Samsung SmartThings Button Controls My Insteon LampLinc Module
Home Assistant version 0.100 Server Case: Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L Server OS: Debian Unstable Home Assistant runs inside Python environment inside Debian Linux container (LXC; not to be confused with LXD)
(And yes, I did bump into my left floorstanding speaker trying to show the back of my computer case which has my USB stick connected to my USB PCI adapter that plugs into my motherboard's USB 2.0 header.)
Neutral Hex asked a question about the GNOME Magnifier in Twitter.
https://twitter.com/neutralhex/status/1638963868054740992
Here is the original tweet from Neutral Hex for convenience:
@GraysonPeddie:6 hi, do you know of a screen magnifier for gnome that is able to dock/pin to the top of the screen like on windows/macos? I use the top 20% of my screen to display the magnified rectangle around my cursor. This is the only thing that keeps me from using Linux daily.
And to answer the question, I don't think you will find a magnifier better than GNOME Magnifier in Linux. I mean, not that I know of. I hope this answers your question.
I received my UPERFECT 4K OLED monitor last week from UPERFECT and my monitor is working fine.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JMNZKY4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you do not want to experience reliability issues like I did last month, I recommend not buying this monitor. If you want 4K at 120Hz for gaming, don't buy this monitor either. However, this monitor is perfect for my field of view when it comes to my visual disability and I do want perfect blacks and this monitor achieved what I wanted. No HDR, but that's fine with me.
This is a video of me filming my journey to Niagara Falls in May 28 and 29, 2023.
This is a 1080P version. The 4K version of the video is coming soon.
Update: Actually, in a second thought, I cannot upload a 4K video that is over 16Mbps. The lower the number (bit rate), the lower the quality of the video. Seems Odysee does not let me upload a high-quality 4K video here...
Update 2: Well this is strange. Not all web browsers support a patent-encumbered H.265 video format. (sigh) I'm going to downgrade the video quality to H.264...
Update 3: Okay, the video should play with no problems. Hopefully the quality of the video is good.
My mental health is so much better after the pandemic. I'm staying with my family at the hotel tonight.
Can't stay at beach due to phase one lockdown after 8 PM Central.
(Sigh) What a breezy night. It's very windy at the beach.
UPDATE as of May 9, 2020: I've reuploaded a file as WEBM format. Uploading a video from my smartphone should work fine, but I suppose it doesn't work as I got a black screen when playing a video. Strange. The video should play fine with a WEBM format. Let me know if you have any problems. I shrunk the file size from 221MB to 70MB in size.
This video was made using my Google Pixel 3a XL. In my opinion, a dedicated camera is going to capture a footage a lot better than any smartphone since a dedicated camera such as DSLR has a larger sensor size for capturing enough light.
This is a demonstration of how a blind user using a screen reader (called Orca) can install Pop_OS! using virt-manager. The video begins by launching virt-manager, create a virtual machine, install Pop_OS!, and work with the GNOME 3 desktop environment. The demonstration went okay; however when activating the screen reader for the VM, the screen reader got turned off in the host. I tried turning on the screen reader, but that didn't work, so I had to use my mouse to activate the screen reader from accessibility menu.
The installation went fine after I activate Orca, but during the welcome screen, the screen reader does not read the entire screen once it's activated. The location services page does not tell Orca about location services except when it come across a switch. The screen reader did okay after the location services page and I'm able to fill in information such as username and password.
Also, during the installation, the screen went blank and the screen reader seems to stop reading the percentage, so I hit the TAB key to wake up the screen. That's when I completed the installation. For those with a screen reader, the screen should not turn off during the installation process.
Anyway, thank you for checking out my demonstration.
Update as of July 23, 10:00 AM EDT: Re-uploaded with a patent-encumbered MP4 format.
Before commenting, read the description first.
SOLVED ISSUE: More information in my post over at DsLReports.com:
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32818491-
Computer Specifications
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3
CPU: AMD Kaveri A8-7600 APU
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: PowerColor Red Dragon RX 5600 XT 6GB
This is a video demonstration of an issue I am having due to the HDMI sound that keeps cutting out from time to time. To get the sound back, I either have to turn off my monitor and turn my monitor back on or switch to a different input in my Denon AVR-X3400H home theater receiver. NVIDIA GTX 960 is a rock-solid GPU, yet I wanted to get away from proprietary driver in Arch Linux. AMD's Radeon line of GPU does require a proprietary firmware, but at least most of the driver is open-source, unlike NVIDIA.
Video made by Grayson Peddie using Blender 2.79.
Oh, if you hear me speaking to myself or make noises, please disregard. Especially since my chair used to creak a lot. Focus in the audio dropping out and nothing else. Thanks.
Update: I do have additional information. The link is below.
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32818234-Radeon-RX-5600-XT-HDMI-Sound-Muted-Until-I-Turn-My-Monitor-Off-On#32818234
I'm running Arch Linux.
This video is intended for the Linux community and developers that can fix any issues associated with the GNOME Magnifier and possibly Pipewire. Currently running Nobara 36 with GNOME 42 in my AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB of RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
Update as of 2023/03/13, 8:17 AM Eastern Time: I filed a bug in Pipewire's Gitlab repository. Hopefully they will see my video.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/3087