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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH4EtRm-Xvs&lc=UgwLrl8ttuvnvD0yW7l4AaABAg

FYI, that is called a “flat flex cable” (not “ribbon cable”, because that term refers to the thicker, lots-of-round-wires-stuck-together cables like the gray one for the hard drive), or FFC for short. Orange ones like this are made of Kapton (polyimide), not Mylar (metalized biaxially-oriented PET, like in Mylar birthday balloons). The reason people sometimes confuse them is that the metalized Kapton films used on the lunar module and such were often mistakenly referred to as Mylar, even though they weren’t! People often thought one side of those was gold-plated, but the gold color actually came from the Kapton.

As for the tear: if you can solder decently, you can use a fiberglass brush to carefully expose the broken metal conductor and then solder a bodge wire to fix it. Alternatively, if the ends of the FFC are standard, which they probably are, you might be able to buy an off-the-shelf replacement and then make a few 45 degree folds in it to make it lay properly. This isn’t a weird hack, it’s actually a common way FFCs are routed in commercial products instead of costly custom FFCs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT5SYlqM7wk&lc=UghbvlCzI7I1bHgCoAEC

coming from the automotive industry i can give some advice when painting plastic. 1.scuff surface with abrasive cloth (rough side of kitchen sponge) and clean with alcohol 2. use plastic primer first 3. USE VINYL DYE for color its made to prevent the reaction from skin and oil he talks about in the video. (its used in the auto industry to paint carpet and seats and if used correcty in never comes off during normal use.)

In about.config, change apz.gtk.pangesture.delta_mode to 1 and adjust page_delta_mode_multiplier or 2 and adjust pixel_delta_mode_multiplier. Using 2 and 55 seems good.

In /etc/Xorg/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf…:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "DELL09A0:00 0488:121F Touchpad"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "ScrollPixelDistance" "25"
EndSection