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keyboard-configurator
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System76 Thelio Major Powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series Performance
Many or most of their keyboards are configurable these days. See https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator
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Is it possible to turn off the Launch Heavy LEDs through software?
Reported at https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/195 - I get a failure from dfu-programmer trying to update using the alternate update method with the keyboard-configurator app (because fwupdmgr won't update it because of the firmware bug that the new firmware addresses).
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galp6 review
I found the ticket regarding Fn lock https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/159
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The Rust Implementation Of GNU Coreutils Is Becoming Remarkably Robust
keyboard-configurator
- What is your favorite Rust Desktop Application?
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Pop _OS Cosmic Desktop to Make Use of Iced Rust Toolkit Rather Than GTK
Good. I bought Darter Pro recently and had to - business as usual under Linux - compile this and tweak that. Via things like their keyboard configurator[1] I was exposed me to Rust's GTK bindings. It wasn't pretty: the mismatch between the obviously object-oriented GTK and Rust which doesn't do (and doesn't want to) OOP was glaring. I understand the appeal of Rust very well, and I'm happy they write their drivers and (parts of) firmware in it, but it's about as fit for OOP-based GUI as Go and Erlang. Which is to say - not very much.
[1] https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator
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Scandinavian letters on Launch keyboard?
That's exactly what it's meant for, but the frontend of the configurator app doesn't seem to list those characters. You may consider opening an issue and relating to this one: https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/105
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Launch Configurator and extended "F" keys
Probably a good issue to open here: https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator
- Does System76 Launch support macros?
- Any stable crate to develop a cross-platform Rust desktop app?
nextspace
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Making a Debian ISO
Interesting project. Any link to NEXTSPACE?
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GNUstep compatibility with macOS Catalina almost complete
I'd love to run GNUStep on my Linux machine simply because The NeXT heritage brings with it the only sane keyboard shortcut / keybinding system on the Linux desktop. Before I go on a tangent, let me link to NEXTSPACE [1] which is a CentOS based GNUStep OS. Sadly, since the author is from the Ukraine, all development has halted since last February :( I hope he is ok.
Now the keybinding tangent: If you're not rolling VIM keybindings in the whole desktop (which is tricky for non-modal interfaces and alienating a large amount of users), the next best ergonomic keybinding scheme is the Emacs / Gnu Readline system [2]. It allows moving the cursor without having to move hands around (e.g. going to the arrow keys, coming back to the alphabetical keys). It is one of the base tenets of unix systems. Every terminal supports it. Yet, the whole bunch of Linux Desktop systems completely ignored these keybindings and copypastaed the Windows concept instead, coming up with a weird chimera of readline in some places, and half-windows, half-self-invented in others.
Gnome used to have an Emacs compatibility mode that was somehow off by default and had to be enabled in a tweak. It was removed with GTK 4 however. If you want to do that in KDE, you have to run a weird python daemon, and half the apps constantly stop working because they key codes are being messed with.
MacOS on the other hand, supports these keybindings in every input dialog, it is a pleasure to use. Even more so, to have the same keybindings in every app and not having to learn new ones on a per-app basis.
Of course, running weird python key code daemons runs into the other problem that macOS & Gnustep solved in a much nicer way: By copying the shortcut system from Windows and patching it on top of Readline, many shortcuts have double entries. Printing is CTRL-P, but so is readline "Previous Line". macOS and Gnustep solve this by having a separate key for app actions: Command (or Hyper or Alt). So print is Command+P. Everywhere. Previous line is CTRL-P. This is always my go-to Linux joke where "Copy" is "CTRl-C" everywhere, except in the Terminal, where it's CTRL-SHIFT-C because yeah, CTRL-C has another meaning. Talk about a sane shortcut system if apps have to use different ones per shortcut because the amalgamation of Windows Shortcuts + Readline is a match made in hell.
[1]: https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace
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Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator
In case you want to have a NeXT-like experience on Linux, I’ve had good fun with NEXTSPACE:
- https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace
Alas, the developer is Ukrainian, and hasn’t committed anything in a long while. But maybe someone could help out?
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Pop _OS Cosmic Desktop to Make Use of Iced Rust Toolkit Rather Than GTK
I described some of my feelings on the matter fairly recently here:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/linux_desktop_feature...
My personal preference, and what I'm writing on right now, is Unity.
I am also very fond of the ROX Desktop.
What would I really like to see? Well, barring attempts to just rip up everything and start again for no good reason, I think there would be a lot of mileage in recreating some of the classic UIs of the past that many people have loved.
* Classic MacOS was a sublime UI, with a lot of subtle non-obvious features. In its way it was far more polished than Mac OS X, even now.
* OS/2 2.x's Workplace Shell was not one of my personal favourites, but it had some excellent design features, and was loved by many.
* I have an Amiga but I never was a big fan back in the day, but a good solid modern Amiga Workbench clone would have some mileage, and as I said in the article, there are already FOSS implementations, just not for xNix.
* GEM is FOSS now. Why not recreate DR's multitasking GEM/X on Linux, or any of the late-era multitasking GEM desktops from the Atari ST, such as Thing or TeraDesk?
One of my favourite UIs is undergoing a pretty good re-implementation effort, in the form of NeXTspace:
https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace
There are more than half a dozen non-Windows-like desktop metaphors. Is that enough for you or shall I find some more? :-)
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Tell HN: Nextspace (NeXTSTEP-like DE) stopped development as author in Ukraine
AFAIK, NEXTSPACE is the only NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment that is (was) actively being developed (https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace). The author had been working on this project for more than 5 years and he had been pushing code almost every single day.
Unfortunately, he had to stop development since Russia invasion of Ukraine, as he lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. He said he was OK and would like to continue development "after Ukraine’s victory" (https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace/discussions/412). But that was about 4 months ago.
As someone who really likes NeXTSTEP and hopes NEXTSPACE to succeed, the current situation is sad.
Just wanted to inform the crowds at HN about this.
:wq
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Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
[Article author here]
> I think my ideal Linux OS is probably Ubuntu/CentOS + something like macOS’s .app bundle file format for distributing end-user applications.
Then I suggest looking at NeXTspace:
https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace
It does exactly that. CentOS, plus .app bundles, all integrated into a single bundle.
But the .app bundles come from GNUstep, so you can't pick your own desktop.
- I see great gains for minimalist Linux users in this desktop environment, please support this project
- Nextspace, a desktop environment that brings a NeXTSTEP look and feel to Linux
- SerenityOS demo at Handmade Seattle 2021
What are some alternatives?
rustdesk - An open-source remote desktop, and alternative to TeamViewer.
ravynos - A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience.
gtk4-rs - Rust bindings of GTK 4
lumina - Lumina Desktop Environment
launch - System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard
ISO - helloSystem Live and installation ISO
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
NsCDE - Modern and functional CDE desktop based on FVWM
fltk-rs - Rust bindings for the FLTK GUI library.
linux-apfs-rw - APFS module for linux, with experimental write support
crates.io - The Rust package registry
QGnomePlatform - QPlatformTheme for a better Qt application inclusion in GNOME