Posts by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
(DIR) Post #B4dOcCAU8tJ6Pc0ck4 by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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Slackware and age verification lawsPeople are worried about laws like AB 1043 (and now similar discussions in Brazil), but they assume a centralized OS with accounts and app stores.That’s not how Slackware works.No forced onboarding, no app store, full user control.Patrick said it best:“my code is my speech… government compelled speech”https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-is-ab-1043-going-to-impact-slackware-4175762747/page15.html#post6626190Slackware will keep being Slackware... simple, transparent, and not disappointing the people who rely on it.#slackware
(DIR) Post #B4j4ld3UiHWWGyigGO by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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@gumnos@snac.bsd.cafe Thanks for the tip! I always appreciate your approach of reaching for small, focused Unix tools before anything else — very much in the spirit of the Unix philosophy.I tested it with nvi on Slackware using source-highlight from SlackBuilds.org::'a,'bw !source-highlight -s sh -f escHowever nvi doesn't render ANSI escape codes in its output pane out of the box. The issue is in filter_ldisplay() in ex/ex_filter.c — it sanitizes output through KEY_NAME() which converts ESC to ^[.I'm working on a small patch that detects ANSI sequences and switches nvi to ex screen mode before writing, so the terminal renders colors correctly. Early results look promising!#nviCC: @thorstenzoeller@exquisite.social @mischa@exquisite.social @RussSharek@mastodon.art @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
(DIR) Post #B6FvuTYCymR3pYQFyC by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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Dependency management is useful.But package management and dependency resolution are not the same thing.Slackware intentionally keeps those concerns separated.I've been using this approach for minimal Slackware VPS/jump systems:https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackware-tagfiles#slackwareCC: @rl_dane@polymaths.social @ruari
(DIR) Post #B6KlOufqZZzSvx6dxw by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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The UNIX shell is still one of the best IDEs ever created.grep/find/sed/awk/make/ssh/git/nvi often compose better than many modern “integrated” environments.Small programs connected together still scale surprisingly well.https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/Unix_As_An_IDE.txt#unix #linux #slackware #vi
(DIR) Post #B6KnfOrMJKWp5vTpA0 by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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Very similar to how I ended up working as well. The less “magic” inside the editor, the more predictable and composable the workflow becomes.
(DIR) Post #B6q0WHvqUywDfc4YPA by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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yeah... now there is systemd-appd being proposed for Flatpak integration.at this point I'm just waiting for:systemd-kerneldsystemd-shellsystemd-everythingd 🙂
(DIR) Post #B6yOHoMJXB5nerMN16 by r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe
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Slackware -current just added.Sat May 30 20:45:46 UTC 2026n/openrsync-20250126_a257c0f-x86_64-1.txz: Added.#slackwareCC: @osnews@mstdn.social