Darter Pro 10 Mic Mute

As an update to the Fn-Mic (Mute/Unmute Microphone) not working. I contacted the System76 support and Aaron Honeycutt pointed me in the right direction. It requires a systemd change to […]

New System76 Darter Pro 10 with Gentoo

I decided to get a System76 Darter Pro 10. It was to replace my Thinkbook 14s which was over 5 years old. The Thinkbook had been a replacement for an […]

mkmsgf

So, I was bored and started playing with ArcaOS. This little trip down memory lane led to installing the current Open Watcom v2 and trying to compile my old RexxUtil […]

ArcaOS 5.0.8 Part2

This is a quick continuation of my Part 1. One of my initial issues was this: The scroll bars are always present for the Computer window every time it is […]

ArcaOS 5.0.8 Part1

My Confession … I was once an OS/2 user beginning in the mid to late 1990’s to around 2010ish. In the end I was using eComStation which, if I remember […]

Using ReactOS, some more random notes.

So, first item, I have been using the nightly release builds. I started with the 0.4.14 version, but I wanted to try a newer version. As a note, upgrading from […]

Gentoo Gnome 44 with Kernel 6.2.8

Gnome 44 is in the Gentoo repository, not stable yet. The transition was not as painful as my early transition to Gnome 43. The only issue so far has been […]

Nautilus 43.1 Open in Terminal

A quick one, I wanted to use gnome console with the current Nautilus. Anyway, I started with the example in nautilus-python and python (which I do not like using) and […]

Vortex PC66 (68 Key) Follow-up

The Vortex PC66 is a retro-ish PCjr keyboard. The PCjr was sold March 1984 to May 1985 and first used a chiclet keyboard that was junk. In 1984, the PCjr […]

Impulse buy – Vortex PC68

Hell yes, Vortex PC68 impulse buy!