imikoy [she/her, comrade/them]

  • 4 Posts
  • 138 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: August 20th, 2023

help-circle




  • Older models are sturdy (IBM ones are very robust but are also too old), probably better with replacement parts availability.

    Two-battery models, like X230-X270 models (and others) can have a lot of battery power put into them. Mine has 72Wh external + 24Wh internal, and I can hotswap the external one, so if I want to I can buy a second 72Wh battery to style on everyone else.

    Generally good Linux support, but do look specifically how well whatever you are buying is supported.

    edit: the models I mentioned don’t seem to have magnesium alloy chassis, so while they might look like a close range weapon, you probably shouldn’t use them that way.




  • one conversation I had with a tanker

    de-authority: Lots of feeligs. Feel it up, way up.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: “Oh my god! TALKING TO TANKER?! Is that what you just said to me? I can’t BELIEVE you were talking to a tanker!”

    de-authority: You’re saying it really loud, but it’s not coming out right. Maybe add more indignation?

    lt-dbyf-dubois: “So you have just… just… taken this tanker that was at the docks and TALKED to it, right?!” (Point at the sea, where the tanker is located.) “Engage in political discussion with a tanker right there in front of a cargo crane, because you wanted to? In the HARBOUR?!”

    de-authority: More.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: “RIGHT THERE IN THE HARBOUR?!”

    de-authority: MORE.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: “GIVING DOCKWORKERS A LITTLE… DOCKS-LIB-SHIP-TALK-SHOW?!”







  • Wine is the only way I know of to run Windows stuff on Linux, other things build on top of Wine (Proton is based on Wine and is oriented for game support, Lutris is a game-oriented launcher that helps with using Wine, etc).

    A bit of pedantry: Wine is a compatibility layer, it captures Windows calls and makes them happen using its own libraries and capabilities of the operating system.

    Documentation: I recommend Arch wiki - it is one of the best wikis and (mostly) works for non-Arch distros, too

    I recommend getting comfortable with the terminal, and after that - understanding how to troubleshoot an unbootable system (for example if GRUB goes oooaaaaaaauhhh) using livecd environment. And also try to learn Vim on comfortable pace, if you happen to like it, it’ll be great. Also make sure you have regular backups of important data.