Re: A minimal browser in base

pkg_add -r w3m On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 9:01 AM unix wrote: > > > With the web as it is, I can't see a text-mode browser as being > > comfortable for day-to-day desktop usage. In addition, some of the gui > > browsers have some degree of process separation and jailing, and > > active enough devel

Re: Font Path prompt in pkg_add

Ah, I guessed it was a feature now and I like it, it just threw me the first time. On Friday, April 29, 2022, Marc Espie wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 02:37:39PM -0500, Christopher Turkel wrote: > > I'm on OpenBSD AMD64 7.1, fresh install > > I noticed when adding fon

Font Path prompt in pkg_add

I'm on OpenBSD AMD64 7.1, fresh install I noticed when adding fonts via pkg_add it no longer prints out "You may wish to" after installation is finished. is this a bug, or a feature?

Re: theo what does it feel like

Off topic but I'm sure it's awesome. I've hiked a lot of mountains. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:55 PM flint pyrite wrote: > to be hiking on a mountain? > > Is it free? >

Re: SSL write error: certificate verification failed: certificate has expired

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Philip Guenther wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 6:26 PM Yogendra Kumar Chaudhary < > yogi9...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am facing the following error while using pkg_add on OpenBSD 6.2. > > > > 6.2? A four year old release which has been out of support for three

Re: No firefox on OpenBSD 7.0 i386?

Surf is actually excellent BUT it has no ad blocker and some sites don’t load properly, ala YouTube. On Friday, January 7, 2022, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 04:36:36PM +, Roderick wrote: > > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > > > > >>But you might encounter i

Re: Default window manager

I use the default fvwm, I just make the fonts bigger. If you want to see the default fvwm in action only made prettier and more functional, check this out. Everything they did comes in the base install: https://github.com/bfmartin/fvwm-config-on-openbsd On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 6:13 AM Stuart Hend

Re: Default window manager

Feel free to send patches. BUT your definition of "user friendly" may not be someone else's. On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 5:37 PM wrote: > Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > > I am wondering if there are plans to change the > default window manager in OpenBSD. > > Currently, the default WM is fvwm, wit

Re: Installer suggestion

Why would you want that? I’m curious. On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Christer Solskogen < christer.solsko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it make sense to move the timezone question to before the fetching > and extraction of the install sets starts? > > -- > chs >

Re: Mouse hotplug in X?

I have had never had any issues hot plugging usb mice or keyboards. On Sunday, November 1, 2020, wrote: > note that ps/2 is not actually designed for hotplug (I fried a keyboard > controller to bring you this knowledge) > > > > On Nov 1, 2020, at 11:11 AM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov

Re: Could somebody please put unveil() in ftp(1)?

On Friday, May 29, 2020, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2020/05/29 08:30, Luke Small wrote: > > You mention a lot of files that need to be read, but a program like > pkg_add can make it the > > _pkgfetch (57) user which has no directory and I’m guessing not in > interactive mode. At the > > very le

Re: Why isn't src included with OpenBSD? (documentation)

On Monday, May 18, 2020, Frank Beuth wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 11:10:59AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >> People too young to have grown up with Unix need this sort of >>> documentation. We can't live on man pages alone. >>> >> >> YES WE CAN. >> > > Proposed release poster design: > > Pu

Re: Nvidia driver for OpenBSD?

None exist or are likely to ever exist. On Friday, April 10, 2020, Nikita Stepanov wrote: >

Re: What is you motivational to use OpenBSD

On Friday, January 10, 2020, Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM Mohamed salah > wrote: > > I wanna put something in discussion, what's your motivational to use > > OPENBSD what not other bsd's what not gnu/Linux, if something doesn't > work > > fine on openbsd and you love thi

Re: Suggestion: Replace Perl with Lua in the OpenBSD Base System

I am still waiting to this diff myself. On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, Theo de Raadt wrote: > I guess I'm saying in these trying times it is considered disrespectful > to dismiss completely labour-unsupported "ideas", obviously once we accept > the Great Idea the OP will sit down and do all the

Re: Suggestion: Replace Perl with Lua in the OpenBSD Base System

Perl is my favorite language, too. Perl can be gnarly but I love it. I have zero experience with Lua so I can’t judge it but I’d like Perl to stay in Base. On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, Daniel Boyd wrote: > As one of the few remaining people out there who considers perl to be > their favorite l

