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Biden urges "every American" to read Project 2025's "blueprint for the second Trump term”
  • He is responsible for intentionally hiding his true mental state from the public. Running such a close race with Trump should be a clear sign of how unpopular he is as a candidate. At this point, Democrats are dangerously close to losing this election replacing him or not. That is on him.

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  • cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13769797

    > https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/that-new-job-comes-with-a-bigger-title-and-no-raise-whats-your-move-b79c919d > > Paywall removed: https://archive.is/6ZPvZ

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    State of Linux on pixel slate in 2024

    I spent some time installing and configuring Linux (Arch) on pixel slate. Here is what I find.

    The good parts.

    • Basically everything works out of the box (with one small fixable caveat below). I installed Arch Linux with KDE Plasma.
    • Firefox is simply great.
    • Battery life is very good. I get very similar battery life compared to Chrome OS. Battery drain in suspend is minimal.
    • Screen rotation works pretty well once iio-sensor-proxy is installed.
    • virtual keyboard (maliit-keyboard) works well too.

    The bad parts

    • Stylus works, but lags a lot. Might have something to do with Wayland?
    • Gesture navigation can definitely use some improvement.
    • The flatpak Plex client appears to lack hardware acceleration and lags a lot with 4k content. I have to rely on the web client at the moment.

    Some notes

    • My motivation to do this was to completely remove chrome from my devices. I chose Full UEFI boot. There is a very well written tutorial for doing so. For me the only hurdle was to obtain a SuzyQable CCD Debugging cable.
    • The default Arch Linux install works well. The only issue was the hid_google_hammer kernel module. It is causing very long delays during the startup and you basically won't be able to properly shutdown or reboot. Fortunately the fix is easy enough. I just had to blacklist the two modules (hid_google_hammer and hid_vivaldi_common). From what I tested, this issue affects many distros, including at least Arch and Void.
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