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Heh, I have the arch sticker on that exact spot too:
Ahh, the classic Firefox logo. How old is that sticker?
what are the two things that are on top of thr arch linux logo and the bash logo?
(the rest i alr know)
(i may be using too much linux)
I am not sure what you mean by the 2 things, since there's just one, and above one of the Bash logos is just Linux and Fediverse.
I've labeled them:
That fox witch sticker is awesome, where did you get it?
The image comes from xenia.chimmie.k.vu, but it's down for a while now :(
It's archived on https://web.archive.org/web/20250524013830/https://xenia.chimmie.k.vu/
Description from the site:
A vector drawing of Xenia with a witch hat, colorful broom, purple skirt, shoes and t-shirt along with the green "Linux" logo. She's having a purple hair and the glasses. The background is fading from light purple to dark deep one. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Made fully in Inkscape.
(* They are both the same person)
Uhh⦠I just picked up a pair of old Thinkpad x130e and have a put Linux on them. If I run Debian instead of Arch and keep the sticker collection small can I avoid having to find socks like that in my size?
I'm not even trans, I just like the aesthetic and these socks help me program better
Men may not like it, but this is the ideal IT body.

Wait I always supposed that those sock pictures were from girls...
I call bullshit. Youβre telling me theyβre choosing some bullshit knockoff cherry red crap over arguably one of the best laptop keyboards ever created?
Thatβs AI man.
Red is crap. Gotta go blue or clear.
Well if weβre talking switches, get with the kailh box dark yellow and feel the burn.
I really want to try a topre keyboard but I haven't come across one cheap or free yet and they're so expensive usually
Mechanical switches? Ugh, brother, ugh, what's that brother?
Ascend with me to hall effect switches
Yeah hall effect is cool, but I demand a good old fashioned crack or pop sound when I hit a key. Typing should sound like armies of beetles with swords fighting.
Who the fuck buys a keyboard? I usually get free ones from relatives.
I went all in on magnetic analog keys. Everything can be joystick now.
hall effect switches
Is that another term for optical switches?
That reminds me that I have a stack of Vista era laptops (and one Win 7) gathering dust. I should find something to do with them.
I use an old laptop as a Pi-hole, personally.
I've thought of doing it, but the power draw wouldn't be reasonable.
You could try salvaging any good components to try and reuse for another project, maybe strip any RAM, drives, etc... to use in a storage bank.
I have seen some unique project ATX motherboards that have SODIMM slots on them
I've already taken the RAM and SSD for my home server, but I don't think I can use much else. Not much of a hardware guy. I'll happily send it over to anyone if they paid for shipping (I'll even add some old RAM). Some screws are stripped, so the chassis doesn't close properly, but if those are replaced, it can be a perfectly usable laptop with some RAM and SSD. It'll be better than just dumping it.
i have socks but no thinkpad :(
i have thinkpad but no socks
wanna hangout?OwO
:3 ok but sockdreams is the best website they have such cute socks!
I love this meme but I always wonder what theyβre doing with Linux, like if I had an old thinkpad I think Iβd only be as creative as to play movies in VLC π
Polishing dotfiles for the color schemes and vimrc. Version controlling those dotfiles. Using neovim to edit the dotfiles configuring neovim. Scripting the tiling wm to open neovim in a way that fits editing the neovim config. Configuring ansible to be able to deploy the neovim dotfiles quickly from codeberg after reinstalling arch because it's the weekend and the kernel had some bloat parts so the whole system felt wrong.
Contributing to opensource libraries that make the whole tech field not collapse.
Using it for learning about cyber security mostly. Reading, browsing, just laptop stuff aside from that.
With mine, Iβm working on a few things:
- Getting better at CLI, specifically tmux and helix. Iβm ok at it now, but could use the practice.
- Learning Rust. Itβs nice to not have distractions when I want to focus.
- Experimenting with some alternative OSs. Iβm extremely conservative with my main machine, but I donβt really care about these laptops.
- Enjoying simplicity.
Ive got an old network that eol got a bunch loaded with n64 and ps1 rims on it.
I just bought a T580 from eBay. When do the socks and skirt arrive?
Need to install Arch first and, of course, tell everyone about it. One morning they will just appear on your doorstep. Happened to me, and everyone else I know.
Not trans, but soon I'll also have a ThinkPad, where can I get stickers for it? I'm looking into Manjaro instead of Arch though.
Manjaro is kinda crappy tbh, I'd recommend EndeavourOS or CachyOS instead.
You can find those kind of sticker packs on ebay and other shopping sites.(Goes for around 2 - 10 US bucks) You can also custom print your own ones (Usually hella ton cheaper)
Careful, owning a second hand thinkpad comes with programming socks
Shit... One of my coworkers is giving me one of these to play with...
Guess I'm ordering the socks this weekend...
Got the think pad and used to have the socks, but no Arch. Fedora and Debian for me.
Miss my thinkpads. One was IBM
The IBM branded ones are cooler. Too bad they are ancient now. The Lenovos are still pretty good computers though
I don't get the stickers thing.
The stickers thing has always been an "ick" for me. My friends enjoyed torturing me with this reaction to stickered laptops until I sent them a video of a person giving a talk with a massive minion sticker plastered on top of all their other stickers, to which even they were grossed out.
That said, I did have a plan to have a battle jacket made with patches like what the stickers on the laptop would be were I to attend a conference. Damn, I just realized I have attended a conference and completely forgot to follow up on that. Regret.
Some people wanna customize their machine and don't care about opsec.
I would never put stickers on my machine unless it was enough to completely cover it with hex stickers.
We have seen this meme many times, but this is our first time noticing the "plural inside" sticker.
Of course we own a crusty old sticker-emblazoned thinkpad that we keep running out of spite.
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