Subj : What's Your Go-to OS for
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Accession
Date : Mon Feb 17 2025 07:18:56

Hey poindexter!

On Mon, Feb 17 2025 05:56:18 -0600, you wrote:

 >> Things like screen or tmux can do the same in a Linux console
 >> (multiple sessions, even multiple sessions windowed on one screen).
 >> Heck, even nano an vi(m) editors have a 'multibuffer' option to have
 >> multiple file buffers. You just have to use a hotkey of some sort to
 >> switch between them.

 > I have been playing with tmux lately - I wish I'd known about it when
 > I was managing 130 Linux AWS instances!

I bet. Definitely comes in handy when you don't have a GUI to mess about in.

 >> I thought it's main focus was 'Debian without systemd', as in it
 >> still uses sysvinit.. but I could be wrong.

 > Devuan is debian without systemd, Trisquel is the all-free Linux
 > distro. You were right.

I'm not sure what "all-free" means these days, to be honest. I thought Debian went "all-free" a long time ago, getting rid of proprietary software and drivers and instead using free open-source stuff. That was a while ago, though, so maybe things have changed.. or the definition of "all-free" doesn't mean what I think it does any more. :)

Regards,
Nick

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