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   Scott (texpipe@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 10:17:15 JST Scott

   OK #linux savvy out there.
   My youngest and I have been tinkering with a recycled Surface 3 re-imaged with Linux Mint. (a gift)
   It's primary end use is to run Magic Mirror. When we do, it hangs the computer hard after about 10 minutes. BUT if we just open a terminal with htop and walk away, it doesn't hang.
   At this point I was joking to just go lightweight and run something like 'nsxiv' in full screen mode with a timer and loop. Sure, no sexeh dissolves and fades, but still showin' dem photos. 🤓

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     Sir² Morgan (mh@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 10:17:14 JST Sir² Morgan

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     @TexPipe did you check dmesg and Xorg log? stinks like a graphics driver problem to me

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     Scott (texpipe@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 05:09:16 JST Scott

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     @mh @Iamthebammbamm @acustico
     Thanks for the suggestions. In the end we reflashed it with Arch and things are more stable. No random hangs after a handful of minutes of idle.
     For OCD-ish minimalism, I've toyed with one liner usage of 'nsxiv' and (even more basic) using frame buffer mode with 'fim' (fbi-improved). #nerdgasm
     In a pinch those work much better than I thought for a digital photo frame without giant "frameworks" of Python or Javascript.