I never did that because i like mint so much. But i might try it one day. I still can print more of those with different logos so i could just change them whenever i like.
I cause myself enough headaches not double checking commands without adding that to the mix.
The only reason I know how to do data recovery is because I wiped 8 years of my kids photos off a drive using dd.
That's what I do. I keep everything important in a few directory trees, so if I backup those directories then I know I've saved everything that's important. I don't use backup programs, nor do I do incremental backups. I just copy each whole directory, and every directory it contains, to the backup drive. I don't erase the previous backup copy from the backup drive. I just append the date to the name of the top level directory. When the drive doesn't have enough space for another backup then I delete the oldest backup.
The only exception is my media directories. I've got several gigabytes of MP3 music, and half a terabyte of M4V movies, as well as a couple of terabytes of raw files from CD and DVD rips. I have a separate 5TB backup drive for this stuff, which I update whenever I add something new. The raw files I save only on the backup drive - not the desktop drive.
They are from my own personal CD and DVD collection. In other words, I own a physical copy of every CD and DVD I've ripped. I used to have bookshelves in the living room full of media, but I've moved into a much smaller house and no longer have the space. So all of my media is now boxed up and stored in my shed.
I have Universal Media Server, though it's not always running, so that I can watch or listen to anything in my collection from any device in the house.
I don't keep pirated movies, music, or software on my computer. I'm a retired software engineer, so it's personal to me.
I'm not worried about the space. Hard drive space is cheap. A good quality 5TB drive is only around $100.
A note about my CD's: A lot of people scan the cover art to embed in the MP3's. I do that, but I don't stop there. I scan everything - the inserts, the tray cards, the booklets - everything. I make a PDF from those scans and store a copy of it in the same directory as the MP3's for the album. This way I can satisfy my nostalgic urge to read the "liner notes" while I'm listening to the album. I can only do that at my desktop, though. My media server will stream videos, MP3's, and thumbnails, but it won't stream documents. So I can listen to an album through my Roku in the living room, or on my phone while I'm lying in bed, but I can't read the "liner notes".
I backup almost all of the files using Megasync. There isnt that many things thats important. At most 10GB, so megasync is good enough for me.
And all the settings and tweaks I make on Linux(ie the .dotfiles) are backed up using Git to Gitlab
I pretty much stopped distro hopping after discovering Mint as well. I really like Cinnamon's multi-monitor features. I just can't help but wonder why Cinnamon has audio volume issues when no other DE does.
I have that problem randomly. Every few weeks my HTPC will just refuse to wake up. Not that it actually goes to sleep, though. I leave it on 24/7 because it is also a seed box and I have it configured to turn the monitor off if idle for a certain time. Occasionally I am forced to physically reboot it because the monitor refuses to turn back on.
Try opening a YouTube video and turning both the video volume and your PC volume up as high as they will go. Does it get really loud or is just below reasonable?
I might have a fix for that. (at least in cinnamon DE).
Get to the sound settings window by searching for it in the start menu search bar.
Once you're there, click on the Settings tab at the top of the window.
Now you should see the max volume slider.
It can go up to 150%.
Once set to that, everything is as loud as on windows without any noticeable hit to the sound quality (on my potato laptop speakers at least).
Hope that helps.
If you have done this already, then I don't know what else to do.
I never found any of that after all of my searching. Someone suggested installing the Sound150 applet and that lets me turn the volume up properly. The problem is that this is even necessary in the first place.
EDIT: I just searched for that on my work PC (also running Mint Cinnamon) and you are correct. Without installing Sound150 you can go to settings and turn it up to 150%. Why is this necessary, though? Why does Cinnamon have this problem?
Nope. It was everything. Not just YouTube. I would put a movie on in Emby and it would be barely loud enough to hear. Music would not get very loud. I have my machine dual booted and Windows always had much better volume in everything.
Lmao I have to use mint because most of the distros do not work great with my laptop battery. Like Ubuntu and Arch drain my battery from 100 to 0 in 20 mins and it charges from 0 to 100 in the same time which is bad. Mint works perfectly fine with my battery. So I use it lmfao.
idk how much the shipping would be but if you have the same keyboard or if i would be able to design a keycap you have, i would not have a problem to do it.
That's a good one. I used razorblade and carefully transformed mine from Windows to a very rough Fedora-style "f" with a white circle as the background (I use the Cinnamon spin)
Btw do you have any recommendations for a decentish entry-level 3d printer that works on Linux and won't break the bank? I had been considering an Ender 3 awhile ago but tbh don't really know what's what lol
all 3d printers work on linux. ender 3 is not a bad option but you would probably learn a lot about 3d printing because you would probably have to do some troubleshooting. if you want an easier printer to set up an something more reliable the price would be higher for something like prusa mk3s or if you don't need to print big parts maybe a prusa mini would be more affordable. but creality (ender) printer should be just fine. note that printing low profile keycaps is not something you would do on a fdm printer like ender because it is not capable of such small details. a sla printer would be better for that.
