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Search results for tag #linux

[?]Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: [He/Him] » 🌐
@kzimmermann@c.im

Kernel 7.1.x line finally landed in \,,/

    [?]Sky4Sushi » 🌐
    @Sky4Sushi@oc.todon.fr

    Hello All

    On va bientôt rechercher un gourou axé système. Un peu de détail dans l'image.

    Pour vous, repouetteuses, repouetteurs, vous aurez mon éternelle reconnaissance.

    
Notre métier, faire du neuf avec du vieux (replatforming).

Vous aimez le système, la transformation de langage, 
transformation de données, le scripting, 
le scheduling, le spooling, 
(non, non pas le curling, enfin après tout, ça peut être un plus).

Et oui, le replatforming est un métier 
où l'on touche à beaucoup de choses... 
On redécouvre des systèmes de fichiers, de langages, 
des gestionnaires de terminaux...

Un peu de contact client, un peu d'avant-vente, 
pas mal de recherches et de dev, un peu de télétravail. 

Poste basé au Nord de Nantes, 
Loire-Atlantique, PDL, France, Europe, Univers.

Pour vous, repouetteuses, repouetteurs, vous aurez mon éternelle reconnaissance.

    Alt... Notre métier, faire du neuf avec du vieux (replatforming). Vous aimez le système, la transformation de langage, transformation de données, le scripting, le scheduling, le spooling, (non, non pas le curling, enfin après tout, ça peut être un plus). Et oui, le replatforming est un métier où l'on touche à beaucoup de choses... On redécouvre des systèmes de fichiers, de langages, des gestionnaires de terminaux... Un peu de contact client, un peu d'avant-vente, pas mal de recherches et de dev, un peu de télétravail. Poste basé au Nord de Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, PDL, France, Europe, Univers. Pour vous, repouetteuses, repouetteurs, vous aurez mon éternelle reconnaissance.

      [?]Paul » 🌐
      @pwaring@social.xk7.net

      Who is good for selling laptops that run Linux in the UK nowadays? I like my x220 but it's getting a bit long in the tooth, plus it's quite heavy. I used to use Tier 1 but I've no idea if they're still good.

      Basically I want something like a MacBook Neo form factor but running Linux. I don't want to faff around with something that's difficult to get running - whilst I'm capable of tinkering, on this occasion I want something that Just Works.

        [?]Linux Association of Canada » 🌐
        @linuxassociation@thecanadian.social

        What a milestone! 🎉 In just 6 weeks, the Linux Association of Canada has welcomed over 8,000 unique visitors to our website. Today we also proudly welcomed the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group as our newest Group Member. Thank you to everyone who has visited, joined, volunteered, shared our mission, or supported us. This is only the beginning! 🇨🇦🐧

        What a milestone! 🎉 In just 6 weeks, the Linux Association of Canada has welcomed over 8,000 unique visitors to our website. Today we also proudly welcomed the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group as our newest Group Member. Thank you to everyone who has visited, joined, volunteered, shared our mission, or supported us. This is only the beginning! 🇨🇦🐧 #Linux #OpenSource #Canada #Community

        Alt...What a milestone! 🎉 In just 6 weeks, the Linux Association of Canada has welcomed over 8,000 unique visitors to our website. Today we also proudly welcomed the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group as our newest Group Member. Thank you to everyone who has visited, joined, volunteered, shared our mission, or supported us. This is only the beginning! 🇨🇦🐧 #Linux #OpenSource #Canada #Community

          [?]Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian: » 🌐
          @hyde@lazybear.social

          Today the rat met the bear

          073 with @ratfactor

          He shares his thoughts about , , , , and, .

          His is older than !

          He also replied to @yannick's question.

