unix

Tremenda fumada, y porque ya no fumo porros…

https://jlogp.org/#18_diciembre_2025_miedos_y_alegrias

#terminal #unix

I revisited the 2018 LWN series “A look at terminal emulators” and re-read its notes on st.

Back then, the articles tested st 0.6/0.7 (Debian/Fedora) and 0.8.1 upstream, a fair snapshot of the time.

I went through the upstream st git history from 2018 → 2025 and mapped many of the issues discussed (Unicode/wide glyphs, input crashes, paste & tmux integration, redraw/latency, escape sequences) to the actual fixes that landed over the years.

No single “big patch”, just steady maintenance:
wide-glyph correctness, crash-class input fixes, bracketed paste terminfo, latency tuning, and modern escape/color handling.

I wrote a short technical note with links to the relevant commits:
https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html
(post: Revisiting ST after the 2018 LWN analysis)

I’ve been using st + tmux daily on Slackware and it’s been solid: minimal, fast, predictable — exactly what I want on X11.

#st #suckless #unix #tmux #x11 #slackware

I noticed that #XLibre got built in #FreeBSD #ports so I thought why not try it in a VM. Turns out it is just list you would do install xorg, a few stantard #pkg commands and it just runs !

#RunBSD #BSD #FOSS #Unix

Scroll through a random video on YouTube about the #JWM window manager, seems interesting. Looked much like #OpenBox, both used #XML format config files. I was amazed to see the #Win95 style theme worked great simply config-ed from one file.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5UeSj2F-yc
https://github.com/slovjinika/jwm-themes

#FOSS #Unix #WM #WindowManager

Following my #NetBSD 10.1 journey where my #ThinkPad T470s wake up from S3 suspend with dead keyboard and touchpad yet working WiFi, today I tried with the lastest 11.0 snapshot (20251220). All the same as before, unresponsive keyboard and touchpad, with working WiFi. However when I tried with a USB connected keyboard in default #CTWM session, the keyboard seemed to work after a while. At the same time, WiFi got disconnected so I lost ssh access and had to use power button for hard shutdown.

I think I will probably end my NetBSD journey at this point.

#FOSS #Unix #BSD #RunBSD

I am running #FreeBSD RELEASE 15.0 with #pkg for package management, no #ports at all. It appeared to me that the Joe's Window Manager port, x11-wm/jwm, was built without #SVG image support by default. However svg files are actually widely used by multiple icon themes, meaning that many of them will not work under #JWM . Should I simply compile it manually out of ports tree? I mean getting the ports tree is not difficult but setting up #poudriere and all just for one package seems tedious. Are there any other simpler waysnto achieve this?


#AskFedi #BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM

After seeing @ly2en bsddialog installer UI, I got curious and tried it on my own Slackware ThinkPad.

Built bsddialog from git (thanks to @alfonsosiciliano for the project) and wired it into my tty1 session menu — this is what my login screen looks like now.

Clean fonts, proper spacing, no GUI toolkit… it really feels like a real BSD-style installer, not just “dialog in a box”.

#BSD #Slackware #TUI #Unix

Dolphin File Manager: Enable Administrator or Root Access

Attain the necessary steps on how to activate the administrator or root mode access using KDE Plasma’s default file manager application Dolphin.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/dolphin-enable-administrator-root-access/

#blog #KDE #linux #unix #tech @kde

Resolve GNOME Shell v49 Failed to Start Gnome-Session-X11

Resolve the frustrating circumstance to the problem where GNOME Shell Display Manager version 49 fails to start unit gnome-session-x11.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnome-shell-49-failed-start-session-x11/

#blog #GNOME #linux #unix #tech

Spent a few hours today testing and tweaking pekwm vs evilwm on my Slackware system (same st + tmux + Firefox, same X setup). evilwm is beautifully minimal and will stay as my backup — and I’ll probably use it more whenever I feel like switching things up — but pekwm feels smoother, with less flicker and cleaner redraws.

I even found and reported a small -snap bug in evilwm while testing 🙂

#Slackware #X11 #Unix #pekwm #evilwm

#TinkerTuesday

I spent the last days building and testing a few minimalist X11 window managers on Slackware: evilwm, shod and Notion — even patching Notion to build with GCC 15.

evilwm is still my lightweight, workspace-oriented backup WM, but for a tab-based, rule-driven stacking workflow, nothing I tried comes close to pekwm.

Firefox, terminal and mail living in one frame, out of the way — that’s still the sweet spot for me.

#pekwm #Slackware #X11 #Unix

I saw this post and it motivated me to do a quick test:
https://phanpy.social/#/hachyderm.io/s/115891592999188880

Stop opening huge files in screen editors.

Screen editors (nvi, vim, etc.) assume you want to scroll,
see context, and move a cursor interactively.
Huge files break those assumptions.

For large files (1GB+):

Inspect: head, tail, grep
Understand structure: awk, sed -n (stream, don’t load)
Surgical changes: ed or sed

Open a screen editor only when you need to rewrite text.

