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  • init@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux users with uncommon or unusual setups: tell us about it
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    7 months ago

    Nope, you’re 100% right. Dvorak is efficient because it places high-use keys in the middle row and usually each key alternates between left and right hands. The use-case for a phone is usually single handed, or where you want one thump to be close to all the letters in a word. QWERTY is much better I think for one or two digits.

    I tried it for a few hours because I thought it might be faster not flipping from QWERTY to Dvorak depending upon my device.

    Turns out my muscle memory when using phones is as good as my muscle memory with keyboards.

  • init@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux users with uncommon or unusual setups: tell us about it
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    7 months ago

    Foundry is a virtual tabletop I use for my DnD game I’ve been DMing for my group for the last four years. It’s only on windows right now because I also use it for streaming games from my gaming rig, and the Linux drivers for the Xbox controller Bluetooth option weren’t up to par. I’ve since gotten a Xbox wireless dongle which is supposed to work flawlessly. When I have more time I’ll probably switch it back over to Linux.

    I run a node.js version of foundry as a service from it though, and everyone just accesses it through their browser window. I’m 100% with you on preferring Linux. My deadline for getting it switched back over is probably when win10 goes EOL, because it is an old enough PC that it can’t install win11 without the workarounds.

  • init@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux users with uncommon or unusual setups: tell us about it
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    7 months ago

    There’s another one of us! Quick! Take a picture!

    I’ve only met one other person that knew who/what Dvorak was/is, and also reportedly used that keyboard layout.

    I struggled with getting lost on the keyboard (several family members have dyslexia and ADHD–I’m not sure if that is related or not), and as an experiment spent 4 months exclusively using that layout to force myself to learn.

    They never told me how my brain was also only big enough for a single keyboard layout. Usually in windows, games map to the same keys automagically. On Linux, not so much. I’m constantly remapping controls because I can’t be bothered to just have two keyboard layouts I swap between for games /facepalm

  • init@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Encrypted hard drive asking for password every time
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    8 months ago

    If you want to do away with any protection you have with opting in to a security measure, like typing in a password, why don’t you just reinstall and not select the encryption option?

    Not requiring a password, or automatically entering a password to decrypt the filesystem, is essentially the same as not having encryption.

    Decide which you want: Security or convenience. You cannot have both.

  • init@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone know any Hard Sci Fi books about humans surviving without any hospitable worlds?
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    9 months ago

    ANOTHER series I just remembered and highly recommend is the Unincorporated Man series. I think there are 4-5 books in the series. Pretty good IMHO. Similar to The Expanse, it’s the Inners vs the Belters, and explores personal liberty and person hood from the perspective of owning “shares” of yourself like a company.

    The conflict is awesome, and two military strategy geniuses duke it out in a Legends of the Galactic Heroes sort of way–one has all the resources and latest tech, the other is scrappy and has to deal with extreme resources shortages. Awesome story.