My new Laptop, the CPU is a real beast
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I finally fixed the DPCD display issue on this Google Pixel Slate. Curiously, the touchscreen fully works as well as the Google Pen thingy, but not the speakers or the webcam. I don’t care too much about the webcam to be honest, but I’m currently trying to figure out why Linux doesn’t know the speakers exist.
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Oh yeah, I am doing a full-duty battery cycle on it. It isn’t really to test how long the battery can last to be honest, but this does give me a pretty good idea. I settled on Solus because of an odd bug in Arch Linux that only affects Arch on certain devices - including this one. Also, I’d never really used Solus before.
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Finally took the time to install Linux on my Toshiba Encore WT8-A tablet. After a long windows imaging (dd over ssh), reading the sway manual to rotate screen 90 degrees and checking why pulseaudio doesn’t work, I managed to get it up and running. To be honest, it appears this Baytrail Atom (Z3740) struggles quite hard when both playing a 720p video in mpv and navigating the web (CPU load 6-8, which is insane)
Now I finally have access to LibreOffice, which I’m dependent on. With all programs installed and basically no files other than configurations, cache, browser history and other dot files, I have 7.1 / 26 G (18 G free). With Firefox, mpv and a st (with abduco, dvtm, htop, nnn and a ssh connection open), I have 1.63 / 2 (1.82) G of RAM. With Firefox insane caching (like always), it will probably trash my eMMC drive. 
Haven’t yet tested the touch screen, I just plugged-in my microHDMI to my TV. I can’t power-on the tablet without a USB keyboard, because I login via a TTY, so no touch keyboard (and no, I won’t install a login manager, like sddm). I don’t mind not being able to use the touch screen, I got a small wireless keyboard+touchpad combo. Also, you probably don’t want to see how I connect USB devices to my microUSB (2.0) while also charging the tablet.
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Thank you for your continued posts. I enjoy seeing you fight on the low-end just as much as enthusiast content!
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My desktop:
vhns@gen2desk ~ $ neofetch -/oyddmdhs+:. vhns@gen2desk -odNMMMMMMMMNNmhy+-` ------------- -yNMMMMMMMMMMMNNNmmdhy+- OS: Gentoo/Linux x86_64 `omMMMMMMMMMMMMNmdmmmmddhhy/` Kernel: 5.10.27-gentoovhns-desktop-iommu-r3 omMMMMMMMMMMMNhhyyyohmdddhhhdo` Uptime: 8 mins .ydMMMMMMMMMMdhs++so/smdddhhhhdm+` Packages: 617 (emerge) oyhdmNMMMMMMMNdyooydmddddhhhhyhNd. Shell: bash 5.1.8 :oyhhdNNMMMMMMMNNNmmdddhhhhhyymMh Terminal: /dev/pts/0 .:+sydNMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhhmMmy CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (12) @ 3.400GHz /mMMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhmMNhs: GPU: AMD ATI Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X `oNMMMMMMMNNNmmmddddhhdmMNhs+` GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti `sNMMMMMMMMNNNmmmdddddmNMmhs/. Memory: 374MiB / 15934MiB /NMMMMMMMMNNNNmmmdddmNMNdso:` +MMMMMMMNNNNNmmmmdmNMNdso/- yMMNNNNNNNmmmmmNNMmhs+/-` /hMMNNNNNNNNMNdhs++/-` `/ohdmmddhys+++/:.` `-//////:--. vhns@gen2desk ~ $ zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT grpool 38.4G 38.1G 28K /mnt/root grpool/ROOT 38.4G 38.1G 6.40G /mnt/root grpool/ROOT/bin 6.36M 38.1G 6.36M /mnt/root/bin grpool/ROOT/etc 7.56M 38.1G 7.56M /mnt/root/etc grpool/ROOT/home 29.0G 38.1G 119M /mnt/root/home grpool/ROOT/home/vhns 28.8G 38.1G 98K none grpool/ROOT/home/vhns/vms 28.8G 38.1G 28.8G /mnt/root/home/vhns/vms grpool/ROOT/lib 395M 38.1G 395M /mnt/root/lib grpool/ROOT/opt 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/opt grpool/ROOT/sbin 4.44M 38.1G 4.44M /mnt/root/sbin grpool/ROOT/tmp 134K 38.1G 134K /mnt/root/tmp grpool/ROOT/usr 2.25G 38.1G 706M /mnt/root/usr grpool/ROOT/usr/bin 74.8M 38.1G 74.8M /mnt/root/usr/bin grpool/ROOT/usr/lib 723M 38.1G 723M /mnt/root/usr/lib grpool/ROOT/usr/local 657K 38.1G 167K /mnt/root/usr/local grpool/ROOT/usr/local/bin 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/local/bin grpool/ROOT/usr/local/etc 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/local/etc grpool/ROOT/usr/local/lib 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/local/lib grpool/ROOT/usr/local/sbin 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/local/sbin grpool/ROOT/usr/local/src 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/local/src grpool/ROOT/usr/src 797M 38.1G 797M /mnt/root/usr/src grpool/ROOT/var 526K 38.1G 134K /mnt/root/usr/var grpool/ROOT/var/lock 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/var/lock grpool/ROOT/var/log 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/var/log grpool/ROOT/var/run 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/var/run grpool/ROOT/var/tmp 98K 38.1G 98K /mnt/root/usr/var/tmp vhns@gen2desk ~ $
