Author: Aaron Peterson
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Check in Alert
For people who live alone who fear a fall or other incapacitation event, it could be useful to alert someone to check in with the requestor. ==Prior art== https://www.ncoa.org/adviser/paid-media/best-medical-alert-systems-pm-7 I know someone who sends all is well messages, but missing a message will not trigger a response in regular people. We tend to ignore things…
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DeviceTree for Login Page
I just realized that I can script a few commands to make a background image and or screen saver for sddm that shows some device details. it would be good to refresh it periodically. Top something that lists users logged in. This may already exist. lspci -tv and lsusb -tv
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Cat Proof
The computer should earn the trust we give it. ECC memory, cosmic rays happen. Endurance SD cards –and even these should not be trusted. Storage — would be nice to have two or more m.2 drives on a laptop. older laptops may have msata and sata. Choose a brand with very high TBW and warranty.…
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The Best Computer
Price/UI/capabilities/endurance Monitor: 16×10 display 1440p but a notch taller. 24inch matte display, full color gamut 120hz variable refresh rate CPU/GPU should be supported for a long time and have good power use. hardware decode and encode is nice. GPU good enough for applications desired. CPU is probably good enough already. Laptops are great for power…
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KDE Plasma Ideas
KDE is by far the best desktop linux user interface. etc/skel enhancements, easier to configure the system out of the box for new users, a store /shared market for configurations of dolphin and panels and themes and widgets kiosk mode (perhaps embedded in the display manager, but starting as a ) fuse filesystem as a…