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Thread: RSS feeds
Post: RE: RSS feeds
| Love them, will use them whenever possible as an alternative to following people on YouTube/Twitter/podcasting platforms. Newsboat (and the built-in podboat) are terminal-based and easy to use once yo... |
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The WWW
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24-06-2020, 07:00 PM |
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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 ...
| Going on a walk is good. Also, scotch. |
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Saos |
Off topic
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13-08-2019, 10:56 PM |
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Thread: What's your favorite book?
Post: RE: What's your favorite book?
| +1 for Automate the Boring Stuff.
Technical: The C Programming Language. Doesn't get better than that.
Non-technical: The Count of Monte Cristo. |
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Saos |
Off topic
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29-06-2019, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Post: RE: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
| Simply put, tmux. I don't know why it took me so long to try out. Now having so many dwm tags seems pointless. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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29-06-2019, 01:43 PM |
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Thread: Hello
Post: RE: Hello
| I owe a lot of what I know about computing to this forum, honestly. I probably would have never heard of BSD had it not been for the people here who were on HF back in the day (Mafia, Amzo, Beastie, e... |
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24-06-2019, 10:11 AM |
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Thread: Hello
Post: RE: Hello
| Ah, I remember unixhub. I'm also revisiting, seeing some old faces. |
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Saos |
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24-06-2019, 09:59 AM |
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Thread: Learning to program
Post: RE: Learning to program
| (20-06-2014, 03:12 AM)yrmt Wrote: Read books and or take a computer science course.
In other words, read books. None of my intro CS classes did anything for me. |
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Saos |
Programming On Unix
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20-06-2014, 09:12 AM |
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Thread: Show us your first scrots!
Post: RE: Show us your first scrots!
| (19-06-2014, 01:03 PM)jmbi Wrote: If I remember correctly he actually decided to become mildly schizophrenic, he made an imaginary friend and took it pretty seriously for awhile while he worked on A... |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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19-06-2014, 03:06 PM |
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Thread: Show us your first scrots!
Post: RE: Show us your first scrots!
| (19-06-2014, 02:00 AM)venam Wrote: Amzo always used to talk to himself on IRC.
Ramblings of a mad genius. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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19-06-2014, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Show us your first scrots!
Post: RE: Show us your first scrots!
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That's really not a bad way of doing things. Saves time I bet. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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18-06-2014, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Show us your first scrots!
Post: RE: Show us your first scrots!
| awesomewm on Arch circa mid-2012. Translucent terminals are cool man.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/OYLmZ5k.jpg] |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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50,498 |
18-06-2014, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: pass the standard unix password manager
Post: RE: pass the standard unix password manager
| This is interesting looking. Thanks for sharing. |
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Saos |
GNU/Linux
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17-06-2014, 11:49 AM |
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Thread: Hello fellow nixers
Post: RE: Hello fellow nixers
| #! is a great place to start. A lot of people actually never switch off of it because they like it so much. |
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16-06-2014, 09:32 PM |
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Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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07-06-2014, 01:17 PM |
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Thread: Raspberry Pi <3
Post: RE: Raspberry Pi <3
| I had no idea that was even a thing. I know what I'm doing this weekend. |
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Saos |
Other Embedded Platforms and Hardware Hacking
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17-05-2014, 12:58 AM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| Sounds like something similar to one of the things I used. It had practice stuff in it. Free online practice tests help a ton because you run into things that you haven't covered yet. Also, have a goo... |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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10-05-2014, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| No practice tests or virtual labs? That's like reading a programming book and expecting to be a developer when you finish. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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10-05-2014, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| Maybe in the far off future. Depends how deep I want to go with it. If CEH doesn't satisfy me, I'll consider it.
For now, I'm probably just going to get as many easy certs as I can for my resume's sak... |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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09-05-2014, 09:29 PM |
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Thread: 2bwm / alt wm on OSX?
Post: RE: 2bwm / alt wm on OSX?
| I'd actually like to know more about this as well, seeing as I may have to buy an MBP in the near future... |
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Saos |
OS X
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09-05-2014, 09:19 PM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| OSCP looks intense as hell. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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08-05-2014, 07:10 PM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| I figured CEH wouldn't be sufficient for much. I'm only going to get it because my job pays for it, just like Sec+. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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06-05-2014, 12:49 PM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| I don't have A+ or Network+. I don't feel like I would need them for anything other than proof of my knowledge on paper. They're considered less advanced than Sec+ so... |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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04-05-2014, 02:07 AM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| It's required for my job, and they pay for it. So that's why I got it initially. I do some sysadmin work. From here I'll probably go for CEH, Linux+, or something in that area. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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27-04-2014, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: RE: Security+
| Thanks! Every question was situational. There were simulations of changing server/firewall configurations, all sorts of attacks, etc. I wasn't able to breeze through like I thought I would be. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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26-04-2014, 10:09 AM |
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Thread: Security+
Post: Security+
| I passed my certification test on Monday and I'm excited.
Just thought I would post about it because I don't think I know anyone else who understands what it is/might care. |
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Saos |
Security & Cryptography
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23-04-2014, 06:12 PM |
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Thread: What Apps?
