
A simple question.
Will the single person who actually likes printers please raise their hand.
... assuming they exist
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If you find out, can you let me know? I also run devuan, and didn't find anything particularly 'strange' when I first tried it.
I have it on an elderly Intel laptop, a newer general purpose Intel desktop and a much newer AMD machine I use for music creation. Oh, and not forgetting a handful of ubiquitous Raspberry Pi's
A battery failure should never take anything else down!
I can remember seeing a bit of military kit in the 1960s (government surplus place in Reading) that solved the problem quite simply. There were two identical lead/acid batteries with series fuse and diode, so whichever had the highest voltage delivered the current (although I suspect the battery internal resistances meant they both delivered some current). Recharging/trickle balance was done with separate fuse and current limiting resistor combos. These days I would have thought a UPS for something as important as a major data centre would have done very considerably better.
P.S. There was a guy who worked there who was very informative and helpful to us youngsters. Can't remember his name after all these years :(
If I had a car with something like a 300 mile actual range, I wouldn't be the slightest bit bothered about how long it took the battery to recharge. The longest drive I make is 220 miles, after which I'm out walking the Derbyshire Dales for a couple of days, then it's short hops around the county to more walking locations before the next significant drive - home.
However, at 76 it's unlikely I'd be able to afford such a car before I'm too old to drive.
... is software with a fixed low-contrast dark theme. For me this is unusable.
I try to ensure all the software I use (or create) has a number of theme options, and personally like an overall mid-range brightness with good range of colours and saturation.
If you're working in a dark environment, why not turn down the brightness and contrast on the laptop/monitor? If the controls aren't available maybe you shouldn't have gone for the cheapest box-shifter.