Tools for writers

For me OpenOffice works and of Focus Writer. I “won” NaNoWriMo using focus writer. On Saturday, November 2, 2019, Oliver Leaver-Smith wrote: > Hello, > > What tools do people find useful for writing on OpenBSD? By writing I mean > long form such as novels and technical books, including plot and

Re: Companies using openbsd

My company hosts its websites on Linux but almost all developers use OpenBSD. When VP of IT visited I asked him why he choice OpenBSD and he said, "It just works". On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 6:37 PM Aaron Mason wrote: > Not our own product, but we run Request Tracker on OpenBSD - after > using Mana

Re: Companies using openbsd

The company I work for uses OpenBSD for development. On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 5:12 PM List wrote: > Hi, > > are there companies known to you who use openbsd for their products ? > > For building let's say their own OS based upon OpenBSD ? > > Thanks for your time. > > Regards, > > Stephan > >

Re: What is you motivational to use OpenBSD

I use OpenBSD because it can do everything I want it to do and it’s easy to use. On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, Raul Miller wrote: > I would fix the issue, or use something else to get that done or > abandon that project. > > (I am not sure why you would imagine that using OpenBSD implies not >

Re: When will OpenBSD become a friendly place for bug reporters?

Stop it now. You are being a troll. On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 1:09 PM Leonid Bobrov wrote: > > It is definately not a friendly place for people with a tone like yours. > > Theo, your excuse that OpenBSD is not more popular than Linux because AT&T > sued BSD in 90's is ridiculous, that's your own fa

Re: Future of X.org?

400, gwes wrote: > > > > > > On 6/28/19 1:56 PM, Christopher Turkel wrote: > > > Probably someday. X won’t be going away anytime soon. > > > > > > On Friday, June 28, 2019, Nathan Hartman > wrote: > > > > > > > Came across t

Re: Evernote Alternative?

Is there a how to about to use git for this? It sounds awesome. On Friday, June 28, 2019, Chris Humphries wrote: > Hrm, I'm not finding a leannote port available for OpenBSD. Is it > available in an alternate location. > > http://openports.se/search.php?stype=folder&so=leannote > > The screensho

Re: Future of X.org?

Probably someday. X won’t be going away anytime soon. On Friday, June 28, 2019, Nathan Hartman wrote: > Came across this: > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org- > Maintenance-Mode-Quickly > > Long story short, Red Hat hopes to switch from X.Org to Wayland and > expects X.

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:00 PM Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi, > > Patrick Harper wrote on Thu, May 23, 2019 at 04:50:54PM +0100: > > > I think OpenBSD could be made easier to set up for GUI applications > > if some configuration that is currently done in files could be moved > > to the install prog

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

The GUI verses command line arguments are as old as time itself, or close to it. What constitutes a great desktop experience is a matter of taste, whatever works for you may not work for someone else. Not one desktop or GUI will fit everyone; use whats best for you and live your own computer life.

Re: EDIT: When will be created a user-friendly and easy-to-use variant for OpenBSD?

OpenBSD is use friendly and easy to use On Sunday, May 12, 2019, Quantum Robin wrote: > In 2019 still there is not a user-friendly and easy-to-use > variant of OpenBSD. However, > the new "OS108" is seeking to improve this with a NetBSD operating system > paired with the MATE desktop environment

Re: 6.5 PowerPC Packages

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 5:55 PM Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > On May 9, 2019 2:45 PM, Henry Bonath wrote: > > > > Only if said trailer is Delorean-shaped. > > Maybe just attach a second delorian to the first. > > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 3:43 PM Edgar Pettijohn > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On May

Re: 6.5 PowerPC Packages

You get free shipping with any flux capacitor ‘ On Thursday, May 9, 2019, Paul Suh wrote: > On May 9, 2019, at 11:41 AM, danieljb...@icloud.com wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 08:55:40AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >> The real reason is because we're low on current for the flux capacito

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

I'm in favor of an updated FVWM with a simple config. On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 5:43 PM Matthew Graybosch wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2019, at 5:18 PM, Roderick wrote: > > > > On Wed, 8 May 2019, noah pugsley wrote: > > > > > Updated FVWM or a different default config? > > > > I hope, no one comes to t