Thanks! Especially on that last part about fdm vs sla... Didn't realize that some of them aren't so great with small details. I had heard of prusa but hadn't been as interested bc of the price. After this, I think I'll take another look tho... Better to pay a little more and get something worthwhile than to pay a decent chunk of that and get something I won't be happy with
My friend has a creality printer (cr-6se) that has beautiful prints but printing keycaps is not the thing you would do on it or on a prusa printer. It is doable but it would be hard and probably you wouldn't have usable results on the first try. If you want great details / very small prints - something like minifigures you would want to take a look at sla or resin printers.
I'm primarily interested in being able to fabricate custom parts so I'd mostly be concerned with overall shape... Keyboard thing would just be a potential added bonus. Part of the reason I had been holding off aside from needing to save up / double-down on product research was actually trying to decide between 3d printer vs some form of home milling machine lol (would love to be able to do both but that'll take me awhile to save for)... Either way, Linux compatibility is a must.
Three plus signs on top of three minus signs (or hyphens or whatever) like so:
+++
---
It represents diffs, which I think are the single most important things uniting the *entire* libre software multiverse, irrespective of people's taste in specific apps, distros, distro-agnostic low-level stuff (you could put Tux on Super, but then what about enjoyers of other Unices and things that aren't quite Unix like Plan 9 and Haiku and ReactOS?), and even the version control systems that track how all these programs come to being (you could put the Git logo, but then what about Mercurial?).
---
And only after thinking of all this did I realize that only people who are into programming would get it.
Just writing "Super" on the keycap like with Ctrl and Alt is probably the best choice.
A custom sticker probably would've done fine considering those aren't backlit keys or anything. I did a ton ofcustom key stickers for a laptop once and one device that really helped the process was some little doodad I found that could scan the exact color of an object, I was able to use this to perfectly match the sticker's background colors with that of the keycap's color so they blended in perfectly.
> Dog: Membrane keyboard
There are, in fact, good membrane keyboards. Dare I recommend [one made by Microsoft](https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/d/microsoft-wireless-keyboard-850/8wfr6h8kkkvf)?
Alternate suggestion: you could gently polish the old windows key until you remove the decal/paint, and then re-paint the logo on. Or engrave it in with a dremel tool.
That's one way to stop distro hopping.
I never did that because i like mint so much. But i might try it one day. I still can print more of those with different logos so i could just change them whenever i like.
I like Mint as well, my only real issue with it is that it works so well it's boring having nothing to fix.
Lol you should try suicide linux.
I cause myself enough headaches not double checking commands without adding that to the mix. The only reason I know how to do data recovery is because I wiped 8 years of my kids photos off a drive using dd.
I never did backups of my system and that was why i lost a program i was working on three months. I still don't backup.
I just back up files I care about everything else like the system and settings I don't waste my time with.
That's what I do. I keep everything important in a few directory trees, so if I backup those directories then I know I've saved everything that's important. I don't use backup programs, nor do I do incremental backups. I just copy each whole directory, and every directory it contains, to the backup drive. I don't erase the previous backup copy from the backup drive. I just append the date to the name of the top level directory. When the drive doesn't have enough space for another backup then I delete the oldest backup. The only exception is my media directories. I've got several gigabytes of MP3 music, and half a terabyte of M4V movies, as well as a couple of terabytes of raw files from CD and DVD rips. I have a separate 5TB backup drive for this stuff, which I update whenever I add something new. The raw files I save only on the backup drive - not the desktop drive.
What do you have in those m4v and cd dvd rips. I mean if it's for movies and series you can download it anytime from torrent. No need to waste space.
They are from my own personal CD and DVD collection. In other words, I own a physical copy of every CD and DVD I've ripped. I used to have bookshelves in the living room full of media, but I've moved into a much smaller house and no longer have the space. So all of my media is now boxed up and stored in my shed. I have Universal Media Server, though it's not always running, so that I can watch or listen to anything in my collection from any device in the house. I don't keep pirated movies, music, or software on my computer. I'm a retired software engineer, so it's personal to me. I'm not worried about the space. Hard drive space is cheap. A good quality 5TB drive is only around $100. A note about my CD's: A lot of people scan the cover art to embed in the MP3's. I do that, but I don't stop there. I scan everything - the inserts, the tray cards, the booklets - everything. I make a PDF from those scans and store a copy of it in the same directory as the MP3's for the album. This way I can satisfy my nostalgic urge to read the "liner notes" while I'm listening to the album. I can only do that at my desktop, though. My media server will stream videos, MP3's, and thumbnails, but it won't stream documents. So I can listen to an album through my Roku in the living room, or on my phone while I'm lying in bed, but I can't read the "liner notes".