My “storage” ( notice how unorganized ZFS is, I never got around to finishing this damn thing ):
vhns@gen2serb ~ $ neofetch -/oyddmdhs+:. vhns@gen2serb -odNMMMMMMMMNNmhy+-` ------------- -yNMMMMMMMMMMMNNNmmdhy+- OS: Gentoo/Linux x86_64 `omMMMMMMMMMMMMNmdmmmmddhhy/` Kernel: 5.10.27-gentoo-vhns-gentoo-server-r1 omMMMMMMMMMMMNhhyyyohmdddhhhdo` Uptime: 9 mins .ydMMMMMMMMMMdhs++so/smdddhhhhdm+` Packages: 344 (emerge) oyhdmNMMMMMMMNdyooydmddddhhhhyhNd. Shell: bash 5.1.8 :oyhhdNNMMMMMMMNNNmmdddhhhhhyymMh Resolution: 1024x768 .:+sydNMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhhmMmy Terminal: /dev/pts/0 /mMMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhmMNhs: CPU: Intel i5-2310 (4) @ 3.200GHz `oNMMMMMMMNNNmmmddddhhdmMNhs+` GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family `sNMMMMMMMMNNNmmmdddddmNMmhs/. Memory: 190MiB / 7871MiB /NMMMMMMMMNNNNmmmdddmNMNdso:` +MMMMMMMNNNNNmmmmdmNMNdso/- yMMNNNNNNNmmmmmNNMmhs+/-` /hMMNNNNNNNNMNdhs++/-` `/ohdmmddhys+++/:.` `-//////:--. vhns@gen2serb ~ $ zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool 6.66G 427G 96K /mnt/root rpool/ROOT 6.64G 427G 192K none rpool/ROOT@beforemerge 0B - 192K - rpool/ROOT@08052021060202 0B - 192K - rpool/ROOT/gentoo 6.64G 427G 3.63G /mnt/root rpool/ROOT/gentoo@post-install 69.6M - 3.20G - rpool/ROOT/gentoo@absolutohomemlouco 55.3M - 3.25G - rpool/ROOT/gentoo@kek 425M - 3.26G - rpool/ROOT/gentoo@secondkernelconfig 56.0M - 3.53G - rpool/ROOT/gentoo@thirdkernelconfigwithbridging 56.8M - 3.53G - rpool/ROOT/gentoo@beforehugemerge 310M - 3.34G - rpool/ROOT/var 192K 427G 192K /mnt/root/mnt/var/ spool 4.54M 2.63T 96K /mnt/root spool/ROOT 1.03M 2.63T 192K none spool/ROOT/home 860K 2.63T 248K /mnt/root/home spool/ROOT/home/vhns 380K 50.0G 380K /mnt/root/home/vhns spool/ROOT/home/zneix 232K 50.0G 232K /mnt/root/home/zneix vhns@gen2serb ~ $
And last but not least, my laptop. One day I’ll get around to migrating it to gentoo and zfs, but today is not that day.:
vhns@vhnslaptop:~$ neofetch _,met$$$$$gg. vhns@vhnslaptop ,g$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P. --------------- ,g$$P" """Y$$.". OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) x86_64 ,$$P' `$$$. Host: Latitude 5490 ',$$P ,ggs. `$$b: Kernel: 5.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 `d$$' ,$P"' . $$$ Uptime: 2 hours, 25 mins $$P d$' , $$P Packages: 2023 (dpkg), 5 (flatpak) $$: $$. - ,d$$' Shell: bash 5.0.3 $$; Y$b._ _,d$P' Resolution: 1366x768, 1920x1080 Y$$. `.`"Y$$$$P"' Theme: Adwaita [GTK3] `$$b "-.__ Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] `Y$$ Terminal: x-terminal-emul `Y$$. CPU: Intel i5-8350U (8) @ 3.600GHz `$$b. GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 `Y$$b. Memory: 2636MiB / 7822MiB `"Y$b._ Disk (/): 657G / 930G (75%) `"""
Note: I’d be really happy if SVG or XHTML support would be added to the forums. With either of those, these would be colored.
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You could just try using ``` stuff `` ` (ignore the last space)
it does get colored;
but the colors aren't what you'd expect
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Biky,
I said that because the way I exported those outputs was through xterm’s support for XHTML and SVG output. And, since the forum doesn’t support XHTML nor SVG, I had to get the XHTML output and cut some parts of it.
Best regards,
vhns
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I’m disappointed with the lack of FreeBSD flex! 
Here’s my general purpose server box that’s been around for the last 7 years.
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True. It appears the only other post featuring any *BSD is mine (and it’s just pfSense):
I want to setup a mail server on OpenBSD (for some reason, I just want to use OpenSMTPD instead of postfix), but that’s a project for another time. I will, of course, blog about it here when I do.
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dat resolution doe
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Well, I got a OpenBSD VM I’ve been poking at. Eventual idea is to first use it as a jump box with Wireguard and eventually use OpenBSD to entirely replace pfSense.
So here goes:
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Going through the struggles of making it work 100%, I’m at 90%. Thanks to all the people that are following me in the small linux problem thread!
First venture into Arch Linux and it isn’t too bad.
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I have to go this route too at some point. For now I have choosen the easy way, the Manjaro way.
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I would suggest avoiding Gnome because I think it’s kinda bugged (it’s giving me issues with bluetooth toggling on and off, kinda weird) and the installer, as of now, is convenient but it’s a bit bugged too. You’ll need to generate the proper locale if you’re not in the US and setup manually wifi from scratch. Other than that it’s very nice to use if you don’t have to retrieve a bunch of old drivers from repos.
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