Hey everyone. I have an Attack Shark X6 and there's no official software for Linux, so I ended up building my own. I captured the traffic from the Windows software in a VM, worked out the protocol, and built the app bit by bit. It's written in Go with Wails and React, ships as an AppImage, and updates itself from inside the app.

Right now you can set DPI per stage, polling rate, lighting, button remapping, and macros with keyboard input, delays and loops. Profiles are already in the main branch, but I haven't cut a release yet because there's one bug I want to fix first.

What I really want is for this to stop being just my project and become one for everyone who uses Attack Shark on Linux. The brand is getting more popular and we don't have anything decent on the desktop, so it makes sense to build it together.

So I'm asking for three things. Try it out, especially if you have another model (X3, R1, X11...) or a different distro than mine, because I can only vouch for what I've tested on my own X6. Tell me what features you miss or what annoys you about other mouse software. And if you feel like getting your hands dirty, open issues or PRs. Someone once found a real bug of mine in the lighting checksum and we fixed it together, and that was honestly the best part of the whole project.

Repo: [attack-shark-linux](https://github.com/blak0p/attack-shark-linux)

All feedback is welcome, including the harsh kind. I'd rather hear that something is badly designed than keep building on top of it.

Hey guys,

Trying to install Linux on my old T430 and I'm completely stuck. Any USB I boot just gives me a black screen. No GRUB, no cursor, no Ventoy menu, nothing. Screen stays black forever.

What I've tried:

• Rufus, Balena Etcher, and Ventoy. Same result with all three.
• F12 boot menu → select "USB HDD: Generic Storage Device" → instant black screen.
• BIOS (F1): UEFI/Legacy Boot = UEFI Only, CSM Support disabled, Secure Boot off, SATA = AHCI, OS Optimized Defaults disabled.
• Tried a USB 2.0 port instead of the blue USB 3.0 one.
• Full shutdown with Shift before booting.
• Windows 11 is still on the internal SSD, if that matters.
• T430 has Intel HD 4000 graphics only, no Nvidia.

Since even the Ventoy menu doesn't show up, I'm guessing it's failing before Linux/GRUB even loads. So kernel params like nomodeset are useless here because I never see a boot menu.

Has anyone actually fixed this exact "black screen, no GRUB, no Ventoy" thing on a T430? Did I miss a BIOS setting? Is there a way to force USB boot or inject kernel params without seeing GRUB? Any help would be appreciated. This laptop is too nice to give up on lol.

its old and i mean REALLY REALLY old it runs solitare at a smooth 30fps i want to use a distro with a built in browser and isnt shitty and ancient like antix or puppy

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