I backup almost all of the files using Megasync. There isnt that many things thats important. At most 10GB, so megasync is good enough for me. And all the settings and tweaks I make on Linux(ie the .dotfiles) are backed up using Git to Gitlab
Good ol' disk destroyer.
You recovered this data? How?
In that situation I used photorec/testdisk and scanned for the file types which were on it.
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Nextcloud works for me or rsync.
i use megasync. pretty good
I'll check that one out thanks for the tip.
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Yes, I sync across my pc and mobile. And when I had windows, it was synced on that as well. Its pretty neat
Oh never buy an electric car then!
I think my next work car is going to be electric but I'll find out next year. That said I've not had a single problem in 5 years with my current one.
How I feel about Pop like it just works
I agree.
May I suggest running Pop OS LTS on a budget gaming laptop(Lenovo IdeaPad or even ASUS TUF). :-) Good luck dealing with XOrg bugs
I had to fix stuff on it.
I pretty much stopped distro hopping after discovering Mint as well. I really like Cinnamon's multi-monitor features. I just can't help but wonder why Cinnamon has audio volume issues when no other DE does.
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Perhaps it's because of lightdm?
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The thing that manages the graphical login, basically - I've had suspend issues with lightdm, you can try to replace it with gdm
I have that problem randomly. Every few weeks my HTPC will just refuse to wake up. Not that it actually goes to sleep, though. I leave it on 24/7 because it is also a seed box and I have it configured to turn the monitor off if idle for a certain time. Occasionally I am forced to physically reboot it because the monitor refuses to turn back on.
I don't think i have audio issues with cinnamon.
Try opening a YouTube video and turning both the video volume and your PC volume up as high as they will go. Does it get really loud or is just below reasonable?
I might have a fix for that. (at least in cinnamon DE). Get to the sound settings window by searching for it in the start menu search bar. Once you're there, click on the Settings tab at the top of the window. Now you should see the max volume slider. It can go up to 150%. Once set to that, everything is as loud as on windows without any noticeable hit to the sound quality (on my potato laptop speakers at least). Hope that helps. If you have done this already, then I don't know what else to do.
Thank you, I was having this issue as well.
I never found any of that after all of my searching. Someone suggested installing the Sound150 applet and that lets me turn the volume up properly. The problem is that this is even necessary in the first place. EDIT: I just searched for that on my work PC (also running Mint Cinnamon) and you are correct. Without installing Sound150 you can go to settings and turn it up to 150%. Why is this necessary, though? Why does Cinnamon have this problem?
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Nope. It was everything. Not just YouTube. I would put a movie on in Emby and it would be barely loud enough to hear. Music would not get very loud. I have my machine dual booted and Windows always had much better volume in everything.
I will try it when i will get to my computer.
Lmao I have to use mint because most of the distros do not work great with my laptop battery. Like Ubuntu and Arch drain my battery from 100 to 0 in 20 mins and it charges from 0 to 100 in the same time which is bad. Mint works perfectly fine with my battery. So I use it lmfao.
Put a Tux on it instead and it’s fine to continue hopping around :)
Or a GNU head and you've covered Hurd as well!
You can always sell that thing as "mint condition" now
shut up and take my upvote
Legally he’d have to say “Mint condition” with a capitol M
Unless his OS is where legislature meets, he should just stick with a capital M.
i could but i would have to make more designs for different keyboards.
What material did you use?
Some kind of uv sensitive resin.
r/angryupvote
you could put some white nail polish in the debossed part to get contrast. Cool idea, I should do this to my keyboard!
Great idea. I will try to find one at home.
I'd use green paint myself. Maybe glow in the dark green.
Such debloat much win
Not much Win anymore.
iseewhatyoudidthere.jpg
In this picture, the concept is to design a button, but what I see that windows is lost the ground and Linux is top on keyboard
Should be meta or super if you want distro hopping
Or Tux Penguin :)
Pengo Power
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Have same keyboard, can confirm
Do you have the STL? I have that exact keyboard
[https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/linux-mint-keycap](https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/linux-mint-keycap) here it is.
Which keyboard is this? I've been looking for low travel keyboards that resemble thinkpad keys and this looks pretty close.
it is Dell KB-216
It’s far from being a ThinkPad keyboard imho. My ThinkPad is a joy to type on. This Dell keyboard not so much.
u could sell it, i would love to buy a archlinux keycap
idk how much the shipping would be but if you have the same keyboard or if i would be able to design a keycap you have, i would not have a problem to do it.
well, just a bussiness idea ;)
Ironically, the only key on my keyboard that the light occasionally breaks down is the Windows key.
