I used to think I found the perfect, stable, boring system with Debian + KDE Plasma.
I installed it.
I left literally everything on default.
I booted it.
Everything worked out of the box.
I was looking forward to a perfect, stable, boring computing experience.
My cat walked across the keyboard and crashed the OS.
It rebooted to a blinking cursor and nothing else.

So if you’re hiring a software quality assurance engineer, her salary expectation is 80k kitty treats, a corner office overlooking a park with squirrels, and an assistant who will pet her at work and doesn’t mind getting their earlobes nibbled.

    • KISSmyOS@lemmy.worldOP
      15·
      7 months ago

      What I need is image recognition software for the webcam that locks the keyboard when a cat approaches.

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
        16·
        7 months ago

        Based on this code I stole:

        CatLock.py 
        import cv2  
import os
import time

# Put https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencv/opencv/master/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml in the script's working directory
face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml')  
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while 1:
    ret, img = cap.read()  
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)  
    faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray, 1.3, 5)  

    if len(faces) > 0:
        # replace the command below to match your DE's lock command
        # this is for X11 Gnome
        os.popen('gnome-screensaver-command --lock')
    time.sleep(100) # wait 100ms not to overload the CPU

        Requires the opencv package (sudo apt install python3-opencv or pip install opencv-python)