Posts by picamanic@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #ACrcoj6XK4wrHt2gO8 by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-10-29T09:56:14Z
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I found the documentation for Markdown written by John Gruber [author]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ If it mentions back ticks to stop URLs [like that above] from being treated as executable code, I can't find it.Does everyone who deploys Markdown have their own version?
(DIR) Post #ACsvWksc4kvprudMBM by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-10-30T08:46:55Z
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@linmob The htop.dev web site shows a screen shot with battery level. I just checked and I get the same. Why don't we see it?If you have acpi installed, then acpi -b shows a snapshot of battery level, but no continuous monitor.
(DIR) Post #AD4BAzQD43rEbVYDR2 by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-04T15:17:17Z
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It seems that the FOSS world needs replacements for x86/ARM, Linux/*BSD, Xorg/Wayland, etc.We are left with RISC-V computers running plan9.
(DIR) Post #AD4CN2mcUafwSULRFw by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-04T19:17:31Z
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@person Thanks, but OpenPOWER systems are way above my thermal and budget limits.
(DIR) Post #AD4DFxTBwtKHuGRVCq by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-04T19:27:27Z
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@person I use legacy x86 systems every day! Mostly 5-10 years old. Before then, the computers were very hot, noisy, heavy; they it in the junk room.
(DIR) Post #ADCJhaLcrGF9Z7RgYa by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-08T17:17:18Z
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@linmob I was truly shocked by the result of your poll, not because the first 3 are systemd-free, but that Hanna Montana Linux was 4th! If you get sound out of Void, I'll be impressed: I can't remember how I did this in the past.
(DIR) Post #ADCLVS6trJiKRztrYu by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-08T17:37:33Z
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@linmob Last time I did a fresh install of Void it went OK. These days I transfer rsync clones to new computers [obviously not /proc, /sys, /dev - instead created afresh on destination].
(DIR) Post #ADJ4oIocIqL80jTDpA by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-11T23:33:28Z
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@kzimmermann There is a 32-bit [i686] version of Void Linux.
(DIR) Post #ADLDErppuXt86K8em0 by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-12T21:29:05Z
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@Aldi80s I think [guess] the way to think of fosstodon is an instance of masstodon that is oriented to FOSS, but it is federated with the wider mastodon community. Did I guess wrong [anyone].
(DIR) Post #ADUcZVbbIUYWlfMdUW by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-17T13:13:35Z
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@xpil Practical: Void Linux, non-systemd, 10k packages, used it for years.Fun? Tiny Core Linux, frugal, 2.7k packages, I haven't explored fully yet.Weird: EasyOS, everything is a container, CLI discouraged, I only watched from afar.
(DIR) Post #ADXFx1WTEJ80iZAfzs by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-18T19:44:14Z
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@fatboy given that 45 million americans got symptomatic covid, not bad going. It's the millions that get long-covid that are of more concern.
(DIR) Post #ADaqDa15Y8Y7KZ8gbo by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-20T13:14:31Z
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@kev If you want to see what real LinuxElitism is, look at https://sysdfree.wordpress.comBut seriously, there is a problem with Linux, but elitism isn't it.Ubuntu was the poster-boy for easy-to-use Linux, and it and Mint are reasonable ways to ween computer users away from Windows [the real villain here].The problem is that Linux has become too bloated through corporate influences. Sysdfree is a reaction to that.I have a rant capability, but life is too short.
(DIR) Post #ADbWRNUJ7kWYbQ4GxM by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-20T21:07:45Z
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@urusan 2 if you count leafpad [it has word-wrap]. main editor is "ex" [vi without screen editing].
(DIR) Post #ADcz5j874QnFBLfu0u by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-21T14:03:38Z
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@pyre35 You are not alone in thinking that unconstrained economic growth is wrong. However, it is unstoppable, and will probably destroy the world. The people that have the power to stop this happening calculate that they will be dead long before it happens.Loss of privacy, global warming, both rely on a large enough, pliant population to ensure they happen. It's "our fault".When I raise these issues with rich, erderly friends, they think I am mad. Poissible..
(DIR) Post #ADrk2EcyHvh4Lklb8q by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-28T16:55:33Z
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@fatboy Antix has serious creds in the non-systemd world [thanks to anticapitalista].
(DIR) Post #ADvvQQydougClbGysC by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-11-30T17:22:04Z
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@murtezayesil @crappy@mstdn.social Just curious: how does "mass following" cause issues?
(DIR) Post #AE44nG0GFt2X5gGHjM by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-12-04T15:44:40Z
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@TheFuzzStone Shouldn't that be #necromicron?
(DIR) Post #AE6exFko1R4jsa1Bfk by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-12-05T21:39:15Z
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@kzimmermann If tinycore doesn't work out, there are voidlinux boot options to install rpi 1,2,3,4, the last 2 aarch64.
(DIR) Post #AE6xITg5FNuyJs50HA by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-12-06T01:04:49Z
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@kzimmermann Void Linux is a binary distribution. No compilation needed for the 10k or so packages [assuming same as for x86_64].I have yet to buy an RPI4, so I am going by x86_64 experience. The only thing I note is that the RPI images are for a basic system, meaning that you have to install packages to flesh out system.Thinking about it, there might be better distros that come ready baked. I will send you a list tomorrow. Only Gentoo requires compiling everything.
(DIR) Post #AEBsBGMhNYAv44XUAa by picamanic@fosstodon.org
2021-12-08T10:00:58Z
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@danslerush I am sure that I going to regret asking this but how exactly does the world blockchain scale to many trillions of "elements" available anywhere on the decentralized "machine"?