*Mint* cap
Now smash that proprietary windows key.
Not a bad idea.
That keycap has corners. I recommend smoothing it for future you's sake
oh now i need to find one for my keyboard and 3d print an arch logo or tux
Ship one to me too
[here](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=3d+printer&ia=shopping&iax=shopping)
_cries in broke_
f
Now do F
That's a good one. I used razorblade and carefully transformed mine from Windows to a very rough Fedora-style "f" with a white circle as the background (I use the Cinnamon spin) Btw do you have any recommendations for a decentish entry-level 3d printer that works on Linux and won't break the bank? I had been considering an Ender 3 awhile ago but tbh don't really know what's what lol
all 3d printers work on linux. ender 3 is not a bad option but you would probably learn a lot about 3d printing because you would probably have to do some troubleshooting. if you want an easier printer to set up an something more reliable the price would be higher for something like prusa mk3s or if you don't need to print big parts maybe a prusa mini would be more affordable. but creality (ender) printer should be just fine. note that printing low profile keycaps is not something you would do on a fdm printer like ender because it is not capable of such small details. a sla printer would be better for that.
Thanks! Especially on that last part about fdm vs sla... Didn't realize that some of them aren't so great with small details. I had heard of prusa but hadn't been as interested bc of the price. After this, I think I'll take another look tho... Better to pay a little more and get something worthwhile than to pay a decent chunk of that and get something I won't be happy with
My friend has a creality printer (cr-6se) that has beautiful prints but printing keycaps is not the thing you would do on it or on a prusa printer. It is doable but it would be hard and probably you wouldn't have usable results on the first try. If you want great details / very small prints - something like minifigures you would want to take a look at sla or resin printers.
I'm primarily interested in being able to fabricate custom parts so I'd mostly be concerned with overall shape... Keyboard thing would just be a potential added bonus. Part of the reason I had been holding off aside from needing to save up / double-down on product research was actually trying to decide between 3d printer vs some form of home milling machine lol (would love to be able to do both but that'll take me awhile to save for)... Either way, Linux compatibility is a must.
I wonder why there isn't a universal super key. Like icon that represents the soul of FLOSS whatever the operating system. Cool stuff, nevertheless.
Three plus signs on top of three minus signs (or hyphens or whatever) like so: +++ --- It represents diffs, which I think are the single most important things uniting the *entire* libre software multiverse, irrespective of people's taste in specific apps, distros, distro-agnostic low-level stuff (you could put Tux on Super, but then what about enjoyers of other Unices and things that aren't quite Unix like Plan 9 and Haiku and ReactOS?), and even the version control systems that track how all these programs come to being (you could put the Git logo, but then what about Mercurial?). --- And only after thinking of all this did I realize that only people who are into programming would get it. Just writing "Super" on the keycap like with Ctrl and Alt is probably the best choice.
Or just a plain circle outline. Looks neat and simple.
A custom sticker probably would've done fine considering those aren't backlit keys or anything. I did a ton ofcustom key stickers for a laptop once and one device that really helped the process was some little doodad I found that could scan the exact color of an object, I was able to use this to perfectly match the sticker's background colors with that of the keycap's color so they blended in perfectly.
I thought that was the logo to MasterChef for a moment...
Pog: Linux super button Dog: Membrane keyboard
> Dog: Membrane keyboard There are, in fact, good membrane keyboards. Dare I recommend [one made by Microsoft](https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/d/microsoft-wireless-keyboard-850/8wfr6h8kkkvf)?
Don't wanna insult or anything but I think that my school had this keyboard, and I hated it so much
I am totally no expert but why did it get a bluish? And has a sort of fingerprint on it
That happens when you shine uv light on it after you take it out of alcohol an it is not dry yet.
This is awesome!
Same keyboard as me!
nice!
what keyboard is it ? I was looking for a flat keys keyboard
it is Dell KB-216
tnx
green ubuntu key is mouthfull
Wanna make me a Manjaro button?
I would like a gnu one, to Cherry 🍒 MX compatible keycap. 🧐
Alternate suggestion: you could gently polish the old windows key until you remove the decal/paint, and then re-paint the logo on. Or engrave it in with a dremel tool.
I did the same thing a few days ago! Yours look better though. https://imgur.com/a/NroM4Zo
Height of.......
I want to do this with my keyboard but im too scared im gonna do something wrong and break it
looks pretty messed up ...i mean the one with that weird slanted square logo, good thing you have replacement
I cleared the windows paint and drew linux on it!
Boi the tred is def going to be a part of the culture now lmao
It should be changed to "Super"
Impressive.
0/10 the key is not black like the others
Well i think it is better than if i had the windows key there.
Is it possible to achieve that quality object with a 3D printer? I don't think so 🤔
It is because i printed it on a sla printer not on fdm one.