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Perplexity Computer ports a Windows-only keyboard app to Linux

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A user used Perplexity Computer to port a Windows-only mechanical keyboard app to a native Rust app for Linux, according to Aravind Srinivas. Computer downloaded the binary, decompiled it with headless Ghidra, and rebuilt its features, including keyboard lighting synced to music over PipeWire, a 3D view, key remapping, macros, and profiles.

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Users are reverse engineering and porting software across platforms with Perplexity Computer. This user's mechanical keyboard app was Windows only, with no Linux support and no documentation. Computer downloaded the binary in its cloud sandbox, decompiled it with headless Ghidra, and ported it to a native Rust app for Linux.

Computer read the decompiled code to learn how the app drives the keyboard, then rebuilt it piece by piece, complete with keyboard lighting that syncs to music over PipeWire, a 3D view, key remapping, macros and profiles.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GeminiAI/comments/1x4vvoi/my_mechanical_keyboards_software_only_runs_on/

https://github.com/trenbolone1122/aula-f75-linux

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