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  Thread: showing system's health on /dev/tty1
Post: RE: showing system's health on /dev/tty1
Quote:It is useless because, basically, it spits a lot of lines, that no-one will ever be able to read (yes, even with the --noclear option of getty). You know it is possible to modify things like lo...
 Wildefyr GNU/Linux 5 3,986 26-12-2020, 12:19 PM
  Thread: Bar / Conky Configs.
Post: RE: Bar / Conky Configs.
(05-05-2020, 08:50 PM)neeasade Wrote: > What can I do with dzen2 that I cannot do with lemonbar dropdowns/the notion of a 'heading' on dropdowns. To be fair lemonbar can do this easily with cl...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 34 45,020 07-05-2020, 10:42 AM
  Thread: Software recommendation
Post: RE: Software recommendation
Trying to think of a way to do this with wmutils but coming up blank for a simple method, even if you set a window to the top of the window stack, and ignore it, X11 will still interpret stacking orde...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 14 10,830 07-05-2020, 07:04 AM
  Thread: Favorite Terminal Applications
Post: RE: Favorite Terminal Applications
(29-01-2020, 07:41 AM)z3bra Wrote: * no dedicated project just for building it In fairness that repository mainly seems to be a 'all-in-one' scripts for installing mpv where the distro provides crap...
 Wildefyr BSD 115 88,499 29-01-2020, 06:26 PM
  Thread: Favorite Terminal Applications
Post: RE: Favorite Terminal Applications
(31-12-2019, 02:13 PM)z3bra Wrote: video: mplayer Why not use mpv at this point? Other than "it has more features so is now more bloated". Purely from a configuration standpoint it is better and is ...
 Wildefyr BSD 115 88,499 29-01-2020, 05:52 AM
  Thread: Favorite Terminal Applications
Post: RE: Favorite Terminal Applications
Been awhile since I've done this one, not much has changed since I've come back, but I still don't have a mail client! music: mpvc video: mpv volume control: pulsemixer file manager: fff irc client: ...
 Wildefyr BSD 115 88,499 21-12-2019, 03:55 PM
  Thread: What software have you made to improve your workflow or rice?
Post: RE: What software have you made to improve your wo...
(22-09-2019, 05:03 PM)Halfwit Wrote: I actually used mpv as my front end to mpd for a long while, but went to ogg123/mpd123 out of frustration with it having to draw a window. I'd simply "hide" the ...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 26 20,049 20-11-2019, 05:41 AM
  Thread: The userland problems
Post: RE: The userland problems
BSD's or musl based distros are there for those who want them. There are choices. Most people don't care enough though, I would switch to a more minimal install base than Arch if it wasn't for 1. stea...
 Wildefyr GNU/Linux 16 13,878 09-11-2019, 05:45 PM
  Thread: Remote work solution
Post: RE: Remote work solution
Just using tmux at the moment for the looks, but I often use dtach for specific applications like weechat as it's more flexible with size changes and then can survive if I need to clean up the tmux se...
 Wildefyr Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 26 16,306 31-10-2019, 05:35 AM
  Thread: Hello from IN
Post: RE: Hello from IN
Hi welcome. I think gnome is probably the furthest piece of software from my current setup :) make sure you join the irc too.
 Wildefyr 3 3,276 26-10-2019, 07:57 PM
  Thread: Which keyboard layout(s) do you use?
Post: RE: Which keyboard layout(s) do you use?
That's the thing - I am now a perfect qwerty typist. People around me get weirded out when I touch type while they are forced to look down at their keys.
 Wildefyr Off topic 43 36,351 19-10-2019, 10:36 AM
  Thread: Which keyboard layout(s) do you use?
Post: RE: Which keyboard layout(s) do you use?
It's like the age old issue of automating things: any speed advantages are negated by the time spent learning a new layout. Ergonomics is a different argument, if qwerty is causing pain after you've e...
 Wildefyr Off topic 43 36,351 16-10-2019, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Battlestations!
Post: RE: Battlestations!
cozy new setup Got a new desk, replaced the microphone with a AT2035 using a scarlett solo audio interface, and a new chair. I got rid of one monitor because I found that I didn't really need it too ...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 256 230,982 29-09-2019, 01:02 PM
  Thread: What software have you made to improve your workflow or rice?
Post: RE: What software have you made to improve your wo...
People probably already know this but I wrote mpvc a while back. It's served me pretty well over the years, very usable for all sorts of media playback. A couple of things I'd like to do is to patch f...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 26 20,049 28-08-2019, 03:28 PM
  Thread: Hey Nixers, what do you do when you are stuck on a programming/tech problem?
Post: RE: Hey Nixers, what do you do when you are stuck ...
walk away and go to the gym or have a swim.