          And, we got a recommendation for two .

          lazybea.rs/ovr-073

            [?]nixCraft 🐧 » 🌐
            @nixCraft@mastodon.social

            Banana Pi OpenWrt One router official support by OpenWrt community. This device runs on OpenWrt firmware and SoC has WiFi 6, dual-band, 3×3/2×2, 1 x 2.5Gbit WAN, 1 x 1Gbit LAN, 1GB DDR4 RAM, 256 MiB NAND, 16 MiB NOR, M.2 SSD and USB 2.0 support. This can be your all in one powered router + firewall and WiFi for home or small office.

            openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one

              #netbsd boosted

              [?]vermaden » 🌐
              @vermaden@mastodon.social

              Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟬𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/07/06) available.

              vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07

              Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                [?]vermaden » 🌐
                @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟬𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/07/06) available.

                vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07

                Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                  [?]ARGVMI~1.PIF » 🌐
                  @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org

                  tip: There is a way to use only part of a word as a hashtag!

                  For example, you might want to say the word “toots”, but use the hashtag “toot”.

                  To do this, place a U+2060 WORD JOINER before the “s” in “toots”. Example: ⁠s.

                  If you're using or (i.e. or desktop), you can add the following line to ~/.XCompose to give yourself a keyboard shortcut:

                  <Multi_key> <w> <j> : "⁠" U2060 # WORD JOINER

                  Then just type Compose, then W, then J.

                    dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: boosted

                    [?]Black Hole Sunn O))) » 🌐
                    @UrbanDjent@metalhead.club

                    I remember saying I'd install on my laptop a while ago. Life got in the way, but I've done it now. Tried didn't like it much. Happy with . Next up, install a web browser and for

                    After decades with , it was very easy to get FreeBSD running (cli WiFi, desktop etc). 😁👍

                      [?]h3artbl33d :openbsd: :antifa: [Try/Me] » 🌐
                      @h3artbl33d@exquisite.social

                      Whereas DirtyClone exploits a kernel module (which can be tackled by unloading and blocking it), Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) does not.

                      Alt...Elmo reigning fire

                        [?]Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode: » 🌐
                        @publicvoit@graz.social

                        @lproven on how we lost more advanced :
                        liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/9

                        "So we went backwards. [...] Out went multiple different purpose-built OSes for different purposes and platforms. Out went using the best language for the job and the best platform and OS for the job. And out went -only OSes.

                        Instead, in came the lowest-common-denominator, stupidest, simplest, but !!FREE!! that could with a tonne of work do everything.

                        [...]

                        1980s computers were all amazing and very cool.

                        1990s ones turned into boring beige boxes, as dull as staplers, but there were occasional flashes of brilliance - most of which you couldn't afford.

                        Then by the 2000s nothing was left but staplers. It's all just office equipment now.

                        Devices like modern phones and the make me want to cry, they are so stupid and so clunky.

                        [...]

                        I watched my chosen field go from bold and innovative to a sad bunch of efforts to polish turds. It is heartbreaking."

                          [?]C++ Wage Slave [He, him, his] » 🌐
                          @CppGuy@infosec.space

                          It's not just and — dozens of similar CPU bugs have been discovered since 2018, and they're still being found:

                          en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transien

                          The foundations of modern computing are ricketier than we like to imagine.

                          In the past, I've always bought a decent computer and held on to it for years and years: it saves money and it's the green thing you do. My main machine right now is seven years old and still going strong. Updating the OS and apps is no problem — I run . But bugs make me wonder whether I should replace computers more often for security reasons. I really hope not.

                            [?]Fedi.Video » 🌐
                            @FediVideo@social.growyourown.services

                            Chris Were is one of the longest-running vloggers on the Fediverse, posting chilled-out videos on many topics including Linux, FOSS, gaming, food, life etc since 2018. You can follow at:

                            ➡️ @chris

                            Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow and its videos will gradually start showing up on your server too.

                            You can also follow Chris's non-video account at @ChrisWere

                              [?]TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️ [any/all] » 🌐
                              @TheEvilSkeleton@social.treehouse.systems

                              Screen reader users using a free and open-source calendar app on Linux, what do you use? I'd like to use one as a reference to make GNOME Calendar more screen reader friendly.

                              (Boost appreciated)

                                [?]Niels K. » 🌐
                                @nielsk@mastodon.social

                                Maybe someone is interested in my blog-post about NFS-problems I didn't expect when I migrated storage to a new setup (an old -setup with several SPOFs to a more a redundant setup running on Rocky - both with ZFS of course):

                                niels.kobschaetzki.net/2026/07

                                I won't go into the reasoning why I switched to Linux there.

                                  [?]Joachim Wiberg » 🌐
                                  @troglobit@fosstodon.org

                                  Summer of code continues, today I'm releasing mini-snmpd v2.0 with a HUGE list of new features 🎉

                                  github.com/troglobit/mini-snmp

                                  It's a follow-up to the v1.7 release a short while back, which fixed a lot long-standing bugs.

                                    [?]Mark Stosberg » 🌐
                                    @markstos@urbanists.social

                                    On how to share package list and env deets across distros & laptops?

                                    Previously I used for packages and global config and YADM for local dotfiles.

                                    YADM has worked well. It's basically git for $HOME so there's not much to learn and it's stays in sync.

                                    My Ansible configs quickly and repeatedly drifted out of sync because it's to easy to install something manually and never go back reflect it in Ansible. Cross-distro, things get even hairier.

                                    Today I'm looking at instead.🧵️

                                      [?]Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 » 🌐
                                      @tubsta@social.bsdlab.au

                                      @jimsalter @robobenklein I bet #FreeBSD still does it the same way it did when you left for #Ubuntu. Using #Linux requires mental gymnastics with every update. It shouldn't be this way.....

                                        [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                        @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                        A short but thoughtful post about cwm.

                                        I particularly liked this sentence:

                                        "cwm is the only one amongst the minimalist window managers that has managed to make me think the least."

                                        Whether you agree or not, it's an interesting way to think about window managers—not in terms of features, but in terms of cognitive load.

                                        Worth the two-minute read.
                                        https://williamjansson.com/posts/cwm/


                                          [?]Root Moose » 🌐
                                          @RootMoose@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                          [?]Rudolf M. » 🌐
                                          @Rudolf@mastodon.de

                                          Falls jemand einen braucht: Ich bin gerade auf der Suche nach einer neuen Stelle.

                                          (Programmier-) sprachen: , , , sowie ein bisschen C++, PHP, CMD, C#, ...
                                          und einiges an Erfahrung mir Shell/Bash/Batch Scrippting, (#GitHub-) Actions u.a., , , , , ...
                                          DB: NQL, SQL u.a. (meiste Erfahrung mit einer Eigenentwicklung der flexis und )
                                          Bisherige Softwarebranche(n): , , Darstellung, & (#Arduino) u.a.

                                          Ich hab vor allem Interesse(n) in den Bereichen: , IT-Security und allgemein der sinnvollen nachhaltigen (gerne auch im Bereich der Green IT) und sehr gerne mit .

                                          Voraussichtlich werde ich demnächst fertig mit meiner zum für und wäre danach frei in der Entscheidung eine neue Stelle als Softwareentwickler / Software Engineer / Webentwickler oder ähnliches zu beginnen.

                                          Also falls irgendeine Firma sucht, dann gerne mich erstmal hier kontaktieren und ich gebe euch dann meine Kontaktdaten.

                                          ---
                                          Kontaktiert mich bitte nicht, wenn ihr nur einen Entwickler oder Betreuer für Apple / Mac Geräte braucht. Dafür bin ich nicht qualifiziert.

                                          [?]Lorenzo Ancora 🇪🇺🇮🇹 :verified: » 🌐
                                          @LorenzoAncora@ieji.de

                                          Codex CLI, the free local AI-agent developed by OpenAI, quietly ruined your SSD!
                                          Rui Fan (Apache Software Foundation) discovered that the software has been writing up to 640 terabytes of logs per year, which is way more than a typical SSD lifetime endurance. This may cause user account issues, data loss and hardware damage.

                                          github.com/openai/codex/issues

                                          Tip: make periodic backups of your files! 💾

                                          Screenshot of the Codex CLI executed in a Mac terminal, with a couple of lovely bugs placed on top.

                                          Alt...Screenshot of the Codex CLI executed in a Mac terminal, with a couple of lovely bugs placed on top.

                                            [?]Cyon Ennexis [they/them] » 🌐
                                            @cyon@onemi.org

                                            Hey users

                                            I love one thing about COSMIC,
                                            Stacked Windows!!!

                                            Where you have a single window composed of multiple apps (filemanager, terminal, text editor) and switchable via Tabs.

                                            kinda like BeOS

                                            Is there ANYTHING like that on KDE or even GNOME??

                                              [?]nixCraft 🐧 » 🌐
                                              @nixCraft@mastodon.social

                                              You are not expected to understand this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commen

                                              A screenshot from Wikpedia.

Title: You are not expected to understand this

Text read:
The infamous program comment "You are not expected to understand this" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11]

The source code:
        /*
         * If the new process paused because it was
         * swapped out, set the stack level to the last call
         * to savu(u_ssav).  This means that the return
         * which is executed immediately after the call to aretu
         * actually returns from the last routine which did
         * the savu.
         *
         * You are not expected to understand this.
         */
        if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
                rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
                aretu(u.u_ssav);
        }

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System

                                              Alt...A screenshot from Wikpedia. Title: You are not expected to understand this Text read: The infamous program comment "You are not expected to understand this" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11] The source code: /* * If the new process paused because it was * swapped out, set the stack level to the last call * to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return * which is executed immediately after the call to aretu * actually returns from the last routine which did * the savu. * * You are not expected to understand this. */ if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) { rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP; aretu(u.u_ssav); } Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System

                                                [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                                                @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                Something going on with the archive: kernel.org ? All links to tarballs except the 7.2 rc leads to 404. Read it somewhere else but it seems to be happening for many.


                                                  [?]Eugenia L » 🌐
                                                  @eugenialoli@mastodon.social

                                                  Switch all your creative needs to open source apps now, My favorite picks:

                                                  Photo library:
                                                  Raw photo devel:
                                                  Image manipulation:
                                                  Painting:
                                                  Pixel Art:
                                                  Drawn animation:
                                                  Gfx/Web animation:
                                                  Video editing:
                                                  Compositing:
                                                  3D:
                                                  Audio:
                                                  Music prod:
                                                  3D CAD:
                                                  2D CAD: (Free edition)
                                                  DTP:

                                                    #netbsd boosted

                                                    [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                    @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                    🌟 Introducing BSD.cafe 🌟

                                                    Excited to present the first building block of the BSD Cafe project! When I registered this domain months ago, I envisioned a themed bar where we can casually chat about *BSD systems, Linux, and Open-Source technology among friends, acquaintances, and patrons. But like any bar, discussions can cover a wide range of topics while respecting everyone.

                                                    BSD.cafe will be a hub for various tools and services, powered by *BSD.

                                                    The first brick is a new Mastodon instance, a gateway to the Fediverse. Registration is open, and the server will be moderated under clear guidelines promoting good behavior and zero tolerance for hate towards anyone. Inclusivity, respect, and constructive dialogue are the key values of this new instance.

                                                    The main server is currently hosted in Finland on a small VM, based on . Services are divided into VNET jails, connected in a LAN via a local bridge. A VPN system is also present and have been able to move individual jails to different, more powerful, machines.

                                                    Multimedia data and cache are hosted on another physical server (FreeBSD, within a jail), with Cloudflare in front. The aim is to cache and geodistribute data, reducing network traffic on the main VPS.

                                                    Reverse proxy (frontend), mail server, media server, and the instance itself are reachable via .

                                                    The instance started empty. No unnecessary content was pre-loaded; I want it to grow organically based on users' interests and following. There won't be any preemptive blocks at this stage. Users are encouraged to promptly report anything they find worth flagging.

                                                    Join us at mastodon.bsd.cafe to build a constructive and inclusive community—a safe and relaxing space for everyone.

                                                    Our wiki, located at wiki.bsd.cafe, features essential links and articles related to the BSD world. It provides an overview of the tools, services, rules, uptime, and more information about the BSD Cafe Services.

                                                    A Matrix server, a Miniflux RSS Reader, the Wiki itself, and the BlendIT Lemmy instance are all part of the BSD Cafe services, with more to come.

                                                      [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                      [MANGA][FREE DOWNLOAD] JAPANESE JESUS

                                                      triapul.cz/files/pmjv-japanese

                                                      I hereby announce the release of Japanese Jesus e-book. Enjoy!

                                                      If you want, you can buy something or put a dollar in the hat.
                                                      analognowhere.com/support

                                                      stay prayed up

                                                      japanese jesus

                                                      Alt...japanese jesus

                                                        [?]Hylke Bons 🥜 » 🌐
                                                        @hbons@mastodon.social

                                                        ok! it was a fever dream week of rushed readme-driven development, but finally I have something for you all to test out. :)

                                                        the new CLI codenamed Twinkle:

                                                        github.com/hbons/Twinkle

                                                          [?]Freexian :debian: » 🌐
                                                          @freexian@hachyderm.io

                                                          LTS contributors released 56 DLAs fixing 877 CVEs in May, a larger number than usual. The Kernel team deserves a special mention for handling the disclosed vulnerabilities on regarding Local Privilege Escalation with public proof-of-concept exploits. On the LTS side, the Front Desk team also triaged a significant flow of high severity CVEs and notable security updates were released for exim, gnutls28, krb5, lemonldap-ng, imagemagick, openjdk-11, openjdk-17, php7.4, python3.9 and more.

                                                          Several patches were prepared by Catalyst for 4.17 shipped with Debian 12, to fix vulnerabilities disclosed in May, thanks to Freexian's partnership with them to extend the support.

                                                          LTS team also contributed with updates to the latest Debian releases, and .

                                                          Read the details in our full report at freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-r

                                                          This work is funded by Freexian's Debian LTS offering. Become a sponsor of Debian LTS (freexian.com/lts/debian/?utm_s) and enjoy the benefits (freexian.com/lts/debian/detail).

                                                            [?]OSNews » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @osnews@mstdn.social

                                                            Linux ported to Sega’s Mega Drive

                                                            If you have a Sega Mega Drive, you obviously want to run Linux on it. That's something you can do now. You do need to have an EverDrive, but don't worry, the port in question contains a custom fork of Qemu for those of us that don't.

                                                            I don't know what else to say, other than I wonder why nobody did this sooner.

                                                            osnews.com/story/145401/linux-

                                                              [?]TelH90 » 🌐
                                                              @kkarhan@mastodon.social

                                                              @ChuckMcManis @AnachronistJohn @f4grx I'm oretty shure @pid_eins didn't start "for the lulz", but because took longer to boot on a midrange laptop in 2007 than it took me to get out of bed, get dressed, brush my teeth and eat breakfast back then…

                                                                [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                                                                @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                                I thought I read somewhere the () has started. I did not see any more posts though. Hard to find any information on the occ website from links. Anyone aware of the current status?


                                                                  [?]Morten Linderud » 🌐
                                                                  @Foxboron@chaos.social

                                                                  So I might have managed to organize a "Linux & Open-Source" interest group at work.

                                                                  Who do I know that would like to visit the Norwegian state broadcaster and talk about Linux or FOSS this autumn?

                                                                    [?]arosano 🇩🇰 🇮🇱 » 🌐
                                                                    @arosano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                    In Go we format with gofmt. In Python we use black. What do we do in JavaScript?
                                                                    I have tried installing oxfmt, but it says "not in ".
                                                                    It should preferably work on all platforms, and be recent enough to include .
                                                                    I prefere it to be strict.

                                                                      [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                                                                      @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                                      To switch between different tools on a non- systems is so easy.

                                                                      (it is not my post, just read about it)

                                                                      dinit a new init system


                                                                        [?]Leanpub » 🌐
                                                                        @leanpub@mastodon.social

                                                                        NEW! Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 Switching to Linux: A Practical Guide for Windows and Mac Users by Learn Linux TV

                                                                        youtu.be/L4at5WJ3mKI

                                                                          [?]Klaus Zimmermann :unverified: [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                          @kzimmermann@c.im

                                                                          I don't think this is the right bird.

                                                                          Psyduck (duck pokemon) colored like a penguin. Accompanied by the text "Linux"

                                                                          Alt...Psyduck (duck pokemon) colored like a penguin. Accompanied by the text "Linux"

                                                                            [?]Shawn Webb [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                            @lattera@bsd.network

                                                                            Additionally, I just enabled -ftrivial-var-auto-init=zero for the syscall emulation layer in to help mitigate CVE-2026-49424 (and issues like that in the future):

                                                                            radicle.network/nodes/rad.hard

                                                                              [?]TelH90 » 🌐
                                                                              @kkarhan@mastodon.social

                                                                              @f4grx @ChuckMcManis if was a good, noone would've made , much less would've moved to it!

