My first contribution to Linux

Post by firesteelrain » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 2:05 AM UTC

pixl97 wrote: post #25

leakycap wrote: post #24

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> I think 100% compatibile [sic] working would be launching bloatware installed by the manufacturer. Making a physical button work requires bloatware in your understanding? > I'm happy not to have the pavlovian training that may some day cause me to click one of these things on someone's windows machine. Do you know what you're trying to say here? I do not.

I think it's more of the buttons perform specialized tricks to launch bloatware in Windows. Some of the issue here is the keys themselves have almost no standardization, even across models. Hell, possibly in the same model sometimes. Some backend windows driver captures these signals via a 50 mile long series of if statements that make grown men weep when viewed. This later can mean your totally working fix for the k…

Post by mmh0000 » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

vkoskiv wrote: post #46

CrossVR wrote: post #43

I wonder why they haven't upgraded the spinning hard disk to an SSD. Even on old hardware you'll find that often the HDD still presents a bottleneck.

I wanted to hold off on that upgrade until I found a source of reliable, high-quality PATA SSDs. Haven't looked into that yet, suggestions welcome!

Post by leakycap » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 3:58 AM UTC

fnicfnac wrote: post #36

leakycap wrote: post #34

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> I prefer not to be in the habit of pressing footguns given that I might occasionally be placed in front of a consumers windows laptop that no one cleaned. If you're this anxious about security, you might not want to be anywhere near a Windows machine.

I'm also looking forward to telling a driver that I never I wanted to be near cars when they eventually run me down.

Post by Jalad » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 4:32 AM UTC

kwar13 wrote: post #41

Having your name as a Linux contributor is the highest level of accolade I can think of when it comes to being a programmer.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 5:19 AM UTC

henrym wrote: post #50

schnitzelstoat wrote: post #2

This was really interesting! I've often wondered how one would do such a thing. Seeing your name in the Linux changelog must be awesome!

> Seeing your name in the Linux changelog must be awesome! Years ago when I was a teenager I had a couple patches accepted for ksnake and gedit. Certainly not as prestigious as a patch to Linux, but still the idea of code I'd written running on millions of PCs around the world felt amazing.