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  Thread: Historical GUI Websites
Post: RE: Historical GUI Websites
Just some screenshots, but maybe interesting: http://www.typewritten.org/Media/ (Also, a HN thread here.)
 dionys Desktop Customization & Workflow 4 4,385 05-06-2023, 09:11 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
gnu things --> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Here's a little one that's worth a look: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/3wtrFvW2/scrot-02-1...-24-43.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 02-10-2022, 12:35 PM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
target acquired --> https://pgp.mit.edu/ another go: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/jdQ5kGCB/scrot-22-0...-31-04.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 22-09-2022, 12:37 PM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
I wonder why that horse mask image is so popular? Anyway, great site for getting to grips with IRC: https://ircdocs.horse/ Now for a horse of a different color ... [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/rwTKS...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 22-09-2022, 06:31 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
https://bs.mobisoftinfotech.com/about/ Another (pas difficile, mais un bel outil): [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/FzKBFj4w/scrot.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 12-08-2022, 06:46 AM
  Thread: Keyboard input redirection in X?
Post: RE: Keyboard input redirection in X?
So apparently the "Compose" key in xorg is ⇧ Shift + AltGr (while pressing AltGr before ⇧ Shift is the "fourth keyboard level modifier", a different key). Also: https://github.com/rrthomas/pointless...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 4,813 29-01-2022, 07:11 PM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
https://soylentnews.org/ and a new one: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/SRyKh9wk/Untitled.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 11-11-2021, 01:11 PM
  Thread: Your top 10 commands
Post: RE: Your top 10 commands
Top Ten: sudo - nearly a third of the history vim - main editor, also used to view files when I want highlighting or folding apt-cache - searches for packages, or checking dependencies ls - alias ...
 dionys Desktop Customization & Workflow 18 7,407 15-10-2021, 08:13 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
(30-09-2021, 01:53 AM)pfr Wrote: Might need a clue on this one. I've been trying to figure it out and my google-fu skills aren't turning anything up either. Clue: AGL ... it's a linux foundation pr...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 30-09-2021, 03:55 AM
  Thread: Command-line interface on GUI programs.
Post: RE: Command-line interface on GUI programs.
(24-06-2021, 08:12 PM)phillbush Wrote: The standard input and output have no use on most GUI applications. What do you think of a command-line interface (CLI) for GUI applications? Are CLI and GUI u...
 dionys Programming On Unix 4 1,986 30-06-2021, 06:21 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
The TTY demystified [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/MZVn4FSj/Untitled.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 04-06-2021, 08:53 AM
  Thread: Root user rc files
Post: RE: Root user rc files
(24-11-2020, 06:17 AM)z3bra Wrote: Other than that, I never connect as root. How about something to propagate X11 credentials to root? Maybe for remoting to a box and running something via sudo that...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 3,292 28-05-2021, 09:46 AM
  Thread: Keyboard input redirection in X?
Post: RE: Keyboard input redirection in X?
Nice discussion of keyboard input here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions...utput-work Good details and some history on Meta key input from Thomas Dickey: https://unix.stackexchange.com/ques...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 4,813 28-04-2021, 04:50 AM
  Thread: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
Post: RE: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
(24-11-2020, 10:11 AM)s0kx Wrote: I've been hearing some positive comments about http://www.netsurf-browser.org/.Cool project, I played around with it a little, good impressions ... I need to look i...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 9 3,995 26-11-2020, 06:31 AM
  Thread: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
Post: RE: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
There are some older threads on browsers: 2016 -- https://nixers.net/Thread-Best-web-browser 2014 -- https://nixers.net/Thread-Qt-web-browser 2013 -- https://nixers.net/Thread-Browser-screen-shots-th...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 9 3,995 24-11-2020, 09:51 AM
  Thread: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
Post: Browser options for limited mem/cpu resources?
Which web browser gives the best compromise for a functional browser that doesn't consume all the memory and compute capacity on a modest laptop? What do you run and how satisfied are you with the se...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 9 3,995 24-11-2020, 09:46 AM
  Thread: Root user rc files
Post: RE: Root user rc files
I remember reading a blog somewhere where the guy advocated the opposite (i.e. tossing out the security model and running everything as root). Pretty sure it was this guy --> garyshood. From his t...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 3,292 24-11-2020, 05:22 AM
  Thread: Root user rc files
Post: RE: Root user rc files
One idea, discussed in a medium post here: Auto-comment history using PROMPT_COMMAND to avoid accidental execution of stored commands.
dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 3,292 23-11-2020, 04:55 PM
  Thread: Root user rc files
Post: Root user rc files
By convention, the root account is for minimal necessary admin and shouldn't be used for work that can be done as a normal user. Some distros even disable root login by default in an attempt to hide p...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 3,292 23-11-2020, 09:53 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
I miss the 'zine aesthetics. Cool site: https://n-o-d-e.net/zine Next: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/Z5hCXDs4/screenshot.jpg]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 23-11-2020, 06:45 AM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
Looks like it's here: http://txti.es under 'show more options'. Next: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/sD4q5nq1/screenshot.jpg]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 22-11-2020, 08:28 AM
  Thread: Nixers Book Club - Book #1: The UNIX Programming Environment
Post: RE: Nixers Book Club - Book #1: The UNIX Programmi...
Nice book, and very approachable. The little details covered in the first two chapters are still pretty relevant (and fun to play with). The hints at principles underlying the system design choices ar...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 44 17,495 21-11-2020, 12:39 PM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
Fork bomb, fun stuff: https://explainshell.com Next: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/K8P91LK7/screenshot.png]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 20-11-2020, 09:24 PM
  Thread: Web Tag
Post: RE: Web Tag
Nice one, s0kx --> https://wiby.me/submit/ Next: [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/Jzd3Wmwj/screenshot.jpg]
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 91 30,467 19-11-2020, 08:31 AM
  Thread: /etc/motd
Post: RE: /etc/motd
'/etc/motd': No such file or directory '/etc/init.d/motd': No such file or directory I have a shell script in /etc/update-motd.d/ that runs 'uname -snrvm' I'd like to have something with a little pe...
 dionys Desktop Customization & Workflow 8 3,929 19-11-2020, 07:54 AM
  Thread: Keyboard input redirection in X?
Post: RE: Keyboard input redirection in X?
(17-11-2020, 04:31 PM)vain Wrote: Are you assuming that key events are filtered at runtime by the program that remaps them?I don't think so, at least not in most cases. But maybe it's better to be c...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 4,813 18-11-2020, 11:13 AM
  Thread: Keyboard input redirection in X?
Post: Keyboard input redirection in X?
*Which app will capture my input?* Various protocols are available under X to remap keys and alter response to key input (alt, ctrl, meta, et al.). Is there a clear way to understand what takes preced...
 dionys Community & Forums Related Discussions 7 4,813 17-11-2020, 11:16 AM