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I think the events line up...

Windows 11 removing support for older hardware, skyrocketing prices for new Hardware along with bad decisions to make even more money and Apple making ahead of its time tech now forces more and more users to give Linux a try or just buy a Mac. Linux gaming is also nice. Often a pad or phone is enough, I know many non-tech people not owning a single PC any more.

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There are other open source models that produce very good quality:

  F5-TTS
  FishTTS (they changed their license to make money)

I also did some experiments with CoquiTTS, but FishTTS was the most promising in german language samples.

Along with X-Whisper it is possible to use epubs along with narrated audio files to train your favorite narrator's voice instead of only using inference or generated voices. The output quality is really good, however, these cannot be released to the public :-) I'm especially targeting book series with many parts where the publisher has switched narrators or fully stopped releasing later parts.

Audible has also started releasing some of their more underdog books with an ElevenLabs narration in different languages. The AI is still noticable but the quality is pretty impressive.

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Others remap it to ESC...

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https://github.com/nanowave-player/nanowave-ui

A tiny RISC-V linux-based (buildroot) portable audio player hardware with Software written in Rust / Slint.

Inspired by the iPod Nano 7g and totally WIP.

Will probably never be finished but it is a neat learning project

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Allright, sounds like I'm lucky. Thanks for clearing this up.

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So, could anyone sum up the "Am I owned" part of the problem to check which measures to take?

AFAIK I'm pretty likely owned if all of this is true:

- The following line shows at least one affected package:

  echo "Affected Packages Found:"; comm -12 <(pacman -Qqm | sort) <(curl -s https://cscs.pastes.sh/raw/aurvulnlist20260611.txt | sort) | { read -r l && printf '%s\n' "$l" || echo "None. No known compromised packages are installed."; }

- I updated AUR in the last 24 hours

If I did not update AUR, in the last 2 days, it should be ok (at least for this specific problem).

If I don't see affected packages from the line above, it is probably ok, but maybe there are malicious packages that are not listed and yet I'm still be owned, so I have to be careful.

Is that correct and if not, what did I get wrong? And are there any checks that I can perform, that proof the status of the system?

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Here in Germany you have to be careful when setting up a homemade radio signal - it might be illegal depending on frequency and transmit power.

I personally prefer a combination of

  duckdns.org
  Beets
  Navidrome
  Audiobookshelf
  Substreamer / DSub 
  PaulWoitaschek/Voice / Audiobookshelf
  Wireguard

You can even make a script do download smart playlists to usb-sticks for kitchen radios without wifi or old car USB.

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I think we have a misunderstanding here...

I'm done with Apple for years, probably forever. It is hard to look at the MacBook knowing it's the best hardware and still not buy it, but I chose Openness and right to repair and will buy a framework 13 pro as soon as I can afford it.

Your story is exactly the reason I'm not buying Apple any more. However, knowing that Google does prevent the headphones longpress / hold from being handled in any audio app at the OS level is not really better and I simply have to admit, Apple does some things really well.

That said, the problem stays the same: Microsoft trying to release a notebook that can compete with Apples much smaller and tightly integrated portfolio is probably prone to fail.

I'm still glad for every alternative out there. Although I don't believe that Intel + NVidia will have a much better integration than amd strix halo in the HP Zbook G1a

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https://tinymicros.com/wiki/Apple_iPod_Remote_Protocol

My guess is, that Apple did not invent this to prevent others from implementing it or have something proprietary, but just because the iPod Shuffle used the same connector for Headphones and USB (see page 8 in [1]), so they somehow had to ensure, what type of cable is connected to prevent damage to the iPod.

Another interesting fact:

The iPod classic 2009 does support some of the features (play/pause, next, previous), but lacks support for fast forward and rewind (click + hold, 2 clicks + hold).

1: https://cdsassets.apple.com/live/6GJYWVAV/user/locale/de-de/...

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While I somehow like the fact that Microsoft is trying to compete, their problem stays the same: There are too many people involved.

  - Nvidia
  - Mediatek
  - Microsoft 
    - Windows team
    - Surface team
    - Marketing team
  - ...

The main advantage of Apple is and will be, that they control the hardware AND the software / firmware completely and can make devices that feel completely cohesive.

