Hi Steve,
On 15/3/20 16:39, Steve Litt wrote:
All of these are good ideas, but if it were me, I'd prioritize
simple-netaid-dmenu, in which all from-list selection and all user
input is done via dmenu.
Gtk2, Gtk3, qt5, and ncurses are all fairly big libraries. Dmenu is
tiny and depends only on X
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:33:04 -0400
Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2020, tom wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400
> > Dan Purgert wrote:
> > >
> > > What, then, is so bad about PCI? Or hell, even ISA?
> > >
> > > Sure, it's super-limiting in terms of what you can buy off the
> > >
On Mar 19, 2020, tom wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400
> Dan Purgert wrote:
> >
> > What, then, is so bad about PCI? Or hell, even ISA?
> >
> > Sure, it's super-limiting in terms of what you can buy off the shelf
> > -- but then again, so was the "compatible with Arduino(tm)" market
>
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400
Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Mar 16, 2020, tom wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:38:04 -0400
> > Dan Purgert wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 15, 2020, tom wrote:
> > > > [...] The biggest technical problem is the
> > > > lack of ASIC northbridge, or rather something to int
On Mar 17, 2020, terryc wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400
> Dan Purgert wrote:
>
> > I guess what I'm trying to ask is what would be so bad about a "RISC-V
> > Hobby Linux Machine(tm)" only offering these "older" peripheral
> > connectivity interfaces in interests of being inexpensive a
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400
Dan Purgert wrote:
> I guess what I'm trying to ask is what would be so bad about a "RISC-V
> Hobby Linux Machine(tm)" only offering these "older" peripheral
> connectivity interfaces in interests of being inexpensive and also
> preserving end-user freedom?
>
>
On Mar 16, 2020, tom wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:38:04 -0400
> Dan Purgert wrote:
>
> > On Mar 15, 2020, tom wrote:
> > > [...] The biggest technical problem is the
> > > lack of ASIC northbridge, or rather something to interface the CPU
> > > to an PCIE bus. Currently the best thing availabl
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:38:04 -0400
Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2020, tom wrote:
> > [...] The biggest technical problem is the
> > lack of ASIC northbridge, or rather something to interface the CPU
> > to an PCIE bus. Currently the best thing available you can get is
> > an FPGA and it is a s
On Mar 15, 2020, tom wrote:
> [...] The biggest technical problem is the
> lack of ASIC northbridge, or rather something to interface the CPU to
> an PCIE bus. Currently the best thing available you can get is an FPGA
> and it is a severe bandwidth bottleneck. It's also super expensive
> getting an
On Mar 14, 2020, Mark Rousell wrote:
> I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
>
> On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
> > involves programming, and most people can't
> > do that.
> >
> > Oh really? 12 lines of code and they can't do it (or have a friend help
> > do it)?
>
>
On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:20:51 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 01:20:24PM -0700, tom wrote:
> >
> > But this may be a stop-gap if you /really/ need to get an X86
> > machine you already have running. My advice is to stop buying X86
> > in the future and invest in other arches.
On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 13:20:24 -0700
tom wrote:
> My advice is to stop buying X86 in the future and invest in other
> arches.
I love that virtualization has come so far that I don't have to care
what I run my stuff on.
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 01:20:24PM -0700, tom wrote:
>
> But this may be a stop-gap if you /really/ need to get an X86 machine
> you already have running. My advice is to stop buying X86 in the future
> and invest in other arches.
Like what the libre-risv / libre-soc project is working on ( curr
On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:05:49 +1100
Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
> Actually, we've got more to fear with hardware [and the lower level
> firmware / EFI / SecureBoot / IME / vPro and other crap] these days
> whether we avoid Winblows or not.
>
> The Intel and AMD flaws, Intel Management Engine
Hi,
On 16/3/20 5:51 am, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
> On 13/3/20 1:59 pm, Steve Litt wrote:
>> It's called POSIX. With POSIX, I always have shellscripts, AWK and sort
>> ready to do my work for me. With POSIX, I can pipe a stdout into the
>> next stdin. With POSIX, I can plug in anything confo
Hi,
On 13/3/20 1:59 pm, Steve Litt wrote:
> It's called POSIX. With POSIX, I always have shellscripts, AWK and sort
> ready to do my work for me. With POSIX, I can pipe a stdout into the
> next stdin. With POSIX, I can plug in anything conforming to POSIX,
> such as dmenu, a genius of a program th
On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:51:51 +0100
aitor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 13/3/20 4:24, onefang wrote:
> > After implementing some of their protocols, I started calling
> > FreeDesktop.Org FatDesktop.Obscenities.
> After reading some comments on this thread, i decided to develop also
> another interface o
On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:08:37 +
Mark Rousell wrote:
> I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
>
> On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
> > involves programming, and most people can't
> > do that.
> >
> > Oh really? 12 lines of code and they can't do it (or have a friend
>
On 3/15/20 9:35 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Anno domini 2020 Sat, 14 Mar 23:54:07 -0700
> tom scripsit:
>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:08:37 +
>> Mark Rousell wrote:
>>
>>> I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
>>>
>>> On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
involves pr
Anno domini 2020 Sat, 14 Mar 23:54:07 -0700
tom scripsit:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:08:37 +
> Mark Rousell wrote:
>
> > I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
> >
> > On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > involves programming, and most people can't
> > > do that.
>
On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:08:37 +
Mark Rousell wrote:
> I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
>
> On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
> > involves programming, and most people can't
> > do that.
> >
> > Oh really? 12 lines of code and they can't do it (or have a friend
>
I am not opposing your central message in any way, but...
On 13/03/2020 02:59, Steve Litt wrote:
> involves programming, and most people can't
> do that.
>
> Oh really? 12 lines of code and they can't do it (or have a friend help
> do it)?
Really. There is no way on earth that the average compute
Steve Litt writes:
[...]
> FreeDesktop.Org doesn't like me doing 90 minutes of programming
> (and actually Lego(R) block assembly). Their preferred method goes
> something like this:
>
> * Use Gnome.
> * Find Gnome software that solves your problem:
> - Ask your LUG
> - Ask on stacko
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:59:28 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> For me, it's all about POSIX.
I immediately understood the UNIX philosophy when I first heard
of it; tiny, single-purpose programs which can be stitched together.
I agreed with it, but found all the tools incredibly complex mainly
because o
On 2020-03-12 22:59:28, Steve Litt wrote:
> Now the guys from FreeDesktop would read this email and wring their
> hands: Oh, no, your kludge involves programming, and most people can't
> do that.
>
> Oh really? 12 lines of code and they can't do it (or have a friend help
> do it)? FreeDesktop.Org
Hi all,
A recent discussion here reminded me why I really like Linux. And then
a couple hours later I had a need...
I have four 8 foot shelving units: Three with seven shelves and one
with eight. Over the years, stuff's just been crammed into them, and
the situation is busting my productivity too
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