imikoy [she/her, comrade/them]

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Cake day: August 20th, 2023

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  • Older models are sturdy (IBM ones are very robust but are also too old), probably better with replacement parts availability.

    Two-battery models, like X230-X270 models (and others) can have a lot of battery power put into them. Mine has 72Wh external + 24Wh internal, and I can hotswap the external one, so if I want to I can buy a second 72Wh battery to style on everyone else.

    Generally good Linux support, but do look specifically how well whatever you are buying is supported.

    edit: the models I mentioned don't seem to have magnesium alloy chassis, so while they might look like a close range weapon, you probably shouldn't use them that way.






  • OnePlus 6/6T has great support (which means that it is missing camera and USB power output functionality and is more unstable than desired), isn't locked down too much (you need to backup some partitions and you can go ham after that), and is powerful (it is a 2018 flagship phone with Snapdragon 845) - it is currently one of the best options for mobile Linux. It has good enough support to even boot Windows.

    There is postmarketOS support for op6, yes, but I am firmly a NixOS cultist. Plus there's a one-year-old blogpost on this topic.

    Right now I am trying to make some nixos boot on it, which I can use as an installer.






  • one conversation I had with a tanker

    de-authority: Lots of feeligs. Feel it up, way up.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: "Oh my god! TALKING TO TANKER?! Is that what you just said to me? I can't BELIEVE you were talking to a tanker!"

    de-authority: You're saying it really loud, but it's not coming out right. Maybe add more indignation?

    lt-dbyf-dubois: "So you have just... just... taken this tanker that was at the docks and TALKED to it, right?!" (Point at the sea, where the tanker is located.) "Engage in political discussion with a tanker right there in front of a cargo crane, because you wanted to? In the HARBOUR?!"

    de-authority: More.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: "RIGHT THERE IN THE HARBOUR?!"

    de-authority: MORE.

    lt-dbyf-dubois: "GIVING DOCKWORKERS A LITTLE... DOCKS-LIB-SHIP-TALK-SHOW?!"