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Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by TeMPOraL » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC

SubiculumCode wrote: post #65

iib wrote: post #56

If anyone wants to try this without the intricate setup, if you have a linux system, you most probably can just press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and drop into a tty console directly. To return, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2. You also have multiple consoles, up until F12 probably. I used to use this a lot when trying for a less distracting desktop, just like in the original post.

Yes, and if you want it to boot directly into a tty mode run: sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target As an aside: on some of my computers it is Ctrl+Alt+F2 but on others it is Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to graphical mode.

Maybe this have changed over the years, and I rarely if ever used these combinations to switch to TTY except for emergency (OOM, or window manager breakage), but on every Linux system I ever used, graphical mode was on (Ctrl+Alt+)F7.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by turtlebits » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

chungusamongus wrote: post #17

The way people are coping with the current hellscape that is 2026 is interesting to me. Somehow, it always seems to be internalization. Like, if only I can lock in using this distraction free method, if only I start buying more physical media, if only I use a dumb phone and an mp3 player for my music, etc. etc., somehow that will resolve the intractable shitstorm happening right now. And none of that is even going to…

You don't need to solve whats going on around you, just whatever works for you. The fact your chose the word "coping" says more about your mindset than those you're generalizing about.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by elias1233 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC

Very interesting! But how do you display images?

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by UncleSlacky » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

Why not just use DOS? e.g.:

https://github.com/lproven/usb-dos

At least the laptops that can still run DOS natively tend to have fairly good keyboards...

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by risingsubmarine » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC

Has me thinking about laser-focused task alternatives.

WorldDeck : 3D art / game development

GengoDeck : Japanese Immersion / Studying

TuneDeck : Making music.

SteamDeck : A deck for... oh I think this idea is taken.

Hmm. No i think I'll get back to working... for now.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by samch » Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #69

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

It it reminds me of a lot of friends who wanted to "start blogging" and their first step was writing a new static site system from scratch.

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/974/

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by gib444 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

Can I tangent to some love for the Debian TUI installer? Just seeing it evokes such pleasing thoughts. I don't think it's changed a whole lot in at least 10 years, maybe more. I think it's pretty well designed in terms of UX.

I have never seen it crash or bug out.

Even the graphical version is excellent. They've resisted using a web view, thank god (giving you the side eye, Fedora)

A lot of respect and love for Debian!

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by cultofmetatron » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #69

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

It it reminds me of a lot of friends who wanted to "start blogging" and their first step was writing a new static site system from scratch.

I feel so called out ^_^

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

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Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by chungusamongus » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

turtlebits wrote: post #92

chungusamongus wrote: post #17

The way people are coping with the current hellscape that is 2026 is interesting to me. Somehow, it always seems to be internalization. Like, if only I can lock in using this distraction free method, if only I start buying more physical media, if only I use a dumb phone and an mp3 player for my music, etc. etc., somehow that will resolve the intractable shitstorm happening right now. And none of that is even going to…

You don't need to solve whats going on around you, just whatever works for you. The fact your chose the word "coping" says more about your mindset than those you're generalizing about.

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