No barriers here. As a developer by trade, I was attracted to “Cloud Native” or atomic Linux exactly for its promises of reliable, managed OS, while promoting containers as first class interactions.

For the same reason I ditched Windows and Gentoo over 15 years ago for MacOS, and now for 4 months to Bluefin Linux as a daily driver (an amazing, batteries-included OS based on uBlue -> Fedora Atomic), I’m happy to give up some freedoms to have a regular workflow that is easy and streamlined, and best yet, whether it works or not is “somebody else’s problem.” And if an OS image ever fails to load, rollback is automatic and seamless to the last known bootable image.

Yes, there are some limitations, like if you want/need a kernel extension that isn’t officially supported by the maintainers, or you want to tear out systemd, or you really want X11 (it’s gone as of upstream Fedora 42), but as someone with not enough free time to tinker, I’d rather just have an OS that’s continually updated and boots to desktop flawlessly every time.

Works great for web browsing, gaming, software development, and spinning up new containers and VMs to try stuff I want to check out :) After much success running Bluefin on a miniPC desktop and my laptop, I wiped away Windows 10 for Bazzite on my gaming rig and couldn’t be happier.

The biggest issue for me getting into this new paradigm was just re-wiring old habits. More documentation would help in that regard, as getting familiar with how to do old things in this new way where system and userspace are deliberately separated, was a little confusing. Maybe it was my bad for not understanding as much in detail about Docker/Podman specifics before, and being on SELinux for the first time was a bit of a learning curve.

There is and always will be a place for non-atomic Linux, and I think anybody who wants to really tinker and exert total control over their system should stick to it! But as far as I’m concerned, the only way I’ll be running non-atomic on a personal machine is in a container.

It’s worth checking out Blue95, which was originally made as a novelty but has all the power of uBlue behind it, as an opinionated, batteries-included Linux based on Fedora.

This was one of my favorite games growing up. I never understood why this was considered the sequel to Bubble Bobble, but loved it all the same.

Hank is a real gem. I am amazed at his customer service and willingness to take custom orders.

1m sounds like an amazing deal to buy a president

That deeper textured reflector is really nice. Clean beam and smooth transition but plenty of throw. If you don’t mind the narrower field of view, it’s quite a versatile beam for near and far.

I just put one together like yours but with 519a and the new buck driver!

Nice setup. I’ve always felt the S6 was classy and criminally underrated. I didn’t even know the 18350 Ti tubes dropped!

Agreed on the switch being a little hard to press compared to most. I think the upside is that reverse clickies for whatever reason tend to be far more durable/reliable over time especially at high amperage, so I can’t complain too much about it. Plus of all the lights I own I’d trust that the Hoku Clicky will never turn on accidentally in my pocket.

I forgot to mention: I have mine set up for 4 steady modes starting with moonlight plus disco modes. (ML - 2% - 25% - 100% - Strobe - Beacon | No Memory)

Full UI guide here, under rev.1 http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=19

On the M150, it’s possible to desolder the RPP. Can you do that on the H150 as well?

I sure hope they don’t discontinue the SP36 BLF. Even though there are lots of more exciting lights now (cough M44 cough) there’s really nothing that can come close in value for the money.

Agreed. I really like the UI on the H17Fx, but I prefer a simpler mode progression UI on the reverse clickies. The 8A should give a nice punch to some shorty triples I built for use around the house while having plenty of runtime on the lower side.

Kinda wish he had a 1 or 2A buck driver too. Not every light needs to empty an 18350 in 20 minutes.

Personally I’m really happy that the buck driver’s inductor is short enough that it fits in the smaller S6+/S8+ engines. I need to pick up a few of the 8A ones to revamp some triples I have…

Having a few LEPs now I can say that the smaller ones are my favorite and the most useful because the beam isn’t as coherent resulting in a larger, more usable hotspot. The Lumintop Thor 1 and 2 are really great pocket cannons and sold at a pretty fair price especially if you can snag a deal coupon. The bigger ones like the Weltool W4 are not as useful because the beam is too tight!

That said, the FW2 that @[email protected] recommended looks like a great option and its larger brother, the Mateminco FW3 with its dual flood/LEP beams is very handy and the beam is still not too tight because the LEP optic itself is fairly small.