I am a pro-Linux supporter. I started using Linux back in my early DOS experience days. I was at the edge of CPM. But never had a need to play with it. DOS was all the rage. But then an amateur radio (ham) friend clued me into Linux in year 1993 or so… Linux needed to be compiled from source code (Slackware Distro) and could be exactly configured to match hardware. This of course made...
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My thoughts and experiences working and playing with a wide variety of personal computing systems and software.
Keyboards
Keyboard problems here. I broke the charging USB port on my Logitech MX Keys S for Mac. My fault. It is because of the way I support the keyboard on my desk drawer. No problem when not charging. But the USB plug gets forced a bit when plugged in for charging. I just re-designed my support ramps to prevent the problem. I should have done that 10 months ago… Lesson learned. This was a chance...
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Purchased a second Elecrow 10.1” video display a couple of days ago from Amazon. My identical first one has been operating flawlessly for more than a year and a two thirds. (Ordered Dec 25, 2020) One day delivery from Amazon. Identical unit. Great! Except it didn’t operate. Bad vertical sync. It’s not a perfect world. Exchange was extremely easy. A few questions on-line and free shipping return and immediate shipping (next day) of another monitor. ...
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A friend and I are having a chat discussion on the merits of a “tactile” or mechanical click keyboard over the now conventional laptop low force silent type. These are stand alone bluetooth and not laptop built-in. In particular, the comparison is the tactile KB, a Keychron K2 and the Logitech K800 “soft” style. Both brands produce many variations and we are not micro-dissecting the variation within a brand. Just the keyboard action styles. I...
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