Oooh this is very nice!

Haven’t noticed any issue. That said overtightening the top screw does cause the button cover to warp a bit.

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Mostly yes but there are functional differences in convenience. For example the standard upgrade process is completely manual. You have to disable third party repos. You have to change the repos. You have to check if you have space. You have to remove obsolete oackages. And more. On Ubuntu, the software update tool does all that, eliminating a lot of possibility for error. To an exoerienced user, the Debian process is fine. A novice would have plenty of opportunity for frustration and pain.

Oh man, I was like a kid in a candy shop when I got my hands on Flash 4… built quite a few sites with it.

It’s a Framework with 11th gen Intel i5. I’ve never seen it below 11W while doing this. I don’t recall the exact number I got in Debian 12 but I think it was in the 11-13W range. The numbers were similar with Ubuntu LTS which I used till about a year ago. Now I see 9-10W. The screen is 3:2 13". Not sure about the enconding but I have GPU decoding working in Firefox.

It fluctuated between 8.8W and 10.3W.

Might not be too difficult to achieve by connecting a small electric motor to the scroll wheel axle. Then you could vary the resistance by changing a pot hooked the motor’s terminals.

It’s like an alien name out of Rick and Morty. 😂

I could reprint the housing one day, when I get a printer myself. 😂

The PCB doesn’t look ambidextrous. Maybe there’s a way to mirror that too but it’s probably not as easy. And you’d have to get it custom built.

Using cheap switches on high end stuff like this is just abominable. I’d somewhat understand it on a cheap model but this… fucking hell.

I like it. The surface finish is obviously not as nice as the Logitech, but I like it. I’d probably like it better if it were smooth, which I might try achieving with some epoxy paint. The button feel is great. Better than my G502. Tracking is stellar. The shape is comfortable. The infinite/togglable scroll wheel on the G502 is sonething I wish it had but I can live without it. There’s also that special feeling, that someone decent made it, and that it can be infinitely repaired. If it’s not a stretch money-wise for you - get one. In the worst case scebario your money would have gone supporting open source hardware.

I’ll try to remember to post if I end up doing it.

I have a Logitech from 2003 or so. The feet are gone. The plastic under the feet is rubbed rmooth. The Omron switches are still great, no failure symptoms. Meanwhile I replaced a G500 after couple of years of use due to a switch developing “double-click” from wear. The reason I needed another wired mouse now is that another Logitech developed double-clicking. So yeah, exactly.

LOL, makes sense. I’m considering using epoxy. Seems like there’s a product that can be brushed on. It fills the gaps. Can be painted if desired.

Or titanium? But that would probably require midifications of the bendy bits to keep them flexible. 😂

How’d you make the surface this smooth?

How much should it be? It uses a great sensor, Omron main switches, it’s built by two guys in Toronto, Canada where rent isn’t cheap. There’re definitely cheaper massproduced mice that don’t share IP for free. This isn’t that.

Yeah, definitely 3D printed.