I didn't know much about USB and libusb before this little side project, but I learned a lot in the process. Then I started the service ( sudo systemctl start mutebutton), tried the button a few times, giggled with joy, enabled the service on startup ( sudo systemctl enable mutebutton), rebooted, tried the button again, giggled again, and was happy with my result. (Simply adjust the ExecStart paths and replace USER with your users name.) A very Linux-savy friend of mine pointed me to a post on AskUbuntu from where I copied this command and put it in a file called mictoggle.sh:Įnter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Search the internet for "big red button USB" and you'll find a myriad of options. Just make sure that it is pressable and has a USB connector. And since it's USB, basically any button will do. (I'm a bit of a tech hoarder.) But apparently the company doesn't exist anymore, which makes ordering them a bit hard. Some years ago I ordered a few "big red buttons" by Dream Cheeky: If you're a web dev running Linux, chances are you already have these things installed anyways.įor a hardware mute button, I need hardware.
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