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  Thread: Scripts to be "quick and efficient"
Post: RE: Scripts to be "quick and efficient"
i became too attached to my customizations for them to be worth it as i distrohop more than i would like to admit. so i gave up on customizations because it takes too much to reconfigure or restore co...
 robotchaos Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 30 29,510 10-09-2018, 08:04 PM
  Thread: Been a while
Post: Been a while
Been a while since I've been around, did I miss anything significant?
 robotchaos Off topic 5 6,275 07-09-2018, 08:57 PM
  Thread: Help with segfault
Post: RE: Help with segfault
It compiled and still segfaults. I'm going to assume my machine is missing something somehow. I installed the `build-essential` meta-package as well as some extras. If I can't get it to work on Debian...
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 8 6,986 28-07-2017, 06:39 PM
  Thread: Help with segfault
Post: RE: Help with segfault
Code:$ strace ./ex16 execve("./ex16", ["./ex16"], [/* 42 vars */]) = 0 brk(NULL)                   &n...
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 8 6,986 28-07-2017, 05:00 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
Thanks for setting me straight on that. I thought that was the basic idea, but never collaborated with anyone, so was unsure.
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 28-07-2017, 04:36 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
That's a fair point. I wouldn't need the repo forever. I will keep my learning projects local and if they are ever ready to publish, then I will do so. No harm in this. I mean I've used git privately...
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 28-07-2017, 02:12 PM
  Thread: Help with segfault
Post: RE: Help with segfault
i wasn't under the impression a NULL pointer was being passed... how do i provide a full trace?
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 8 6,986 28-07-2017, 01:02 PM
  Thread: What font are you using now?
Post: RE: What font are you using now?
For terminal, I'm using inconsolata. For UI, I am partial to Intel's Clear font family.
 robotchaos Desktop Customization & Workflow 113 100,305 28-07-2017, 01:00 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
Can I put up my code I'm learning with? I know it wouldn't be fun for you guys to go through, but a place for me to store it and get familiar with git. Trying to be like you guys
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 28-07-2017, 12:59 PM
  Thread: Help with segfault
Post: Help with segfault
So I'm barely getting into C and wanted to start with something that goes step by step, fairly recent, and then going to run through K&R2. Chose Zed A. Shaw's Learn C the Hard Way. Exercise 16 ran...
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 8 6,986 27-07-2017, 06:57 PM
  Thread: Nixers Self Assessment
Post: RE: Nixers Self Assessment
can i get the assessment through PM venam?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 22 20,594 27-07-2017, 06:15 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
thanks for volunteering z3bra! let us know once it's up. i would love to start using it.
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 18-07-2017, 01:56 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
so git.2f30.org is actually running stagit?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 18-07-2017, 12:38 AM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
i love 2f30. i was thinking along the lines of git.2f30.org in fact. any examples of stagit in use?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 17-07-2017, 12:03 AM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: RE: nixers community git
i like gogs and cgit. any preferences?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 16-07-2017, 04:41 PM
  Thread: nixers community git
Post: nixers community git
there any plans for a nixers community git? code review, mentoring, collaboration, etc?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 86 91,759 13-07-2017, 08:19 PM
  Thread: What are you working on?
Post: RE: What are you working on?
nice work jkl. me, i'm barely strapping on my c-legs, having a great time
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 414 305,662 13-07-2017, 05:30 PM
  Thread: This incident will be reported
Post: RE: This incident will be reported
https://xkcd.com/838/
 robotchaos Security & Cryptography 5 7,295 13-07-2017, 05:24 PM
  Thread: utmp
Post: RE: utmp
Well I am running solus right now, but I am trying to get st to open /usr/bin/rc as the shell without changing any variables, so I thought I might be able to use utmp to make st's default shell /usr/b...
 robotchaos GNU/Linux 2 3,911 15-06-2017, 05:18 PM
  Thread: What do your usernames mean?
Post: RE: What do your usernames mean?
my initials are rc so i chose to go with words representing that. robots are cool, my mind is chaotic
 robotchaos 72 57,128 13-06-2017, 01:02 PM
  Thread: Tox
Post: RE: Tox
Telegram is pretty good too. my friends and I were trying to use tox, but offline communication was too much of a hassle so we switched to Telegram. the stickers are a huge bonus
 robotchaos Security & Cryptography 9 10,242 12-05-2017, 12:32 PM
  Thread: Terminals
Post: RE: Terminals
I thought this was a wonderful episode! Learned so much about the history of terminals and of ctrl codes. Very well put together. I also agree with you and try to keep things vanilla to aid in familia...
 robotchaos Old school stuff 9 18,844 26-04-2017, 12:39 PM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
yeah you can learn a lot reading readline(3)
 robotchaos BSD 114 76,092 25-04-2017, 03:34 PM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
@venam, i did for the same exact reason. i also use the default emacs mode. i tend to spend a lot of time on a lot of different servers, and the default is emacs mode on every single one of them. so i...