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

I'd like to see an updated FVWM as the default WM. On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:18 AM Mohamed Fouad < mohamed.ahmed.fouad@gmail.com> wrote: > if you are suggesting updating the openbsd installer to include dwm as an > option. Even that it adds one more click to the installation process, it > woul

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

You can copy the system.fvwm2rc to /home/.fvwm and edit the root menu to launch your apps. But barring that, I just use firefox & in a terminal On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 6:34 PM ropers wrote: > Tangentially related: Does anyone here routinely use the default fvwm? > > Now for a really noobish ques

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

I use OpenBSD as my daily driver as my desktop OS. It really is the easiest OS I've ever used because of the wealth of documentation, everything is in the man pages, with examples, plus so many resources on the web. When I use any other OS I am always amazed how complicated they are. On Tue, May 7

Re: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?

This is a webpage I used to install Xfce. https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 6:22 AM John Long wrote: > On Tue, 7 May 2019 08:47:18 +0200 > Denis Fondras wrote: > > > > user-friendly and easy-to-use > > > > > > > Sounds like the exact description of current OpenBSD...

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

create an .xsesson in your home directory file and put in it something like: xterm & exec i3 then chmod +x .xsession On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 8:57 AM Normen Wohner wrote: > I installed i3 with pkg_add, > yet don't understand how > to call it from xenodm. > > I tried replacing the stock > ${exec

Re: OPenBSD 4.9 i386, Asus EEE 701, no network

I wanted to say the same thing. Try a supported version, 4.9 is not supported anymore. On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 8:21 PM Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > On 2019-01-01 12:13:47, oletus wrote: > > > > Owain Ainsworth-2 wrote > > >> - "ifconfig lii0" returns: > > >> lii0: flags=8843

Re: Why is no one discussing this anymore?

This whole discussion is best served elsewhere. On Thursday, December 27, 2018, wrote: > Why is no one discussing this anymore. > > It's like you just accepted the "NU UH U WRONG" proclamation from > programmers. > > Are you idiots aware that programmers DO NOT KNOW THE LAW simply by virtue > of

Re: FVWM basic config file

This configuration rocks, both of them. I love FVWM. I think FVWM should dropped as the default WM, its old and clunky. I think it should be twm. On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:55 PM Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Manuel, > > Manuel Solis wrote on Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 08:50:23PM -0600: > > > I have read

Re: CURRENT userland does not compile due to games/glorkz

Also to quote theo@ "Upgrade to a snapshot" On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 4:49 AM Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2018-11-12, Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi] > wrote: > > This time, however, the "wrong" advice was the right one -- for me, > since I really don't want to do binary upgrades. > > That is fine, b

Re: Lesser evil

It always depends on your needs. I use LibreOffice for my work so I'm ste. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:39 PM Sal A Nimi wrote: > On September 3, 2018 3:20:11 PM EDT, Fabio Almeida > wrote: > >If you really need it, go with what's best for it. > > > >Today, to be honest, in your situation I'd run W

Re: wifi gui manager

I don't know about anyone else but the window when it coems up is huge, I can't scroll down to the connect button. On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 3:39 PM Edgar Pettijohn III wrote: > Please check out the new version. > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/openbsd-wifi-manager/ > > Includes a README and Ma

Re: Employers, Jobs and OpenBSD

I use OpenBSD as my desktop though since I develop Motif at work it hasn't hurt my job skills. On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 10:10 PM Man Hobby wrote: > Hi, > > What is the opinion of employers about OpenBSD? > > There is reason for to learn use OpenBSD to find job? > > If not, why? > > If there is no

Re: DWA-131 Rev E

That would be nice! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help :-) On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 1:28 AM Jonathan Matthew wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 07:19:42AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2018-07-06, Christopher Turkel wrote: > > > Thanks! > > > &

Re: DWA-131 Rev E

Thanks! Are there any plans to support this adapter? I'll donate my adapter if it would help. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 8:35 PM Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2018-07-05, Christopher Turkel wrote: > > Hi all I have a DWA-131 Rev E > > > > It (seems) to use a Realtek

DWA-131 Rev E

Hi all I have a DWA-131 Rev E It (seems) to use a Realtek 8192eu. I googled and read mapages but I couldn't find an answer. I'm on OpenBSD/amd64 and running -current *Dmesg:* OpenBSD 6.3-current (GENERIC.MP) #98: Thu Jul 5 12:52:45 MDT 2018 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64