@gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@jloc0 @thesaigoneer What? No! My slackbuilds exist because I don't want to reinvent things constantly. They store the knowledge of how to build that package so I don't have to remember it. This is why mine are as automated as possible, most will pull the code, find the version alone. Then on top I have a meta-script I run every day that will automatically build and upgrade all installed packages. Think once, run many.

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gwh @gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

Unplugged the Cubietruck which marks the end of its second life. First as my SlackwareARM home server then just holding the network together running Pi-Hole on top of Armbian for DHCP and DNS. Now 4 ThinkCentre Tiny hold the fort, 3 Slackware-current and a lone Alpine (Pi-Hole is picky.)

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gwh @gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 10mo ago

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@felix both of those advantages seem to assume familiarity with vi. As a non-vi user (I can barely insert a character and save and quit if I have to) none of this seem valid to me.

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gwh @gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 10mo ago

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@syllopsium @jb @felix I'm 46, I can count on 1 hand how many times I've needed to edit a file and only had vi to do it. Maybe down to a single finger, and even then I could have found another solution. That argument (which every mention of vi brings up) is too what-if to have value. It's no excuse. Why can't vi users just say they like vi and that's it?

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gwh @gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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I say that and then of course look again for a decent swaybar alternative and stumble upon vibepanel which does look nice and survives laptop suspend. Maybe mango{WC,wm,} could happen after all. I still miss dynamic tiling...

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gwh @gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

Unplugged the Cubietruck which marks the end of its second life. First as my SlackwareARM home server then just holding the network together running Pi-Hole on top of Armbian for DHCP and DNS. Now 4 ThinkCentre Tiny hold the fort, 3 Slackware-current and a lone Alpine (Pi-Hole is picky.)

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