices. This isn't a cheap alternative (the CPU's not the best from what I can tell), but the Surface fan in me finds the StarLabs StarFighter 12.5-inch enticing considering it's both very Surface-like and Linux-friendly.
As you want cheap, you might be able to find something to throw LineageOS or postMarketOS on. Honestly, my question for you is how much do you need a tablet specifically? Could a small laptop do?
Building a custom Buildroot Linux for a Pentium 2 laptop that can fit on a CD so I could back up a 2.5" IDE drive to a USB drive, probably.
On another note, last night, I had to get a Google TV set up on my dorm Wi-Fi, which requires me to either go through a portal to set it up or to go into my account and add the device's MAC address. The TV (which was brand new and doing OOBE stuff) wouldn't let me go to settings to get the MAC address without a network connection. Even more infuriating, there was a button in the Google Home app that said "Show MAC address", but when I pushed it, it would say "Can't get MAC address." What I ended up doing to get around that crap was setting up my Debian Thinkpad (which I am writing from now) to share its internet connection over ethernet to finish the setup process so I could get to settings and get the MAC address.
On one hand, a funny experience, but on the other hand, I'm simultaneously both mad at Google and my dorm internet provider.
Edit: I added a GIF version as the thumbnail. Here's the apng version below.
If it’s not moving, wait 30-ish seconds and see if it loads.
In LD 1x08 Veritas, Rutherford is rotating some "EPS Capacitors" (These seem to have little mention outside this episode) to prevent them from overheating.
Before I ask my questions, I first want to establish what makes sense to me here. Although not previously mentioned, like electrical capacitors, EPS Capacitors probably help to "smooth out" plasma flow. As these are high-power systems, I am sure there is risk of overheating in these capacitors that is not as present in current electrical capacitors, which usually don't have a rotating mechanism.
Now, for the questions:
For the first: My first theory is these are variable capacitors. Assuming the mechanics work similarly to electrical capacitors, Rutherford could be changing the capacitance of each capacitor to rotate the load. This doesn't feel completely right, though (for instance, how to keep the array within specification).
A better theory is that although its function is analogous to an electrical capacitor, the physical mechanics used behind it are different, and somehow wear in the internal materials is uneven unless rotated, somewhat like tires.
For the second: We practically mastered rotating crap with electricity in THE 20TH CENTURY and have only gotten better since. I don't understand why Starfleet couldn't just give each capacitor a servo motor running off an EPS tap that does the randomization automatically, or at the very least mount them all on a belt. Heck, if heat is the problem, why not a liquid cooling loop? The worst that can happen is an ensign has to go get a mop.
It could be possible that maybe it was kept there as a task to bully ensigns/make officers feel useful, but I feel that kind of thinking wouldn't necessarily exist at the Cali class drawing board. It could be possible that somehow the magnets in the motor interfere with the EPS containment field, but I feel like that would mean a lot more crap would have to be banned on board if the EPS conduits were that vulnerable.
Ultimately, I really can't make full sense of this second point, and would love insights on this and my first question.
Let me know if I missed any!
Edit: Updated Linux with Resistance, Year of Hell, and Borg Janeway
Weird. It seems like the images failed to save. So here’s the who’s who.
Risa’s Dental ”You’re on a pleasure planet, so why shouldn’t your teeth be a pleasure as well?”
Although I imagine dentists don’t exist in the 24th century like they do know; I imagine instead of braces or fillings, a general doctor just replicates chompers like they did for Ransom that one time, albeit hopefully the right size.
I recently got a brand new laptop, a Thinkpad 21JT001PUS, to consolidate/replace my array of various on-the-go-Linux devices, and I have to say, I'm impressed. I know Thinkpad and Linux aren't news, but for such a recent device, I am surprised how well it works. The price wasn't bad (which makes up for the fact that it's a Zen 3 chip with DDR4, in my opinion), it has good upgradability (I'll touch a bit on my experience later), and hardware support was really good.
I initially tested hardware support with Debian Testing Trixie XFCE (as that was the Live USB I happened to have on hand, since I often test devices and also keep it around as a backup for my desktop, which runs Testing). At first I couldn't get it to boot, but then I found the BIOS setting to enable non-Microsoft certificates. After that, I booted in and found everything worked out of the box (except the fingerprint sensor, of course, but that's extremely rare for any laptop anyway). However, after experience with my previous portable devices, I learned I prefer stable distributions on those, as during some parts of the year, I can go months without opening the laptop.
Thus, I retested with Bookworm. Almost everything worked still, except for the Wi-Fi (which seems to have been introduced in later kernel versions). Luckily, this thing has an ethernet port (From which it is HECK to remove cables - I've found I had to twist the end up a bit to get it out), so I was able to do an install and then add the Backports kernel to get Wi-Fi working.
One minor issue I had (a software fault rather than a hardware/kernel one) was Bluetooth headphones, but as it turned out, it was just that PulseAudio was installed instead of Pipewire, so after switching, it worked flawlessly with Blueman).
As for battery life, so far it seems okay (as I write this, it says 3:29 left at 51%), but I haven't rigorously tested it yet (though I threw on the usual tlp and stuff like that for good measure).
For performance, I once again haven't tested it too rigorously, but I did play some Civ VI, which it was keeping up with just fine.
The upgrabability of this laptop does have one caveat, though. The bottom is a bother to remove, and most Youtube crap conveniently glosses over them. For one, some of the screws would get loose but not come out all the way. I eventually found the trick was to throw some pry tool under the screw head to hold it up so I could get it the rest of the way out. After they were all out, the bottom cover STILL wouldn't budge. This too ended up being a matter of jamming a pick in one corner of the case and running another one to slowly pry up the bottom case on all sides. I lost a plastic tab or two in the process, but that doesn't show up on the outside, and I think 24 GB of RAM (and 2 TB of NVME 2280 storage + 256 GB, the Windows drive that I left in the 2242 bay) will be plenty for a long time.
Overall, I would say this is a great laptop for those who don't want to go the route of purchasing a used laptop for Linux. I'll say an 8.5 out of 10 due to the hard-to-remove bottom cover and weird ethernet port.
Here's the Linux Hardware probe: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=1e50fb1862
I’ve thought it would be nice to have a venue to discuss Trek comics, but I’ve always felt it would be weird to reference non-canon/dubiously canon stuff from a less popular medium in a main Star Trek thread.
Thus, I was wondering if this server has sufficient interest in such a thing to create a new community just for Star Trek comics.
Based off Doctor Who 8x01 Deep Breath
A sequel to https://startrek.website/post/12349474
I do declare, it's the best of both sides of the Mississippi! Needole's as dependable as a well-bred mule with the looks of country-fried chicken, while lacking the more unsavory qualities of our otherwise trusty Talaxian companion.
I would agree.