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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • to name a few I like:

    • Read You, brilliant RSS reader. Now syncs with Freshrss. Inspired by Reeder on iOS
    • Voice, audiobook player. I use it in fact to listen to audio from youtube videos (downloaded with Newpipe). For audiobooks (and podcasts) I use
    • Audiobookshelf (needs server)
    • FUTO keyboard with decent on device voice recognition! (exists as a standalone)
    • 8Vim, weird keyboard I really like
    • Fairemail has been my trusty email client for years. Don’t be spooked by its many options, once accounts configured the UI doesnt show unecessary stuff IMO. Some unique and useful features.
      But if you want something simpler there’s K9, now Thunderbird. Although I still experience the issue with emails not arriving on time with this newer version
    • KeepassDX, great password manager, good UI, keeps improving.




  • This is what I’ve been missing the most since switching to Wayland.

    I was testing again yesterday, on Fedora mainly.

    lan-mouse is a bit clunky. It requires too many clicks to start on Gnome. bi-directional. Couldn’t get it to work on NixOS but I’m new to it.

    Input leap can be finicky to install and set up too, depending on your system. For some reason on my setup it lags a lot, and from time to time I have to reconnect. They don’t give an easy access to builds, but you can find them. It requires to be connected with a GitHub account though.











  • I bought a second hand Surface Pro 5 (2017), running Fedora gnome

    I’ve started to write a review because I couldn’t really find one, and most of the comments are overly positive (as it often goes on Linux forums I’ve come to realize). It’s not done yet

    But I can summarize it: as a tablet it’s not great but it mostly works. It’s certainly not for someone not ready to troubleshoot, and many problems have no, or no great solutions. Also gnome used with touch controls has a major bug (which, again, nobody ever mentions for some reason. It will be in my review)

    As a 2 in 1 with little touch use it could be alright. The pen is quite good if you want to draw or write, even though there’s a small delay. The cover is okay, but you’d be better off with a quality laptop keyboard and big trackpad

    I bought it mainly for reading, mostly European format comics (bandes dessinées). The resolution is great for that, and the size is good with a reader that removes white margins

    Edit: to give you an idea I bought it for 190€ two months ago, with all accessories, good condition and good battery health (which does not mean battery life is good)