Testing alcohol by scent or by flame are neither guaranteed nor safe methods, however, to test for the presence of methanol more effectively, you can apply sodium dichromate to a sample of the beverage. To do so, mix 8 mL of a sodium dichromate solution with 4 mL of sulfuric acid. Swirl gently to mix, then add 10 drops of the mixed solution to a test tube or other small container containing the alcohol. Swirl this container gently a few times, then waft the air from the mouth of the container towards your nose by fanning the air toward you with a hand, with the container placed roughly 8-12 inches from your face. Take note of the scent: If it is pungent and irritating, methanol is present in the alcohol. If the scent is dominating and fruity, only ethanol is present, and the beverage is safe.

Source: https://www.sciencing.com/test-alcohol-methanol-8714279/

Thanks for the summary!

https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx

I’m constantly switching between Gnome and KDE (Bluefin, Aurora, Bazzite, Kinoite, Silverblue, whatever) and I never had any issues.
The only thing that gets messed up a bit is theming, where I have to change the GTK theme, and sometimes the window buttons when I go from KDE to Gnome, which is also reverted in just one click in Gnome tweaks.

+1 for uBlue (Aurora, Bazzite).

Everything you want and need is already set up for you, and the OS is just in the background for your games and other software to run on. No need to install any codecs, or even updating it, because it’s already done for you. And if something breaks, then you can just roll back in seconds.

Very user friendly.

100% AMD, for sure. AMD won’t make much problems and works ootb.

Nvidia on the other hand… if you already have a Nvidia GPU, then the proprietary drivers work pretty well, but even those won’t work flawlessly and still cause problems for many people.
And the FOSS drivers are still in the early stages and won’t cut it. So why spend lots of money for a piece of hardware that won’t give you the performance you paid for?

Also, Nvidia clearly doesn’t care about PCs or its’ users, so why support such a shitty company with your money?

I’ve also got my first “Hot chicks in your area, click this link for a hot chat 🥵” message in my inbox.

Guys, we’ve made it. We’re officially mainstream now! Yay!

1. Distro choice

I would recommend you either Aurora or Bluefin.
Both are pretty much the same, but differ in their desktop environment.

Traditionally, Gnome (Bluefin) always has been the champion in terms of being tablet-like, but from what I’ve heard, KDE has surpassed Gnome in terms of how well it works as a tablet UI.

You can install the one or the other, and then later “rebase” to the other variant without needing to reinstall anything if you want to try the “competitor” or if you’re unhappy.

This basically switches out the base system, but your installed apps and pictures are decoupled and kept. Like just doing a big update :D

Why do I recommend you exactly that, and not just base Fedora or Kubuntu or whatever?

Simple - you need to install the linux-surface kernel (and stuff), because without it, nothing will work, no stylus, no sleep, no battery, basically nothing.

But said modified kernel is nothing ordinary, and might shit itself randomly.

Not only would you have to install everything by hand, which was a task that not only let me return to Windows once, but twice as Linux noob! It also causes a lot of headache when you have to spend your evening fixing it via CLI or whatever.

Here uBlue comes handy: you can “fix” your system with just one click.

• Smort silica rock not thinking?
• Grub says “NØ” after system update?
• Me not care, me pressing space while booting, me selecting yesterday image, me watching YouTube when eating because me don’t care, knowing that dev daddy is already working on fix that ship tomorrow.

You don’t even have to do manual updates or whatever, everything is done in the background for you, just like on your smartphone.

You have to select the “I have a Surface device” option, and then everything comes pre-bundled and (hopefully) just werks™

2. Note taking and PDFs

I don’t know 🤷

3. SD card

🤷

4. Stylus

I believe KDE is better, because it has many wacom tablet input settings and features, but I sold that crappy Surface ages ago when Gnome was the obvious choice. The 🤷 also applies here I guess, because it was two years ago and felt like a completely different age compared to today.

I’ve tried pretty much any FOSS launcher out there, and I always return to Kvaesitso.

It feels very natural and smooth, while being minimalistic and extremely functional.

Especially the search is the best there is. The built in calculator (“1+1”; “3 inch in cm”; etc.) is so fucking useful and finding stuff is blazing fast.

I recommend you doing so, but not as a security measure, more of so as a “keeping everything organised”-measure.

I like to keep my host OS clean and install everything containerised

You did everything right. Boot into the image that works, and then apply rpm-ostree rollback. This reverses the broken image and the working one, so you’ll boot into this one the next time you boot up until you change something in the order, e.g. by updating.

In the meantime, wait a day or so and then update again.

On what channel are you on? bazzite:latest or bazzite:stable?

Saved, thanks!

The instance I’m on is down from time to time, and it has been yesterday too sadly. Now it’s back and everything should load properly :)

I don’t wanna use that (or other desinfecting/ oxidizing agents) in the final nutrient solution, because that would damage the ecosystem of beneficial microbes and then the bad guys would take over.

And in the fertiliser concentrate, this would probably oxidize quite a few complexes and minerals, resulting in the fertiliser going bad.

The key thing is to only slightly coat them. If you smear too much on them, they won’t ignite that easily.

But yeah. The wax should be very runny and hot, so it gets soaked up by the pad. And then heat it, so it re-melts, for example with a very hot heating gun or baking oven.

And when you want to use it, just tear the cotton apart a bit, so the fibers get exposed, and it will ignite instantly.

I like it more than petrol jelly, because it’s hardened and not as sticky.

“Napalm” is usually considered as a weapon. What you meant is probably just “emergency firestarter”, or as I would call it, turbo-tinder :D

I personally prefer using cotton pads, that are soaked in liquid candle wax. When it’s cold, it hardens and the whole pad gets stiff and hydrophobic.

Instead of having to lift a glass jar, you can just slip a few of those discs into your pocket or a small bag.

And because the wax is hard, you don’t have to worry about storage, and they will stay that way forever. With your polystyrene goo, you have to remember that the jar will never be 100% gas tight and it will evalorate over time.

The pads even work when wet (because they won’t get wet) and can be used with a ferrocerium rod.

Also, styrofoam releases toxic gases when ignited, wax won’t.

You can’t just use LECA straight as a 1:1 replacement for soil (or bark in your case).

Right now, I’ve made a introduction guide for example that, but sadly only in German yet. You can try to read it by translating it automatically via your browser, maybe it works.

https://photon.slrpnk.net/post/slrpnk.net/17681128

In that post I also explain what fertilizer I use.

TL;DR: Wash and soak your LECA first after arrivial, and use orchid fertilizer at 1/2 strength or so. But proper hydro fertiliser should be better.

I don’t have any “secret advice” so to speak off, sadly. But I can tell you everything I do “right”.

First of all, I have zero experience with orchids yet, except those ones. Everything I know is from what I’ve researched.

First, high air humidity and indirect light. They don’t like direct sun blasting on them or prolonged very low RHs, like most other houseplants.
That’s why they’re behind a very thin white curtain, or in my bathroom.

And about those rock pebbles: they’re called “LECA”, or hydroton, or expanded clay pebbles. They’re a kind of hydroponic medium.
Because they’re in this special setup, called “semi-hydro”, they receive optimal conditions, with lots of air, nutrients, and steady stable water supply. Because they have stable and perfect conditions, they are less stressed and grow optimally.

Regarding the other benefits of hydroponics itself (pest control, etc.), you can read countless reports and literature about it, and also check out [email protected] in the meantime, where I might make a post about this setup soon.

It’s absolutely great, I really recommend you trying that!

Sadly, yes. I got them at Lidl here in Germany, when they were in stock.

I really hope they will be back soon!