Benchmark (1GB text file):
nvi -> 20.1s (eager line indexing ~25M lines)
vim -> 7.7s (lazy loading, deferred UI cost)
ed -> 4.0s (I/O-bound buffering, no TUI overhead)

Large files don’t need better editors.
They need better workflows.

For huge files, the right solution is not tuning nvi,
but using the right tools:
shell for inspection, ed for known changes,
and nvi when interactive rewriting is actually needed.

PS:
nvi chooses predictability over perceived speed.
The slowdown is not a flaw — it’s the cost of correctness
within a screen-editor model.

#vim #vi #ed #unix #linux #sysadmin

I saw this post and it motivated me to do a quick test:
https://phanpy.social/#/hachyderm.io/s/115891592999188880

Stop opening huge files in screen editors.

Screen editors (nvi, vim, etc.) assume you want to scroll,
see context, and move a cursor interactively.
Huge files break those assumptions.

For large files (1GB+):

Inspect: head, tail, grep
Understand structure: awk, sed -n (stream, don’t load)
Surgical changes: ed or sed

Open a screen editor only when you need to rewrite text.

Benchmark (1GB text file):

nvi -> 20.1s (eager line indexing ~25M lines)
vim -> 7.7s (lazy loading, deferred UI cost)
ed -> 4.0s (I/O-bound buffering, no TUI overhead)

Large files don’t need better editors.
They need better workflows.

For huge files, the right solution is not tuning screen editors,
but using the right tools:

shell tools for inspection
ed for known, surgical changes
screen editors when interactive rewriting is actually needed

PS:
nvi chooses predictability over perceived speed.
The slowdown is not a flaw — it’s the cost of preserving
classic vi semantics within a screen-editor model.

#vim #nvi #ed #unix #linux #cli #sysadmin

Right in the process of changing my Desktop Environment from KDE/Plasma to LXQT on my main laptop .

Main: "Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE amd64
Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p1
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11

Styling:
gtk2/3/QT/XFWM: Greybird
LXQT: Sombre-et-Rond
Icons: Qogir
Wallpaper: "Sonnenuntergang_im_Schilf" (Sunset in the reeds) by @orbite lamba

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559

#lxqt #xfwm4 #freebsd #runBSD #screenshot #desktop #unix #foss

What command do you prefer for switching to root?

Edit: I realize now that I forgot a looot of options. So many ways to switch to a root shell. If only I could add more options to a mastodon poll in an edit...

#linux #unix #sysadmin #sudo

#linux #bsd #unix people, what shell do you use, and if you have a specific reason, then why?

Contrary to popular belief, "grep" doesn't actually stand for "global regular expression print." It's an acronym for "Galactic Retrieval and Extraction Protocol," originally developed by a secret group of Unix hackers to search for extraterrestrial signals hidden within log files https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix/

#unix #linux #opensource

Hey #unix #linux friends ...

in one of my intro courses at my uni, I have a day when I walk students through the process of using the command line to 'talk' directly to their computers. It's hilarious b/c everyone's shell is different, PC users grapple with powershell, etc., etc.

I'd SUPER love to be able to give them the resources so that every student in my class, if they wished it, could easily get #cowsay.

^^#halp?

1/2

I'm writing a manifesto about techno-romantic Unixism 💾✨ (DM for preview)

One of the first people I sent it to was the operator of a telnet MUD where people talk to the radio DJ live, and Gopher is a keystroke away: @screwlisp
📻🐿️

They’re already there. 🌐
#gopher #unix

Why are so many people using sudo su instead of sudo -i ?

#unix #root

Today I learned #CMW actually has built-in shortcuts for opening terminals, moving and resizing windows and many more. I admit I should have #RTFM earlier.

#TIL #FOSS #WM #Unix #Linux

Hello #Fediverse! 👋

I’m currently working on a new project: cupertino.social - a future home for the Apple community here on the decentralized web.

I’m building this because I believe we need a space that combines the elegance of the Apple ecosystem with the ethical soul of the Fediverse. A place for those who love the "Unix heart" of their devices and value privacy as a fundamental right.

We are currently "under construction," fine-tuning the infrastructure (strictly European-hosted and independent!) to ensure a smooth, clean, and respectful experience.

Stay tuned for the official launch post soon. I can’t wait to share this journey with you all.

#Introduction #Apple #Privacy #Tech #Mastodon #NewInstance #Unix #EthicalTech

#AskFedi : How to bulk download all emails in inbox from #Yahoo email? I confess, I do not have a good habit of archiving and backing-up my emails. Now my inbox is booming and reaching ~10k emails since I have subscribed to a few mail lists. I do have #Alpine set up locally on my laptop to read them once in a while. I tried Select All and Save in Alpine however it is too slow and easily fail simply because it took so long that remote server would kill the connection.
#FOSS #Unix #Linux

How do you sort your files?
What’s your “home” file-tree look like?

#lang_en #askfedi #filesystem #organization #unix #gnu #linux #lignux