> Prepare for a long read Took about 6 minutes, is that long nowadays?
I'll remove this line. Appeared to be shorter than I expected. Estimates, d'oh.
NixOS on Framework Laptop
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#32Framework + NixOS is the most exciting hardware + OS going IMHO. If someone wants to do a crowdfunding or devpay or similar to make them work out of the box together, I will gladly donate or pay.
Can you do NixOS without systemd? If not, I'd look elsewhere for the distro. Maybe Guix?
What would you prefer to have in Nix instead of systemd?
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#33> Mozilla requires LUKS full-disk encryption, and having it setup conflicted with NVidia’s proprietary driver I’ve seen this warning in the Ubuntu docs. Can someone explain exactly why a GPU driver would cause issues with disk encryption and UEFI boot?
It works fine if /boot is unencrypted. You can encrypt the rest of / and it's fine.
Doesn't running /boot without encryption open up a class of attacks?
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#34> I only wish the up/down arrow buttons were normal size, like on Thinkpads.
Funny, I much prefer a full-size Right-Shift key, which usually requires compact up/down arrow keys. I hate typing on keyboards with tiny, stunted little right-shift keys. I use Right-Shift much more than the arrow keys.
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#35I don't get whats up with that "deep sleep", like there was S3 suspend for ages - did anything happen to it? Why can't you just suspend it and call it a day?
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#36> I only wish the up/down arrow buttons were normal size, like on Thinkpads. Funny, I much prefer a full-size Right-Shift key, which usually requires compact up/down arrow keys. I hate typing on keyboards with tiny, stunted little right-shift keys. I use Right-Shift much more than the arrow keys.
My right shift key on thinkpad is full size and i've got full size up/down arrow buttons too (on a 12.5 inch laptop). So it definitely is doable and there is no need for tradeoffs.
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#37> Apparently, KDE Plasma5 does the scaling right. Setting it to 150% gives pleasuring look. Overall, I find KDE’s approach with a taskbar much more reasonable than what Gnome forces on me. It’s the paradigm shift from “tell me what you need” (modern Gnome, also Google) to “show me what you have” (KDE and others application menu, also your file manager).
I like this aside and I noticed the same when I tried to use Gnome a couple of years ago. I asked a coworker what he recommended, he showed me KDE and I've never looked back. The scaling was great too when I needed it for my MBP's retina display.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
It works fine if /boot is unencrypted. You can encrypt the rest of / and it's fine.
Doesn't running /boot without encryption open up a class of attacks?
I suppose it's possible to imagine replacing grub with something that captures your password. It depends what your threat model is. I think you'd need physical access, at least.
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#39Super weird about the realtek Ethernet issues. Linux’s support for Realtek is pretty good I thought.
Ach, the usual stuff about NICs being re-re-re-created, incredibly annoying.
I thought the same - then I bought in September 2021 a "Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6" which is when I found out that the "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8852"/"Realtek RTL8111E Ethernet LOM"/"Lenovo Device 4852" needs a brand new driver/module, respectively is not compatible with anything else.
I lost a lot of hair until I found "https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89.git" (thaaanks a lot!!!) which made it work (reliable in my case, even with notebook "suspend-to-RAM").
As of kernel 5.14.5 (on Gentoo) embedded support for that NIC is not available, nor I think in 5.14.12 (not 100% sure - I did not install it, just peeked into it) :(((
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#40is it possible to install coreboot or libreboot on this thing? does it have something equivalent to the intel management engine?