I recently got the early bird version of @hund @iokeyboards new 65% ISO, hotswap, RGB underglow PCB.
Although it being an early adopter model I have to say that it is already really matured! Everything worked out of the box; the soldering joints of the components are all perfect and the hotswap doesn't feel flimsy at all!
It is a perfect board for newcomers and tinkerers who don't like the awkward and time consuming process of (de-)soldering their switches!
If you use Gentoo and have an adequate amount of RAM I suggest that you create a tmpfs for your portage TMPDIR to reduce the writes to your SSD!
I finally made the step and bought myself a 16GB RAM kit for my workstation!
8GB of RAM was fine for almost everything. But I had to use a swap file relatively often.
Swap files are great and all but they can really degrade the lifespan of your SSD :(.
It seams like Wayland (Sway) is less memory intensive compared to X11 (i3wm)!
The future is coming baby!
I've been now for 3 years on the Fediverse and Linuxrocks.online!🎉
Everything on here still feels new and interesting to me. Let's hope that this feeling never changes!
In a stunning victory for nonprofits and NGOs around the world working in the public interest, ICANN today roundly rejected Ethos Capital’s plan to transform the .ORG domain registry into a heavily indebted for-profit entity. This is an important victory that recognizes the registry’s long legacy...
Currently developing the first XMPP messenger for KaiOS.
I like that you don't have to write any native code to develop KaiOS Apps. It's all HTML, CSS and JS.
I decided to Buy the Nokia 2720 Flip. It set me back 90€, has KaiOS, 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth.
It's a fair deal and future proof-ish because of the 4G modem and KaiOS!
Soren Stoutner
Electronic Frontier Foundation