Laptop stickies

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#1

Hi,

When I bought this laptop about the start of 2010 it had a sticky on it
saying “Intel Pentium Inside” and another that said “Windows 7”.

Soon I got a new one that said “openSUSE” or “Novell” or something.

Well, the openSUSE sticky soon defaced, and instead of green, it became
white. Unreadable, unguessable.

But both the Intel and Windows stickies are just as new!

Sniff… we can not get decent Linux inside stickies. I’m gonna cry.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

#2

Yes, some nice foil or UV-resistant stickers would be nice :slight_smile:

#3

System76 has some nice foil Ubuntu stickers for free. https://www.system76.com/community/stickers/ I would be happy to pay if they offered them for openSUSE!

#4

Unixstickers?

#5

I know that feel - feels bad man.

#6

Does anyone know of a place where i could get keyboard stickers with the geeko’s head to cover the windows sign? :stuck_out_tongue:

#7

Uh… I have a few slight domed foil gloss “powered by openSUSE”. It was a “small run”, so they are about $4 each. If there’s any interest, I’m willing to part with some. Kinda pricey.

http://endlessnow.com/images/opensuse-sticker.jpg

#8
  1. Get a suitable piece of thin aluminum, brushed aluminum would look best;
  2. Buy a package of Avery inkjet Clear Decal print medium;
  3. Download the openSUSE
    logo and use GIMP to scale it to the appropriate size; 1. Print it to the decal sheet;
  4. Peel and stick it to the brushed aluminum;
  5. With very sharp scissors, cut to the desired shape, oval would be suitable;
  6. Spray a couple light coats of Clear Coat auto paint or some similar clear protective coating (do not
    use model paint, it will eat the printed decal); 1. Allow to dry thoroughly;
  7. Coat the underside with a thin layer of contact cement;
  8. Stick onto laptop;
  9. Allow to cure overnight;
  10. Open laptop in morning and grin ear-to-ear.

Yer welcum
lol!

#9

On 2014-03-21 09:06, Fraser Bell wrote:

> - Get a suitable piece of thin aluminum, brushed aluminum would look
> best;
> - Buy a package of Avery inkjet Clear Decal print medium;
> - Download the openSUSE logo and use GIMP to scale it to the
> appropriate size;
> - Print it to the decal sheet;
> - Peel and stick it to the brushed aluminum;
> - With very sharp scissors, cut to the desired shape, oval would be
> suitable;
> - Spray a couple light coats of Clear Coat auto paint or some similar
> clear protective coating (-do not- use model paint, it will eat the
> printed decal);
> - Allow to dry thoroughly;
> - Coat the underside with a thin layer of contact cement;
> - Stick onto laptop;
> - Allow to cure overnight;
> - Open laptop in morning and grin ear-to-ear.
>
>
> Yer welcum
> lol!

Wow, interesting!

But I do not have any inkjet printer. I got tired of the blasted
thing(s), and I only use lasers now. Much more reliable and even cheaper
in the long run.

I would not even know where to get that aluminium… maybe the “lids”
from a yoghourt from the supermarket :slight_smile:

(googling for the exact string “Avery inkjet Clear Decal” finds nothing,
so I don’t exactly know what type of labels they are)

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#10

This is the only one that didn’t wear to white:

http://thumbnails112.imagebam.com/31578/f378b1315771750.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/f378b1315771750)

#11

Oh. :frowning:

I would not even know where to get that aluminium… maybe the “lids”
from a yoghourt from the supermarket :slight_smile:

In Canada, we have beer cans, if nothing else. lol!

Seriously, though: Your idea might not be a bad suggestion. Find a green aluminum yogurt lid, maybe, and securely glue it to some thin card stock, then run it through the flat card-stock tray on your laser printer, printing black onto the green background.

Might work? In that case, you wouldn’t need the clear decal paper.

But, you would want to be certain the aluminum doesn’t come loose while running through the printer.

(googling for the exact string “Avery inkjet Clear Decal” finds nothing,
so I don’t exactly know what type of labels they are)

http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Search/?dimsearch=true&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=0&Nr=AND(SITESCHANNELS%3AAvery.com)&Ntt=clear+decal&x=0&y=0

#12

On 2014-03-22 06:06, Fraser Bell wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2631856 Wrote:
>>
>> Wow, interesting!
>>
>> But I do not have any inkjet printer. I got tired of the blasted
>> thing(s), and I only use lasers now. Much more reliable and even cheaper
>> in the long run.

> Oh. :frowning:

Yep :-}

>> I would not even know where to get that aluminium… maybe the “lids”
>> from a yoghourt from the supermarket :slight_smile:
>>
>
> In Canada, we have beer cans, if nothing else. lol!

Ah, those! Yes, we have them. Or coke. But they would need flattening.

> Seriously, though: Your idea might not be a bad suggestion. Find a
> green aluminum yogurt lid, maybe, and securely glue it to some thin card
> stock, then run it through the flat card-stock tray on your laser
> printer, printing black onto the green background.

Oh.