 Wildefyr Off topic 10 8,946 29-07-2019, 04:06 PM
  Thread: A homemade alternative to Wake on LAN? Yes please.
Post: A homemade alternative to Wake on LAN? Yes please.
My need is simple, be able to turn my main computer on remotely to be able to retrieve needed files, or watch a film or tv show using plex. I don't own or am able to afford at the moment a full blown ...
 Wildefyr Other Embedded Platforms and Hardware Hacking 0 2,342 09-06-2019, 07:15 PM
  Thread: ROCK64 is amazing
Post: RE: ROCK64 is amazing
Really thinking using the rock64 as the board for my homemade dashcam setup. I can use USB cam modules for both rear and front, with ffmpeg combining the two. Using one of my spare 500GB m.2 boards I ...
 Wildefyr Other Embedded Platforms and Hardware Hacking 8 10,028 09-06-2019, 06:36 PM
  Thread: Battlestations!
Post: RE: Battlestations!
Just gaming p2t & streaming, but I was looking to improve the setup to start doing some recording / commentary. Just been using a rubbish basic phantom supply for this mic but pretty sure it is wh...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 256 230,982 08-06-2019, 05:47 PM
  Thread: Battlestations!
Post: RE: Battlestations!
Okay here goes, had quite a hardware upgrade since I was last around these parts: - 8700k @ stock [no delid, yet..] - 32GB Corsair RAM - Radeon VII - Dell h200 RAID card flashed to JBOD - Raspberry P...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 256 230,982 08-06-2019, 10:24 AM
  Thread: managing dotfiles with gnu stow
Post: RE: managing dotfiles with gnu stow
I just use a single shell script. I'm a basic bitch I guess.
 Wildefyr GNU/Linux 23 21,696 08-06-2019, 10:13 AM
  Thread: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Post: RE: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Well you can still map LCtrl to capslock as well.. I like ctrl personally especially on 70% or smaller boards as the ESC key gets repositioned right next to 1, replacing tilde/grave, most of these boa...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 163 134,708 25-05-2019, 11:40 AM
  Thread: Raspberry Pi <3
Post: RE: Raspberry Pi <3
Got my pi setup as a alternative to wake on lan seeing as I can never get it to work properly. Gonna write up a post about it when I get the time but has anyone got suggestions for a more powerful boa...
 Wildefyr Other Embedded Platforms and Hardware Hacking 62 60,056 23-05-2019, 08:01 PM
  Thread: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Post: RE: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Well, I'm currently writing my environment around cwm after z3bra's suggestion. It has some really nice defaults, and I've been using it almost completely around the mouse. Haven't got around to tryin...
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 163 134,708 23-05-2019, 07:51 PM
  Thread: desktop showcases
Post: RE: desktop showcases
been awhile since I've properly riced, but here's an album of my previous 2015-2016 rices, along with my most recent one, in no particular order or date: https://imgur.com/a/xhdmW4X
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 11 11,886 21-04-2019, 07:17 PM
  Thread: Network Managers
Post: RE: Network Managers
hadn't heard of nmtui, very tempted to use that now.
 Wildefyr Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 13 10,701 21-04-2019, 06:04 PM
  Thread: Network Managers
Post: RE: Network Managers
dhcpcd, wpa_supplicant. Used connman awhile back, but wpa_supplicant is pretty much default on every distro, and what's the first thing you generally want to do when installing a new distro? connect t...
 Wildefyr Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 13 10,701 17-04-2019, 04:06 PM
  Thread: IRC
Post: RE: IRC
None of the specified server addresses are working. Who's bright idea was it to /require/ SSL and not get automatic renewal setup?
 Wildefyr Community & Forums Related Discussions 81 82,012 14-03-2017, 07:43 PM
  Thread: Hello everyone I guess ?
Post: RE: Hello everyone I guess ?
Sadly, there's always too much learn it feels like sometimes :) (19-02-2017, 01:44 PM)jkl Wrote: Welcome. I hope this forum will help you to learn a real programming language. ;-) I wouldn't count ...
 Wildefyr 4 4,094 20-02-2017, 06:35 AM
  Thread: What are you working on?
Post: RE: What are you working on?
Installing crux again. Hit a roadblock because I can't seem to get any of realtek ethernet drivers in the kernel to work on my board on 4.9. Think I am gonna have to try and install an older kernel to...
 Wildefyr Programming On Unix 414 304,971 12-01-2017, 10:01 AM
  Thread: What distribution would you fork?
Post: RE: What distribution would you fork?
(10-01-2017, 07:20 AM)z3bra Wrote: I'd fork crux, for the simplicity of it's base system/service handling and port syntax. I'd use either apk from alpine, or my own pack manager when it will be read...
