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Cake day: October 17th, 2023

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  • This is not just one simple question.

    You need to break it down into smaller tasks.

    First things first, you need to get data from a Pixelfed instance, ok, start by looking up how to connect to the Pixelfed API.

    Once you have a way to connect to the API, you need to request the data you need.

    Once you have the data, look at the actual data, do you need to do extra formating?

    Once you have the data, it is time to get/build the display.

    Once you have the display, you need to figure out how to get your computer to talk to it, is it as simple as just sending the number to the serial port or do you need to use something like the GPIO interface on a Raspberry pi?


  • It sounds as you want to evaluate different Linux Distributions.

    DE/GUI is a good one, terminal commands is a bit useless since the vast majority of Linux systems use Bash as default.

    This is what I would look into on a new distro:

    UI - What DE or WM is it using, what is the default config like, and try to learn from that. How is the terminal prompt configured (the default Ubuntu and Debian prompts are terrible, I allways change them)

    Package Manager - how does it work, what software is available?

    Unique software - Does the distribution include some tools, applications or games I haven’t heard about? If so, what do they do, and how do they work.

    This gives me a feel for the distribution and how to use it.






  • I am not angry.

    In general I am content, I have learned to live a lonely life, and while I am dealing with long term, low intencity depression from that, I have found ways to distract myself from thinking about it.

    If I do, then I will cry, though I have long since started seeing crying as a strength rather than a weakness. It gets rid of pent up emotional energy and calms you down.