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  Thread: Atomic Distros
Post: Atomic Distros
Hey, does anyone here have strong opinions or real experience with atomic distributions, like Fedora Silverblue? I am considering it for a professional laptop, where I want to avoid components breaki...
 pkal GNU/Linux 4 4,012 18-09-2025, 07:05 AM
  Thread: How do I Ubuntu ?
Post: RE: How do I Ubuntu ?
So then statically compile all you need, bring it along on a USB stick and store it in a local bin directory, or is that not allowed? What specifically are you not used to?
 pkal GNU/Linux 13 20,413 22-08-2021, 01:27 PM
  Thread: How do I Ubuntu ?
Post: RE: How do I Ubuntu ?
I don't get what the issue is, why not just work in the default terminal?
 pkal GNU/Linux 13 20,413 19-08-2021, 07:13 PM
  Thread: What are you working on?
Post: RE: What are you working on?
(07-08-2021, 06:04 PM)seninha Wrote: (07-08-2021, 11:53 AM)zge Wrote: I just finished cleaning up a IRC library I wrote for (GNU) AWK a few years ago, and published it here: https://git.sr.ht/~pka...
 pkal Programming On Unix 419 777,865 19-08-2021, 07:11 PM
  Thread: What are you working on?
Post: RE: What are you working on?
I just finished cleaning up a IRC library I wrote for (GNU) AWK a few years ago, and published it here: https://git.sr.ht/~pkal/irc.awk Would be interested in seeing what others here think of it.
 pkal Programming On Unix 419 777,865 07-08-2021, 11:53 AM
  Thread: Nixers Book Club - Book #2: The UNIX-HATERS Handbook
Post: RE: Nixers Book Club - Book #2: The UNIX-HATERS Ha...
(09-02-2021, 12:14 PM)vain Wrote: (how … how is that fun?) I guess this is the sort of thing you either get or don't. But in the case of UHH, I think it's safe to say that they are complaining becau...
 pkal Community & Forums Related Discussions 24 47,328 10-02-2021, 02:39 PM
  Thread: Are you a member of any ~tilde's
Post: RE: Are you a member of any ~tilde's
I kind of have one, at my university (as jkl mentioned), but sadly I appear to be the only one who uses it as a tilde, and not just cloud storage. But I too have my own VPS, and as far as I know, I g...
 pkal Community & Forums Related Discussions 19 29,111 24-11-2020, 07:30 AM
  Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
(20-11-2020, 10:33 AM)s0kx Wrote: I guess it's time for a new screenshot from me as well. Please enjoy: [Image: https://envs.sh/01.png] What's that link?
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 1,756 3,924,761 20-11-2020, 06:06 PM
  Thread: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
Post: RE: The Guess What I'm Talking About Game
(13-11-2020, 05:36 PM)phillbush Wrote: You could use cat -v, but that's considered harmful This line confused me, how did that help?
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 173 354,305 15-11-2020, 05:58 PM
  Thread: You worst moment on a Unix system
Post: RE: You worst moment on a Unix system
(13-11-2020, 05:31 PM)vain Wrote: Was that a figure of speech or did you really start this young? No, I started browsing the web somewhere between 2001 and 2003, and I distinctly remember gathering ...
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 22 42,886 13-11-2020, 05:43 PM
  Thread: You worst moment on a Unix system
Post: RE: You worst moment on a Unix system
I think it's pretty obviously when I dd'd an ISO over my old Window partition, and lost my bookmark collection I had started when I was 4 years old.
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 22 42,886 13-11-2020, 03:24 PM
  Thread: File extensions
Post: RE: File extensions
The problem is that the Unix filesystem doesn't embed file-types (or miscellaneous file attributes), creating the need for stuff like magic bytes or file extentions. I'd imagine it would be better if ...
 pkal Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 17 24,833 12-11-2020, 04:36 PM
  Thread: A simple licensing question.
Post: RE: A simple licensing question.
(28-10-2020, 08:32 AM)stratex Wrote: In many countries you can't give away something to public domain while you are still alive, and even if you could, there are ways to restore your ownership/copyr...
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 28 70,709 28-10-2020, 06:35 PM
  Thread: Logos and Artworks in the Unix World
Post: RE: Logos and Artworks in the Unix World
(27-10-2020, 02:49 PM)phillbush Wrote: I'm still looking for a high-res version of this poster for me to print. There was a Thread on Reddit a few months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments...
 pkal Unix Related Arts & Image Manipulation Software 30 79,623 27-10-2020, 08:02 PM
  Thread: Unix memes
Post: RE: Unix memes
(21-10-2020, 09:53 AM)venam Wrote: [Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ek2RrfaXYAE_...name=small] There are plently of people who ventured further and found vi, ed, acme and sam. Some even Emacs!