 Wildefyr GNU/Linux 14 16,435 12-01-2017, 10:00 AM
  Thread: What phone are you using?
Post: RE: What phone are you using?
still on my nexus 5. still perfect coming up to 3 years in april. only thing wrong with it is a dead pixel that is barely noticeable in lowlight conditions
 Wildefyr Hardware talk 48 40,874 12-01-2017, 09:58 AM
  Thread: A Curated Newsletter
Post: RE: A Curated Newsletter
very. cool. hope to get my crux system up soon and working on stuff.
 Wildefyr Community & Forums Related Discussions 41 34,758 12-01-2017, 09:49 AM
  Thread: IRC
Post: RE: IRC
(03-01-2017, 07:26 PM)xero Wrote: *ATTENTION!* SSL IS NOW REQUIRED FOR UNIX.CHAT! USE PORT 6697 darn you for making me log into these forums again !!11!
 Wildefyr Community & Forums Related Discussions 81 82,012 12-01-2017, 09:39 AM
  Thread: Your Music Collection
Post: RE: Your Music Collection
(15-12-2016, 10:09 AM)hayden Wrote: (24-07-2015, 05:48 PM)Houseoftea Wrote: Question: do you guys care about audio quality, lossless and all that? Yeah, I do. I rip to FLAC. Even though it takes u...
 Wildefyr Off topic 43 45,952 12-01-2017, 09:34 AM
  Thread: Using different editors for configuration and actual development...
Post: RE: Using different editors for configuration and ...
(05-01-2017, 01:07 PM)venam Wrote: For almost everything I use vim. But vim sucks at clipboard handling even with a wrapper/plugin. Sometimes for copying big chunks of text I use another editor, gea...
 Wildefyr Programming On Unix 32 28,362 12-01-2017, 09:26 AM
  Thread: Mechanical Love
Post: RE: Mechanical Love
Poker 3 with Reds: 1 2
 Wildefyr Hardware talk 67 57,457 11-09-2016, 01:40 PM
  Thread: fro is tilted
Post: RE: fro is tilted
Complaining about misuse of power when you're on a private network that is being provided for free to you is pretty damn rich. I agree further crackdown on /g/ type antics is needed.
 Wildefyr Community & Forums Related Discussions 15 11,155 31-07-2016, 08:38 AM
  Thread: Your key to the best workflow in 2 sentences
Post: RE: Your key to the best workflow in 2 sentences
Less is more. Simplicity above elegance.
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 9 11,658 29-07-2016, 02:22 PM
  Thread: Hi nixers
Post: RE: Hi nixers
(20-06-2016, 02:22 PM)xero Wrote: Quote:welcome to nixers
 Wildefyr 11 9,032 23-06-2016, 04:08 PM
  Thread: New user here, looking forward
Post: RE: New user here, looking forward
(30-05-2016, 01:22 PM)z3bra Wrote: FIrst! Welcome here, and have a nice stay! Why are you planning to ditch debian for arch? I too would be interested in the answer to this question :D
 Wildefyr 11 8,117 03-06-2016, 12:57 PM
  Thread: CRUX or Gentoo?
Post: RE: CRUX or Gentoo?
(02-06-2016, 03:47 AM)stephant Wrote: Crux, more simple and easiest package management, but I'dont like this use the latest packages (seems like Arch, and also rolling distro). I don't need the fres...
 Wildefyr GNU/Linux 32 41,684 03-06-2016, 12:56 PM
  Thread: You worst moment on a Unix system
Post: RE: You worst moment on a Unix system
I've managed to remove my music directory several times while organising it, thankfully I keep backups. Also for some reason, I'm having terrible luck with crux's init system. 3 times it refuses to b...
 Wildefyr Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 22 16,593 23-05-2016, 10:57 AM
  Thread: Pretty new here
Post: RE: Pretty new here
hullo there! and also, the complimentary: (13-05-2016, 01:39 PM)xero Wrote: #7 [Image: https://nixers.net/uploads/avatars/avata...1403794704]xero ║▌║█║║▌║█║▌│║ Quote:...
 Wildefyr 11 8,055 23-05-2016, 10:51 AM
  Thread: new member
Post: RE: new member
(05-05-2016, 11:03 AM)xero Wrote: Quote:welcome to nixers
 Wildefyr 9 7,077 05-05-2016, 06:34 PM
  Thread: What font are you using now?
Post: RE: What font are you using now?
About 4 feet. My monitor is a 24" 1080p, so it has lower ppi.
 Wildefyr Desktop Customization & Workflow 113 99,857 26-04-2016, 11:55 PM