Skip to content

Piero Bosio Social Web Site Personale Logo Fediverso

Social Forum federato con il resto del mondo. Non contano le istanze, contano le persone
  1. Home
  2. Categories
  3. Uncategorized
  4. #FreeSoftwareAdvent

#FreeSoftwareAdvent

Uncategorized
21 4 5
  • terryhancock@realsocial.lifeundefined terryhancock@realsocial.life

    @JoannePaixa

    I don't like the sandboxing.

    I don't like the enforcement of system folder structure.

    Linux Standard Base is great for Linux distributions -- and as the name suggests, it's a good *base*.

    But for a production environment, there are good reasons to manage projects on separate high-level disk mounts. And if other people don't like that, that's fine -- but when they try to dictate that to me, that's an overstep. I won't put up with it.

    And the sandboxing system makes a horrific mess out of the output from "df" with all the loopback devices. I literally had to get in the habit of filtering out loopback devices with grep to see the status of my real disk mounts.

    I found this infuriating, and the Ubuntu commitment to Snaps was an irreconcilable difference for me. So I left for a distro that didn't do this to me.

    AppImages don't do this stuff. I don't have experience with Flatpak. But I also don't really get what's wrong with just using APT.

    Perhaps this makes me a curmudgeon?
    🤷‍♂️

    valhalla@social.gl-como.itundefined

    @TerryHancock @JoannePaixa my guess is that using APT it's harder for people to sell you their proprietary apps

    I'll just keep using APT from the distribution repository, thanks, and yell at those youngsters

    0
Log in to reply

Feed RSS
#FreeSoftwareAdvent

Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
@pierobosio@soc.bosio.info
Post suggeriti
  • gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined

    Today in #FreeSoftwareAdvent I'm thankful for the BSD projects, particularly FreeBSD & OpenBSD.

    Uncategorized freesoftwareadvent
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    2 Views
    gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined
    Today in #FreeSoftwareAdvent I'm thankful for the BSD projects, particularly FreeBSD & OpenBSD. Nothing against NetBSD or DragonflyBSD, I just haven't found a regular use-case for them in my day-to-day.I recently wrote upš why/how I ended up on a mix of FreeBSD & OpenBSD after a long tenure with Debian since it drifted from the Unixy principles² I loved and grew up with.⸝š https://blog.thechases.com/posts/why-bsds/² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy
  • gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined

    Today's follow-up #FreeSoftwareAdvent entry is vi/vim.

    Uncategorized freesoftwareadvent
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    3 Views
    gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined
    Today's follow-up #FreeSoftwareAdvent entry is vi/vim.Which I use depends on the situation. Classic vi/nvi tends to be lighter weight and start faster, while vim offers extra features that I find particularly useful). I usually just type `vi` which gets me `vi` on OpenBSD, `nvi` on FreeBSD, and `vim` (or `vim-tiny`) on most flavors of Linux. If I specifically want vim features, I'll invoke it as such directly.I could go on for ages about favorite features, but a select few:• the ability to keep my hands on the home row and not use a mouse is helpful for preventing RSI symptoms• it's a language¹ of editing, involving counts, verbs/commands, and objects/motions, so I can express my editing *intent* and then use the period command to re-issue that same editing *intent*• the :global or :substitute commands can make massive-yet-precise edits across huge files• the :*do commands extend that power across multiple files, allowing me to precisely edit millions of lines across thousands of files with targeted precision• it's ubiquitous—even as some Linux distros have started removing ed(1) from the base installs , relegating it to packages, I can always type `vi` on any Unix-like/POSIX system and be editing with a powerful editor. And with builds for Windows and my phone, I can use it everywhere. No need to install anything• they work just fine over a SSH connection without a GUI, and use minimal resources so they work even on that old hardware from the 90s.⸻¹ https://gist.github.com/nifl/1178878
  • gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined

    Today it's awk(1)

    Uncategorized freesoftwareadvent
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    4 Views
    gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined
    Today it's awk(1)I use it almost daily—from simple column-extraction (specifying column separators and mashing together various columns feels easier with awk than with sort(1)), to summing and running totals, to aggregating counts of data, to reformatting text, etc…so many little uses pop up.It's available on every POSIX platform making it easy to write cross-platform utilities without having to install additional run-times like Python/Ruby/Node and the heavy dependencies that come with them.I've even written cgi-bin/ scripts in awk, allowing dynamic data processing on my stock OpenBSD systems with httpd+SlowCGI without non-stock software in the chroot.https://blog.thechases.com/categories/awk/#FreeSoftwareAdvent
  • jfml@mastodon.artundefined

    Happy #PortfolioDay, fellow creatives and art lovers!

    Uncategorized portfolioday scotland gamedev godot inkscape krita blender scribus
    1
    3
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    10 Views
    jfml@mastodon.artundefined
    Happy #PortfolioDay, fellow creatives and art lovers! 🤘I'm a German illustrator and designer in #Scotland, enjoying everything from flyers and business cards to 3D animation and book layouts. Also been dabbling in #GameDev with #Godot recently.I'm using #Inkscape, #Krita, #Blender, #Scribus and other tools on #Linux for my work.#AlwaysAntifascist & #EndCapitalism 💖 #JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon