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magios

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    Comment #48414900

    i3wm with bindings in config to use xdotool to move and click the mouse is what i use.

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    Comment #48100855

    i've been using xst https://github.com/gnotclub/xst , a fork of suckless st https://st.suckless.org/ for a long period, but there's also st-flexipatch https://github.com/bakkeby/st…

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    Comment #46252352

    i use 1920x1080 screen res as i see no point to any higher res.

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    Comment #46249350

    because i prefer monospaced pixel fonts, tho the underlying engine requires the ttf and now otf font, which is a vector format in order to render.

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    Comment #46249252

    i use this font system wide, forced as the only font in firefox, with web or downloadable fonts disabled. i also have my some of my own characters in csur, the conscript unicode re…

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    Comment #46132022

    unifont has cjk support, bitmap fonts work just fine for the integer domain. been using unifont system and app wide for some integer number of years now. i believe the only app tha…

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    Comment #45286993

    firefox on linux with a bunch of css stuff set to defaults or none !important shows a static image

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    Comment #45017098

    i use i3wm so there are various keybindings you can use. for mouseless stuff i use xdotool to move the pointer in 16 or 64 pixel increments using the keyboard. if i could toggle th…

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    Comment #44007617

    another thing to block in firefox userContent.css as there doesn't appear to be an option for it in about:config

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    Comment #42191998

    on a 1920x1080 display using bitmap fonts or their equivalent where each cell is 8x16, then three tiled windows without borders are 80 characters wide. font used is unifont, i3 win…

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    Comment #37166139

    iirc, to utilize the fontconfig font name matching system to determine if a particular font for say, subtitles, matches.

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    Comment #36697416

    i agree, that is a problem, mainline linux and working drm, that is direct rendering manager, drivers should exist before release of the product.

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    Comment #36697311

    well, if the soc is the same, thus same cpu, gpu, and npu, kernel and userspace support should be also roughly equal, tho the device tree will differ between the two devices. i do …

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    Comment #36696431

    $150-$180 seems expensive for 4gb ram and 16gb flash when you can get an sbc with the same soc, the sipeed licheepi 4a with 16gb of ram and 128gb flash for $180, or $120 for 8gb ra…

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    Comment #36462799

    thinkpad 760xl here, svga+ screen, 166mhz pentium mmx, 64mb of ram, 2.1gb hdd, typically use it as a dos machine, tho it does have old slackware linux installed. if you still have …

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    Comment #35687502

    this is why I have downloadable or website fonts disabled and in browser, use a singular monospace bitmap font, unifont, and across the entire system. you can do this with your pre…

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    Comment #35542485

    some of the cm4 variants do have flash memory, 8, 16 and 32gb mmc flash, but those are just as hard to obtain as standard raspberry pis. you use the raspberry pi io board or any of…

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    Comment #35542145

    are you referring to the Rockchip RK3588?

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    Comment #34970761

    my solution to beat the tab accumulation problem is to have firefox simply close all tabs, clear browsing and download history, clear form and search history, and clear cache upon …

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    Comment #34786100

    unifont http://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

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    Comment #33555703

    Khadas Edge2 Pro has 16GB of RAM, $340 tho, available now, even from amazon. Radxa ROCK 5B also has 16GB of RAM, $220, available via ameridroid. Jetson Orin NX 16GB has 16GB of RAM…

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    Comment #32445002

    xst, fork of suckless st https://github.com/gnotclub/xst

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    Comment #31195594

    as others have mentioned, the raspberry pi 4 is pretty slow at decoding video, but the 4gb or 8gb does work well as a single or dual screen development computer. however, I have ha…

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    Comment #31160905

    as usual, it is up to personal preference, but I've used Unifont, specifically Unifont CSUR, a bitmap font, tho in ttf form, as my sole font across the system, terminal, vim and we…

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    Comment #30365283

    I use rtv, terminal reddit viewer