That's the reason Framework has an advantage over all these Ad driven companies. They are working together with the Linux / Kernel developers to make their products fit - however it is still lacking the completely cohesive nature of the product, because they still loosely depend on Intel / AMD and other Hardware manufacturers.

An example: Every Apple device with a headphone jack since 2013 (probably long before) including iPods, iPhones and MacBooks has that little proprietary chip with ultrasonic chirp authentication integrated to control playback and volume by the EarPods headphone remote. Now there is a USB-C to 3.5mm Adapter as well as USB-C EarPods that still support this... No Windows Laptop has ever had this. The funny thing is, that Linux now supports these USB-C Apple thingies because they register as input and output devices and that the Apple 3.5mm Adapters now also support other brands headphones with Android.

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I agree, that the Framework 12 is too expensive - especially in comparison to the MacBook Neo.

However, not everything can be a huge success. I think that the Framework 13 Pro shows that they are very capable in the premium segment and evolving as a company. I can't even imagine taking such a huge risk just to make a difference while still providing relatively small quantities (in comparison to the big players) of repairable devices... So in my opinion the money is not wasted. It's the price for being part of a change.

In times of AI Slop, privacy nightmares and ads everywhere, I'm saving money for the Framework 13 Pro with Linux freedom right now and can't wait to get my hands on it.

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I'd say you could try to apply directly over company homepages. Find out about companies that you know existed for longer than 5 years, where you like the concept of what they are doing and look on there official homepages for a career section.

This is not strictly limited to your region, but I would start with companies you can at least call by phone for questions about the job listings.

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This is cool, thanks for sharing. I recently compiled Rust / Slint on a LicheeRV Nano, which is RISC-V 64bit musl[1]. It's a little portable audio player I'm working on, the compile process is done via custom Cross docker image.

Currently I'm evaluating Battery Pal[2], because the TP4057 Module was not stable enough to power USB-C to 3.5mm Adapters reliably. So far it seems to work as expected.

1: https://github.com/nanowave-player/nanowave-ui

2: https://pnlabs.ca/batterypal/

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Hmm, this thread and the reports of shady practices make me wonder if this will affect the partnership with GrapheneOS[1]. It seems that such things shouldn't really happen on a device where security is a top priority, whether intentional or not.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214645

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I'm not sure if this is possible for Apple devices, but with my GrapheneOS Pixel 8 I can use a Dell Monitor with integrated USB-C dock to connect and show the screen as well as supplying power and adding USB devices (like keyboard, mouse, etc.).

I also own a little Ugreen USB-C dock (Revodock?!) that also enables connecting regular USB-A Keyboards (even wireless ones) as well as HDMI - so maybe this is more flexible in terms of which keyboard you like and which screen is available.

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For Toy Apps you can even use PHP's integrated WebServer like

  php -S 0.0.0.0:8000 public/index.php

It's not for production use, but only needing one Tool can be helpful under specific circumstances.

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I had a similar experience some years ago. On-off with Linux/macOS, but it was clear that I only had to take the pain long enough to overcome the urge to switch back to my good old macOS.

And what can I say: It worked. There are still aspects I'm missing (Preview app, Mail) and other Aspects I really hate (Printing on my Canon MB5150 just does not work) but I stayed. I found workarounds and solutions, fought my way through the distro-jungle and I'm glad I made it.

All in all I think it is more a know-how Problem, than a Problem with the system itself.

However, if you don't have this time, it's understandable but how much time goes into experimenting every year and then switching back?

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Try an INIU ;-)

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I soldered a backlight fuse of a Lenovo T480s with a 35$ iron and a 10x magnifier, see [1] (german)

I'm not trying to proof you wrong but sometimes good enough will do. However, good tools are worth the money most of the time.

1: https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/t480s-backlight-si...

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That was true for the older ZD-* models. The one I mentioned is in a different Ballpark (except you also meant specifically the ZD-8965).

The hakko is way better quality but beneath the price (i have no idea where you got one <300 bucks) there is another disadvantage: there is no Station and the hakko is heavy, so if you need to desolder for more than 30 mins I found it getting uncomfortable pretty quick.

Besides that the hakko is a good device. Too expensive for me though

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