I used macs exclusively from around 2007 to now. Before, I had a decade of Linux on my desktop. In all that time, I continued to use Linux, just not as UI machine. I tried Linux a few times in there. But now I could not stand the idea to buy a new Mac. Because of that, I bought a #beelink SER9 that I am now trying as a daily after work driver. Gnome has gone a long way. It's really nice. And they fixed the font rendering.
This will hopefully be a thread of all things I discover along the way.
#keyd (https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd) was basically one of the biggest missing pieces for me last time I tried Linux. With it, I can map all my keys and replace application shortcuts with better defaults. Like this:
[google-chrome]
meta.[ = C-S-tab
meta.] = macro(C-tab)
[firefox-esr]
meta.] = macro(C-tab)
meta.[ = C-S-tab
That shortcut is way nicer for my hands, and I unified it everywhere. Luckily, #Ghostty has a config for this.
Sadly, somehow Debian has problems with the Wifi-Module on the #beelink. On the Pre-Installed Windows 11 it was able to get the maximum Wi-Fi speed that my router allows. With Debian I had to disable Bluetooth to get it faster than 0,5mb/s and even then it maxed at 20 mb/s.
Not sure what is going on there, but I now ordered a "known good" Wi-Fi stick. Don't want to go further into this mess than needed...it's still Linux. BUT the printer and scanner just worked 😅.
Bodo Tasche
Daniel Lakeland