But you know, laser printers are expensive things. The rollers or drums
(often a single cartridge with toner and roller) in them are delicate,
and expensive to replace. They are cheap in the long run, because they
last about a thousand pages, or much more in bigger models. If the
aluminum scratches the surface of the roller, it is ruined, because the
scratch will print on everything printed thereafter. And a colour
printer has four of them.

So, even if the method sounds interesting, I will not do the test :slight_smile:

Anyway, my printer does not have a flat paper/card movement. It is a
compact model, small office/home.

>> (googling for the exact string “Avery inkjet Clear Decal” finds nothing,
>> so I don’t exactly know what type of labels they are)
>>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/p8kt9s5

Ah, thanks, I will have a look. Perhaps there are similar things for laser.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#13

Not sure if you have this over there, but one of our brand of peanut butter jars here has a thin, rough surface aluminum-like foil seal. Might work. I think the brand is Kraft. Just clean well, first.

But you know, laser printers are expensive things … So, even if the method sounds interesting, I will not do the test :slight_smile:

Brain-hiccup (hiccough) there. Won’t work, anyway. Lasers work by setting a static charge, and I doubt that would work with anything metallic. Didn’t think of that until after I signed out and shut down the computer last night.

Ah, thanks, I will have a look. Perhaps there are similar things for laser.

Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour with an inkjet?

#14

On 2014-03-22 19:26, Fraser Bell wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2632133 Wrote:
>>
>> Ah, those! Yes, we have them. Or coke. But they would need flattening.
>>
>
> Not sure if you have this over there, but one of our brand of peanut
> butter jars here has a thin, rough surface aluminum-like foil seal.
> Might work. I think the brand is Kraft. Just clean well, first.

He, peanut butter is popular in north america (I mean both USA and
Canada, AFAIK), but not in Spain. But I might be mistaken, maybe younger
people like and demand it :slight_smile:

But I think I know the type of lids you mean. I have seen them in some
tuna fish cans. The extra easy open kind.

>> But you know, laser printers are expensive things … So, even if the
>> method sounds interesting, I will not do the test :slight_smile:
>
> Brain-hiccup (hiccough) there. Won’t work, anyway. Lasers work by
> setting a static charge, and I doubt that would work with anything
> metallic. Didn’t think of that until after I signed out and shut down
> the computer last night.

Oh, right… I didn’t think of that, either.

Mmmm?

The “toner dust” gets electrostatically attracted to the appropriate
regions of the drum. However… I’m not absolutely sure if the toner
transfers to the paper by simple pressure, or by electrostatic attraction.

>> Ah, thanks, I will have a look. Perhaps there are similar things for
>> laser.
>
> Maybe you have a friend or a neighbour with an inkjet?

I know one with an inkjet she does not use (dry cartridges), but I can
not borrow it, any way, and the rest have lasers :-}

And others live hundreds of kilometers away.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#15

If I ever did know that answer, I surely do not recall it, now!

I know one with an inkjet she does not use (dry cartridges), but I can
not borrow it, any way, and the rest have lasers :-}

And others live hundreds of kilometers away.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

Well, if you want to drop by my place sometime this week, I will let you borrow one of mine. I am now living in Kamloops, BC, Canada. I will even put on the coffee for you.
lol!

#16

On 2014-03-23 05:56, Fraser Bell wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2632249 Wrote:

>> And others live hundreds of kilometers away.

> Well, if you want to drop by my place sometime this week, I will let you
> borrow one of mine. I am now living in Kamloops, BC, Canada. I will
> even put on the coffee for you.
> lol!

LOL! Wish I could.

I do go to Canada when I can, but my visits are spaced several years. I
wish could go more often, I have relatives there (Ottawa). Too far from
your place! Lol!

I do say that distances are not measured in Kilometres, but Kiloeuros.
Or Kilodollars, if you prefer.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

#17

Hi guys. Just today, I’ve ordered these stickers:

http://www.unixstickers.com/stickers/linux-keyboard-stickers/linux-tux-face-circle-keyboard-sticker
http://www.unixstickers.com/stickers/linux_os_distribution_stickers/opensuse-linux-distribution-badge-sticker
http://www.unixstickers.com/stickers/linux_os_distribution_stickers/opensuse-linux-green-full-logo-shaped-sticker

So I’m branding my laptop with a geeko as if it was a cow :smiley:

rotfl!

#18

On 05/19/2014 08:26 AM, holden87 wrote:
>
> Hi guys. Just today, I’ve ordered these stickers:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/k5p2uoo
> http://tinyurl.com/kkpzlfb
> http://tinyurl.com/p5rxdry
>
> So I’m branding my laptop with a geeko as if it was a cow :smiley:
>
> rotfl!
>

I wanna get these but I feel strange paying 4x the price of the item for
shipping. :stuck_out_tongue:

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#19

Well, i purchased three stickers, so the shipping is only 25% of the purchase :smiley:

#20

Got the stickies, goodie!

http://i58.tinypic.com/200uud0.jpg
http://i62.tinypic.com/vfejq.jpg