 robotchaos BSD 114 76,092 25-04-2017, 12:59 PM
  Thread: Favorite Terminal Applications
Post: RE: Favorite Terminal Applications
music: moc video: - music/video streamer: - file manager: vifm irc client: sic terminal emulator: st system monitor: top text editor: vim screenshot: scrot torrent client: - image viewer: sxiv mail cl...
 robotchaos BSD 115 88,728 24-04-2017, 02:44 PM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
any readline-linked shell can have vim mode. just use the CTRL-ALT-j key to enter vim mode from bash or rc and voila, vim mode. Also in bash, 'set -o vi' will take you into vim mode. while in vim comm...
 robotchaos BSD 114 76,092 24-04-2017, 02:33 PM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
rc, i love its syntax and it is my initials
 robotchaos BSD 114 76,092 23-04-2017, 05:49 PM
  Thread: Nixers Default Theme
Post: RE: Nixers Default Theme
great idea, can we implement on the light/nixers themes?
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 45 34,647 20-04-2017, 03:27 PM
  Thread: What are you working on?
Post: RE: What are you working on?
@jvarg, you could also look at using the nix package manager. that will allow you to have those libs and such installed separately from the system, even having different versions installed. http://ni...
 robotchaos Programming On Unix 414 305,662 20-04-2017, 03:25 PM
  Thread: utmp
Post: utmp
anyone using the suckless 'utmp'? i'm having difficulties figuring out how to use it...
 robotchaos GNU/Linux 2 3,911 19-04-2017, 06:28 PM
  Thread: UNIX Diary
Post: RE: UNIX Diary
Dear UNIX Diary, Just like the venerable evbo before me, I too have concluded my journey with FreeBSD, at least as a daily driver. I have recently been enjoying the freedom that the 'nix' package man...
 robotchaos Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 188 178,876 18-04-2017, 03:43 PM
  Thread: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
Post: RE: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
bravo tudurom! good puzzles venam. keep em coming, perhaps i will try to devise one
 robotchaos Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 173 138,236 18-04-2017, 03:39 PM
  Thread: Feedback & Help For The Podcasts
Post: RE: Feedback & Help For The Podcasts
venam, if you need help, i would love to contribute back to our little community. i'm not entirely sure what i could do, but i thought a good place to start would be to offer some assistance. i have ...
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 12,925 18-04-2017, 03:37 PM
  Thread: IRC
Post: RE: IRC
yeah, so looks like i will just stick with rchaos on the forums
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 81 82,138 18-04-2017, 03:34 PM
  Thread: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
Post: RE: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
Quote:venam Wrote: Without me everything you create is under your own private group. After invoking me, creating anything isn't the same. maybe chmod g+s ?
 robotchaos Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 173 138,236 17-04-2017, 03:38 PM
  Thread: spammers
Post: RE: spammers
good to know. thanks for letting me know. i thought the board was really hopping when i was checking, i happened to be checking exactly as they were posting
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 5 4,945 16-04-2017, 10:40 PM
  Thread: spammers
Post: RE: spammers
right on. i really wanted to ban the guy
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 5 4,945 16-04-2017, 01:48 PM
  Thread: spammers
Post: spammers
go away. you are not welcome here.
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 5 4,945 16-04-2017, 03:00 AM
  Thread: Ubuntu philosophy
Post: RE: Ubuntu philosophy
well it wouldn't be your's if you didn't get it, but it wouldn't exist without those before
 robotchaos Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 17 17,500 15-04-2017, 12:57 PM
  Thread: Schedule for forums maintenance
Post: RE: Schedule for forums maintenance
must be my browser settings
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 14 9,432 15-04-2017, 12:55 PM
  Thread: Post your website
Post: RE: Post your website
just picked up rchaos.xyz for a buck. might do something with that
 robotchaos The WWW 127 120,123 14-04-2017, 07:32 PM
  Thread: Schedule for forums maintenance
Post: RE: Schedule for forums maintenance
i see you got the quick reply working, i had just found it was missing the thread.js and went to add it got the avatar sizes normalized and trying to remove the blank squares for no-avatar users
 robotchaos Community & Forums Related Discussions 14 9,432 14-04-2017, 07:10 PM
  Thread: Ubuntu philosophy
Post: RE: Ubuntu philosophy
I have had a similar mindset, coining my phrase: alone, we are men; together, we are heroes; as one, we're gods. Simply meaning the more of us that think collectively, the greater the outcome. And I a...
 robotchaos Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 17 17,500 14-04-2017, 05:02 PM
  Thread: FreeBSD on Dell E7250
Post: RE: FreeBSD on Dell E7250
i'm thinking of putting freebsd back on there with zfs + geli. any experience with geli?
 robotchaos BSD 3 4,714 14-04-2017, 02:24 PM
  Thread: Post your website
Post: RE: Post your website
i would blog if i had anything interesting to say or contribute. salem, OR evbo? i am mighty interested in moving there, i love the landscape
 robotchaos The WWW 127 120,123 14-04-2017, 12:30 PM