Post: RE: What Apps?
| (05-04-2014, 05:36 AM)darklight Wrote: I suggest you don't use firefox but chromium instead, firefox has some issues with image rendering on all the BSDs, in the worst cases it freezes the whole Xor... |
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Saos |
BSD
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05-04-2014, 11:44 AM |
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Thread: What Apps?
Post: RE: What Apps?
| If you already plan on using Google Drive for cloud storage, why not just use Docs for word processing? |
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Saos |
BSD
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03-04-2014, 03:49 PM |
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Thread: NIXERS Forums Favicon
Post: RE: NIXERS Forums Favicon
| Feel free to suggest changes.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/RgPkhUY.jpg] - Dark BG, light font
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/NQ5piET.png] - Light BG, dark font
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/VvFNiQE.png] - Tr... |
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Saos |
Unix Related Arts & Image Manipulation Software
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03-04-2014, 12:35 PM |
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Thread: What Apps?
Post: RE: What Apps?
| Everything berk said.
Also, if Vim becomes daunting, check these out: http://vim-adventures.com/ http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html |
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Saos |
BSD
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03-04-2014, 12:24 PM |
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Thread: NIXERS Forums Favicon
Post: RE: NIXERS Forums Favicon
| I was thinking the same thing at first, but I thought it was too close to CrunchBang. |
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Saos |
Unix Related Arts & Image Manipulation Software
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02-04-2014, 11:01 PM |
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Thread: NIXERS Forums Favicon
Post: RE: NIXERS Forums Favicon
| I'll do this when I have a second. Do you have any preferences? |
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Saos |
Unix Related Arts & Image Manipulation Software
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01-04-2014, 01:20 AM |
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Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
| Back to Openbox temporarily.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/kclItvz.png] |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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31-03-2014, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: Do your parents use Nix?
Post: RE: Do your parents use Nix?
| Father uses Windows 7 because he's always used Windows. He also writes massive (and I mean massive) spreadsheets in Excel, so he needs it.
He's actually asked me before if I just use *nix to be edgy.
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Saos |
Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses
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30-03-2014, 04:58 PM |
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Thread: Favorite text editor?
Post: RE: Favorite text editor?
| (30-03-2014, 03:04 PM)Gen Wrote: Hmm, I've only gotten introduced to programming last summer, and since then I've been using sublime text. It's quite wonderful, and has the option to introduce the ... |
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Saos |
BSD
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30-03-2014, 03:16 PM |
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Thread: A **Nixers** Collaborative Distro?
Post: RE: A UnixHub Collaborative Distro?
| I'm really looking forward to this in terms of learning how an OS is really built. I don't know how much I'll be able to contribute in that area, but like I've said before, I did splash screens and lo... |
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Saos |
GNU/Linux
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30-03-2014, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Just wanted to say Hi
Post: RE: Just wanted to say Hi
| Welcome! I actually hadn't ever heard of Manjaro. Arch base is interesting. |
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Saos |
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29-03-2014, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: Where to go from here?
Post: RE: Where to go from here?
| A complete guide would be cool. "Nixers Ricing 101" or something. This would be an awesome starting point.
Even the Arch Wiki doesn't go that far in depth. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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28-03-2014, 09:54 AM |
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Thread: Where to go from here?
Post: RE: Where to go from here?
| (28-03-2014, 08:49 AM)z3bra Wrote: check this out :)
You're a saint. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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28-03-2014, 09:26 AM |
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Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
| Thanks. 2bwm, sorry. Added it. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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27-03-2014, 07:32 PM |
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Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
| Still new to this ricing business. Very sloppy 2bwm.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/PVkRmKX.png] |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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1,739 |
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27-03-2014, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Nixers sourced tiling web browser
Post: RE: Nixers sourced tiling web browser
| I definitely think it's a cool idea. If not that, some sort of plugin for xombrero, which I know several people use since its so light. It makes sense that it could follow the Vim philosophy in splitt... |
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Saos |
Off topic
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27-03-2014, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Nixers sourced tiling web browser
Post: RE: Nixers sourced tiling web browser
| Like this? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...tile-tabs/
Of course this is an addon, not a full-blown browser like you're proposing. |
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Saos |
Off topic
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27-03-2014, 02:02 PM |
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Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
| (10-03-2014, 07:12 AM)Mafia Wrote: [Image: https://paste.xinu.at/f28aJa/]
Shower me with your hate! My purple rains supreme!
Dat composite. |
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Saos |
Desktop Customization & Workflow
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1,739 |
2,083,311 |
10-03-2014, 10:25 PM |
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Thread: Compton Composite on OpenBSD Howto
Post: RE: Compton Composite on OpenBSD Howto
| Nice! Glad you got it working. |
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Saos |
BSD
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05-03-2014, 11:31 AM |
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Thread: OpenBSD and NetBSD kernel fonts and colors.
Post: RE: OpenBSD and NetBSD kernel fonts and colors.
| (04-03-2014, 09:44 PM)cyberpunkz Wrote: yeah i know , i'm toying around with the source, but gah i'm not having a good time here dude.
the thing is xcompmgr would be good if it gave me shadow openb... |
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Saos |
BSD
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05-03-2014, 01:13 AM |