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 25 49,972 21-10-2020, 11:10 AM
  Thread: twtxt
Post: RE: twtxt
(08-10-2020, 07:13 PM)prologic Wrote: (08-10-2020, 07:01 PM)jkl Wrote: (08-10-2020, 06:11 PM)prologic Wrote: it should not be limited to just "Hackers" See, here's the interesting issue: Why not...
 pkal Community & Forums Related Discussions 51 87,963 16-10-2020, 12:27 PM
  Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
(01-10-2020, 05:56 PM)nuaNce Wrote: Padding is nice. [image](http://0x0.st/iUF_.png) I wonder, do you actually use this in your day-to-day life? I tried playing with 4+ pixel margins on terminals a...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 1,756 3,924,761 07-10-2020, 06:11 PM
  Thread: Emulating/Looking-like a WM Webpage
Post: RE: Emulating/Looking-like a WM Webpage
(06-07-2020, 06:29 AM)z3bra Wrote: There is also https://poolside.fm which has a boot sequence, and serves some pretty cool playlists ! Though if you're only opening it for the playlists, it might j...
 pkal The WWW 27 54,841 07-10-2020, 06:08 PM
  Thread: The Gemini protocol
Post: RE: The Gemini protocol
(05-08-2020, 02:29 PM)bouncepaw Wrote: No images. That's a pity, non-inline images can be quite useful, even if they aren't automatically loaded. The limitation was added for TUI/CLI people...
 pkal The WWW 17 34,549 07-08-2020, 08:52 AM
  Thread: Unix screen-shots thread!
Post: RE: Unix screen-shots thread!
(31-07-2020, 07:42 PM)opFez Wrote: Actually, I set up Emacs with evil today and found https://github.com/mtreca/emacs-theme-sorcery. It's pretty great. The best dark Theme in my experience is the RG...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 1,756 3,924,761 01-08-2020, 06:46 AM
  Thread: Hobbies
Post: RE: Hobbies
(30-07-2020, 07:00 PM)twee Wrote: I've also been trying to get into Go. I'm still at the stage where I lose every match in embarassing ways though. I can relate to that. Are you on online-go.com/sim...
 pkal Off topic 39 70,039 31-07-2020, 03:03 PM
  Thread: Hobbies
Post: RE: Hobbies
I like going on bike tours, reading on my Ebook, and did a lot of Bowling before Corona with a few friends of mine. Recently I've been getting into Go (the board game), but I'm still a beginner. And ...
 pkal Off topic 39 70,039 30-07-2020, 10:01 AM
  Thread: Hi everyone o/
Post: RE: Hi everyone o/
(14-07-2020, 07:28 PM)ConalKeller Wrote: Hello everyone! I find it unnecessary to create a new topic just to introduce myself so I take advantage of this one to say Hello! :D There's nothing wrong ...
 pkal 5 10,272 16-07-2020, 07:25 AM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
(21-06-2020, 12:21 PM)phillbush Wrote: (18-06-2020, 04:15 PM)zge Wrote: On the topic of shells, does anyone know how to get ksh's "horizontal line scrolling" feature in bash? That's really the onl...
 pkal BSD 116 223,158 08-07-2020, 08:16 AM
  Thread: Carte blanche
Post: RE: Carte blanche
(03-07-2020, 07:13 PM)ckester Wrote: What GitHub alternatives, if any, do you guys recommend (and could they use some money)? Well one popular alternative is sourcehut (at least in our circles), and...
 pkal Off topic 28 48,914 04-07-2020, 08:20 AM
  Thread: What shell do you guys use?
Post: RE: What shell do you guys use?
On the topic of shells, does anyone know how to get ksh's "horizontal line scrolling" feature in bash? That's really the only thing (except maybe for the cleanness of ksh) that I notice and prefer ove...
 pkal BSD 116 223,158 18-06-2020, 04:15 PM
  Thread: Carte blanche
Post: RE: Carte blanche
(09-06-2020, 09:55 AM)jkl Wrote: When it comes to Emacs development, the FSF is a problem, not the solution. There are reasons why many people have stopped trying to contribute to GNU Emacs. The cop...
 pkal Off topic 28 48,914 15-06-2020, 04:54 AM
  Thread: Carte blanche
Post: RE: Carte blanche
Sending it to hardware manufacturers to get out of their bondage with Microsoft could be a good idea. More free software drivers and less spyware would make purchasing new hardware easer (and hopefull...
 pkal Off topic 28 48,914 09-06-2020, 09:44 AM
  Thread: display managers
Post: RE: display managers
Usually the preinstalled DM (for me lightdm), but if I configure a system from scratch I just pick xdm.
