I have been struggling to get my UR44 external sound card to work well with Linux.

Eventually, I managed to weed out one broken mic, set up jackd, and got guitarix running (thanks @orangezingo), but was troubled with that I get the plain version mixed in by the hardware.

Since Steinberg/Yamaha does not provide Linux drivers for this sound card, I had given up, until today when I discovered this site that accesses my sound card mixer through MIDI directly in the browser!

Thanks @seb!

The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days

- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity

And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.

(https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en)

I have a question for a thing I'm working on:

When you find yourself having to say "don't get me wrong, I love tech", what are the tech products that you love(d) that come to mind?

(retoot if you can)