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"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 05/13/2020 at 08:30 • Filed to: Wallpapers, FSO Polonez, FSO Polonez Caro, FSO, Polonez

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I changed the theme setup on my laptop running Linux Mint last night:

Goin’ old-school Eastern Bloc! :P

Old FSO Polonez gauge clusters look awesome:

Polonez all the things!

I do like me the later Polonez Caro as well...

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 08:36

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need to modernise and go for some Chinese cars

:P

(Chery J3/A3 - designed by Pininfarina)

Nom De Plume > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/13/2020 at 08:40

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I know your main trading partners are in Asia. Do you see much in the way of mainland vehicles that aren’t European or Japanese brands well established in the first world?

Want to say no, but now I’m questioning that.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nom De Plume 05/13/2020 at 08:59

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Chery - no

BYD - no

ZX - no

Geely - no

Great Wall - yes

Foton - no

JMC - no

MG - yes

LDV/Maxus - yes

Haval - sort of

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 09:20

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 09:23

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I really want to get into Linux but there's just no case for me use it

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 05/13/2020 at 09:57

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Some of them actually don’t look too bad....I mostly question the reliability, but I guess considering some of them are being sold in Oz, they have to meet some basic level of safety and reliability...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/13/2020 at 09:57

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Yup, the rally car was awesome! :D

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:02

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The one with BBS mesh wheels and the wagon are sublime...

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:12

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I love that instrument cluster!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/13/2020 at 10:14

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There was no case for me to use it either! I just chose to use it for fun and because I was interested in it! :)

I have a high-end Windows desktop that has gone through many iterations that used to be my only computer - I use it for everyday stuff, gaming and video editing. In university I got into tinkering around with Linux on it in Virtual Machines around 2008 and then eventually bought an MSI Wind U100 netbook with WinXP to take to classes with me for typing up notes and whatnot, but still predominantly used my desktop when I got back to my dorm room.

After I graduated in 2013, I felt comfortable enough with Linux and had played with it enough that I finally decided “What the hell....I’ll try using it on my netbook.” Plus, as I’d since graduated and now didn’t really use my netbook unless I was out and about, it didn’t seem to be a huge deal as it was my secondary computer, so I stuck Linux Mint 14 on it full-time. I got used to it, found I really had no problems/issues with it as an everyday OS and have used it on every laptop I’ve had since (which is like 5 laptops now, as I do computer repair on the side and upgrade my own laptop every so often by fixing broken ones I am given).

I still use my Win10 desktop all the time, but for most everyday stuff, I find I use my laptop the most now. It’s a 14" HP Pavilion Touchsmart 14 laptop at the moment running Linux Mint 19.3 MATE. The only real issue with it has been the touchscreen didn’t work out-of-the-box with Mint and I never bothered to get it working as I have no need for a touchscreen on a laptop anyway. :)

I run Mint on my old Core 2 Duo Media Center PC as well (which used to be my main desktop PC before my current one) that is hooked up to the big TV in our rec room. :)

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:26

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And here I read it as F50...

Instrument cluster is a little different, however. The FSO looks more like a Mondial:

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:29

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The two main draws for Linux are 1) it’s free and 2) it’s customizable but neither of those things are issues for me with Windows. I have unlimited Win10 installations thanks to having a key, and I’ve yet to find anything in windows that can’t be tweaked to my liking. So, for me at least, having to get accustomed to a new file system and interface isn’t worth not having to deal with these issues that were never issues for me in the first place.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/13/2020 at 10:43

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I’m not as big on stanced cars, but I REALLY like that BBS-wheeled Polonez too....love the color, more cars need bright colors!

I also REALLY love that Polonez Kombi (the wagon) as well! They are very rare, apparently, and only came out after FSO linked up with Daewoo. Fun-fact, there were also very rare aftermarket ‘estate’ conversions available that used same body as the hatchbacks! All they did was make a new ‘hatch’ lid that is taller and longer. :P

Normal hatch:

Aftermarket Estate conversion:

FSO, themselves, did do a sortof tall-roofed ‘estate’ version of the Caro pre-Daewoo though....it was called the Caro Cargo and civilian versions are super rare. Most of them were used as ambulances:

Polonez trucks are pretty awesome too :P

Borsuq had some good write-ups on it! :D

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/which-one-car-had-the-most-body-style-variants-1788062005

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/laziest-estate-car-ever-1787978011

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 10:46

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So do I! :D

The later cluster on the pre-Daewoo Polonez Caro wasn’t as nice, nor were the later post-Daewoo ones...

. . > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:48

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Interestingly, the Polonez dash and gauge cluster made a cameo appearance in the game Observer, albeit in a more cyberpunk “futuristic” guise.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:50

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I like fun, interesting gauges.  I want to re-do the dash in the 240 and make it a little more interesting, but still keep that 70's/80's vibe.  

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 10:56

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Start planning? :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > . . 05/13/2020 at 10:56

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Very fitting though! :D

. . > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 10:59

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There was also a “povvo spec” version of that gauge cluster meant for the most basic “economic crisis” Polonez spec. It looks pretty awful. :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/13/2020 at 11:03

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The filesystem in terms of everyday use really isn’t that much different than Windows. Drives are identified a bit differently though:

Say, ‘C:’ is your Windows partition on a drive - on Linux that partition would be sda1 with the 1 being the partition and ‘sda’ being the drive. If you had two hard drives (...or optical drive, or any internally-mounted drive, or USB sticks/external hard drives, etc), the other hard drive would be /sdb...the first partition on that drive would be sdb1...if there were more than one partition, it would be sdb2, sdb3, etc.

You don’t really see this in everyday use though. Any removeable drives that get plugged in just appear mounted on the desktop automatically in Mint, in the same way that Windows pops up and asks what you want to do with it.

Your files/data/settings are usually stored to your user’s ‘Home’ folder in the same way that Windows has a ‘User’ folder that does the same thing. Programs in Windows are installed to the ‘Program Files’ folder by default, with the OS to the ‘Windows’ folder....on Linux all of that is stored in various folders in the root ‘/’ directory, but you almost NEVER have to interact with their actual files from that location:

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/13/2020 at 11:10

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I have a thing for orange or yellow printing on gauges (or orange or yellow backlighting)..

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > . . 05/13/2020 at 11:11

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Wow, didn’t know that...that’s hideous :P

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 11:15

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Been started. Heck, I had the wheels I want to run on it before i had the car. Which I still sort of don’t, I need to go pick it up. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 11:16

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I dont like the estate conversion :\ It looks ungainly to me

That wagon is perfect!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 11:20

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I have the Repair Manual for the FIAT 126p despite not having the car yet...I should really start getting some spare maintenance parts so I have them...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/13/2020 at 11:21

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Yeah, the estate conversion is a pretty amusing stop-gap :P

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 11:33

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A sound plan!

For what it’s worth, the wheels are the Propus-C BBS 2 piece wheels off of a C70, which is a FWD car like my 850. So my excuse was I wanted to run them on the 850 , even though I already had the 16" Zeus wheels I wanted, and knew these would eventually go on a 240. The 240 is RWD and will need spacers, or some other solution. If I ever have the $$$ I might get them made into a 3 piece wheel with custom offset.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 11:47

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I still like to fire up Test Drive Unlimited 2 on occasion just so I can tool around in the Lancia Delta Integrale. That instrument cluster does it for me (although I still think the primary instruments or at least the tach should be front and center a la Porsche) :

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/13/2020 at 12:34

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Oh, yes, I’ve always loved the cluster in the Integrale! Still can never get used to the tach needle sweep starting on the right and sweeping AROUND like that though. I prefer my tachs with the sweep starting at the lower-left...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 16:07

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I always worry with spacers that if you get one that is slightly off it would cause terrible wobble :(

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 16:07

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I always worry with spacers that if you get one that is slightly off it would cause terrible wobble :(

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 16:13

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Same, but like I said, I have other options, like making a 3 piece wheel!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/13/2020 at 19:25

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That would be pretty cool! :P

Snuze: Needs another Swede > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/13/2020 at 20:06

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It would also be expensive.  But if the car turns out anywhere close to how I want it, it may be worth it.