                                                                              mastodon.social/@kkarhan/11683

                                                                                [?]Yiannis » 🌐
                                                                                @rizitis@mastodon.social

                                                                                slacker is a new rust package manager.
                                                                                release 0.9.2_beta.3 is out for testers
                                                                                forge.slackware.nl/rizitis/sla
                                                                                Wiki pages updated: forge.slackware.nl/rizitis/sla

                                                                                  Liam Proven boosted

                                                                                  [?]Colin Macleod » 🌐
                                                                                  @CGM@mastodon.scot

                                                                                  @lproven I strongly agree that an update of the "Raspberry Pi Desktop" for x86 PCs would be very welcome. I have an old notebook PC which I only use when travelling. It works great with RPD, but I worried that was getting too old, so put a newer Debian on it. This led to great difficulty with WiFi etc., so now I have reinstalled RPD.

                                                                                    dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: boosted

                                                                                    [?]Laurent Cheylus » 🌐
                                                                                    @lcheylus@bsd.network

                                                                                    How to create and manage Linux Containers (LXC) on Slackware - Detailed article by Joel Carnat @joel tumfatig.net/2026/linux-contai

                                                                                      Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                                                                                      [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                                                      @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                      Great news! My presentation for has been accepted!

                                                                                      Expect a mix of disasters, horror stories, recoveries, BSDs, and one very, very long day.

                                                                                      Stay tuned!

                                                                                        [?]Daniel Wayne Armstrong » 🌐
                                                                                        @dwarmstrong@fosstodon.org

                                                                                        New blog post!

                                                                                        I've only used it for a few weeks, however I've quickly come to ❤️ Void Linux.

                                                                                        I show the choices I make to create an encrypted Root-On-ZFS minimal Linux system with "just enough" to provide a solid foundation to build upon further: whether that be setting up a desktop, laptop, or server.

                                                                                        dwarmstrong.org/void-linux-ins

                                                                                          #netbsd boosted

                                                                                          [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                                                                                          @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                                                          Every now and then when I come back to use my daily driver running , I got surprised why still does not provided short-formed commands like in and in do such as:

                                                                                          # FreeBSD
                                                                                          pkg ins vim # same as pkg install vim
                                                                                          pkg sea vim # same as pkg search vim

                                                                                          # NetBSD
                                                                                          pkgin in vim # same as pkgin install vim
                                                                                          pkgin se vim # same as pkgin search vim

                                                                                          # while in Debian
                                                                                          apt search vim # no apt se/sea
                                                                                          apt install vim # no apt in/ins


                                                                                            JdeBP boosted

                                                                                            [?]chesheer » 🌐
                                                                                            @chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                            So I wanted to share with you this little project of mine. I delved into "retro-necromancy" and reanimated one very old UNIX utility called ile written by Robert Pendleton in 1988. I found it on one of the Walnut Creek source code CDs from 1994.
                                                                                            What it does is simply works like an input line editor (hence ile) for shells and programs that do not support interactive line editing. To put it simply, it adds Emacs-style keybindings like ^A, ^E, ^K, ^U and so on and command history that you can easily navigate.
                                                                                            Of course, these days it's hard to find a shell that doesn't support line editing.
                                                                                            But this little tool can still be usable, for example, with ed. It's nice to have Emacs-style editing in ed.
                                                                                            It can work like shell replacement or just run like a "middleman" between any given program. It respects terminal settings and doesn't get in a way. Keybindings are configurable.
                                                                                            Needless to say, the code from 1988 wouldn't run on any modern system. It was written in K&R style because there was no ANSI C standard yet! And was quite a different beast back then.
                                                                                            So I ported it to modern systems, rewrote outdated bits (like sgttyb ioctls and brutal utmp handling).
                                                                                            Currently it builds and runs on , , and . Hopefully without too much bugs.
                                                                                            You can find it on Codeberg:
                                                                                            codeberg.org/chesheer/ile

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