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 13 22,099 05-06-2020, 06:19 PM
  Thread: Workflow Compilation 2020 [finished]
Post: RE: Workflow Compilation 2020 [ongoing]
Here's my submission: https://diode.zone/videos/watch/f8b1f5ec...ef2b9f8ceb -- representing the Emacs Gang! A new notes: - For some reason the recording was sped-up, so it seems like I'm a fast, even...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 66 128,783 22-05-2020, 06:30 AM
  Thread: GUI pipes
Post: RE: GUI pipes
(20-01-2020, 10:34 AM)jkl Wrote: Basically, that's how Plan 9 works: Piping into GUIs by exposing GUI elements as filesystems. Are you sure? I've played around with Plan 9 a few times, but didn't se...
 pkal Psychology, Philosophy, and Licenses 20 40,373 24-01-2020, 05:43 AM
  Thread: Favorite Terminal Applications
Post: RE: Favorite Terminal Applications
(27-12-2019, 12:07 PM)gmk Wrote: (05-11-2015, 05:22 PM)October Wrote: screenshot: emacs Is this really possible/Has someone done this? (I'm a vim guy so sorry for my ignorance) Sure, why not. Ther...
 pkal BSD 115 215,091 30-12-2019, 06:00 PM
  Thread: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
Post: RE: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
(12-09-2019, 07:28 PM)z3bra Wrote: I like the idea! and you're certainly not the first one to think about it. The best example I can find is the linux kernel itself that can be tweaked dynamically f...
 pkal Programming On Unix 9 20,287 13-09-2019, 05:38 AM
  Thread: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
Post: RE: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
(11-09-2019, 10:53 PM)budRich Wrote: Good luck sorting out the dotfiles standards on linux. Many projects doesn't even respect XDG_CONFIG_HOME. Oh, I'm not even trying, but on that note, I was shown...
 pkal Programming On Unix 9 20,287 12-09-2019, 03:54 AM
  Thread: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
Post: Using Directories as Configuration Fomats
I've recently wrote about the subject here, but I wanted to ask this community specifically if there were any thoughts about this. To recap, I think there's a value in using the directory hierarchy as...
 pkal Programming On Unix 9 20,287 11-09-2019, 01:19 PM
  Thread: What software have you made to improve your workflow or rice?
Post: RE: What software have you made to improve your wo...
Thanks, but shouldn't the regex be have a ^ and a $? If I'm not mistaken, your bloking anyone who has "jkl" as a substring. ^^ Also, not sure how clever it is to use googleapis...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 26 49,273 11-09-2019, 07:05 AM
  Thread: What software have you made to improve your workflow or rice?
Post: RE: What software have you made to improve your wo...
Usually I fix my workflow with Elisp, which works well, but when I need something to work system wide I tend to fall back onto C or shell scripts. The most recent example is probably mkskel, that I us...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 26 49,273 27-08-2019, 06:46 AM
  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 ...
If you've been working on it for more than a week, then you've probably already taken a break. Usually that helps, but otherwise I like 1. trying to explain the issue (both the problem I'm solving as ...
 pkal Off topic 10 22,325 29-07-2019, 12:31 PM
  Thread: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Post: RE: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
(22-07-2019, 06:00 PM)jkl Wrote: The one big feature missing in Markdown is a way to add CSS classes to specific paragraphs though. Still blogging in HTML. I wonder what will replace it one day. Wha...
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 163 304,681 23-07-2019, 10:01 AM
  Thread: Really Weird Shell - the structural regular expression shell
Post: RE: Really Weird Shell - the structural regular ex...
(12-05-2019, 11:32 AM)z3bra Wrote: I disagree with that. The shell's job is to handle IPC, and that's it. Text processing is done by the processes themselves, the shell only connects outputs to the ...
 pkal Programming On Unix 12 24,146 18-05-2019, 01:12 PM
  Thread: To reboot or not to reboot
Post: RE: To reboot or not to reboot
(18-04-2019, 09:14 AM)z3bra Wrote: I shutdown my dekstop everyday to save polar bears, and turn it back on in the morning when I use it. Now I'm not an expert when it comes to energy usage, but if y...
 pkal Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 14 28,642 18-04-2019, 01:32 PM
  Thread: To reboot or not to reboot
Post: RE: To reboot or not to reboot
I usually don't ever reboot my machines, except if I accidentality hit the power button, and it turns of.
 pkal Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 14 28,642 18-04-2019, 04:42 AM
  Thread: Network Managers
Post: RE: Network Managers
I used to be a fan of wpa_supplicant, when I used void, but since switching back to Debian, NetworkManager has been quite sufficient. If I had a proper desktop computer, I might reconsider my choices,...
 pkal Servers Administration, Networking, & Virtualization 13 25,693 17-04-2019, 10:18 AM
  Thread: Simple encryption software
Post: RE: Simple encryption software
(05-04-2019, 09:00 AM)z3bra Wrote: but I want to drop usage of asymmetric keys and use only a master password instead (ie. symmetric encryption), so all I need to do to unlock my password store is a...
 pkal Security & Cryptography 31 58,809 12-04-2019, 12:19 PM
  Thread: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
Post: RE: Your Latest Workflow Improvement
(05-04-2019, 02:24 PM)z3bra Wrote: Maybe but I run a linux machine, not an emacs one ;) Whoever doesn't use Emacs, is doomed to reinvent it ;^)
 pkal Desktop Customization & Workflow 163 304,681 12-04-2019, 02:08 AM