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diff --git a/computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi b/computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi index b3247b4f..8c7ac846 100644 --- a/computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi +++ b/computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ I installed EndeavourOS on my (older) ThinkPad X240 to try out an Arch based Lin I use the Xfce desktop environment here which feels very snappy and fast on the X240 (which I purchased back in 2014). Usually, I have my X240 standing right next to my work laptop and use it for playing music (mainly online radio streams), for personal note taking and occasional emailing and instant messaging. -As this is a rolling Linux distribution there are a lot of software updates coming through every day. Sometimes, it only takes a minute until the next cersion of a package is available. Honestly, I find that a bit annoying to constantly catch up with all the updates. As for now I will live with it and/or automate it a bit more. It'll OK if it breaks, as this is not my primary laptop anyway. +As this is a rolling Linux distribution there are a lot of software updates coming through every day. Sometimes, it only takes a minute until the next version of a package is available. Honestly, I find that a bit annoying to constantly catch up with all the updates. As for now I will live with it and/or automate it a bit more. It'll OK if it breaks, as this is not my primary laptop anyway. Arch Linux and EndeavourOS are community distributions. This means, that there is no big corporation in the backyard lurking around. They won't give you the firmware updates for cutting edge hardware out of the box, though, but they are still a very good choice for hobbyist and and also for older hardware where future firmware updates are less likely to happen. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ I am very happy with the package availability through the official repository an ## FreeBSD -I have run FreeBSD in many occasions. Right after SuSE Linux, FreeBSD (around 4.x) was the second open source system I used in my life on regularly basis. I didn't even go to university yet then I started using it :-). Also, One of my former employers even allowed me to install FreeBSD on my main workstation (which I actually did and used it for a couple of years). +I have run FreeBSD in many occasions. Right after SuSE Linux, FreeBSD (around 4.x) was the second open source system I used in my life on regularly basis. I didn't even go to university yet then I started using it :-). Also, a former employer of mine even allowed me to install FreeBSD on my main workstation (which I actually did and used it for a couple of years). FreeBSD always had a place somewhere in my life: @@ -100,22 +100,15 @@ I use two small OpenBSD "cloud" boxes for my "public facing internet front-ends" * Authorative DNS server (for all of my hosts) * Some personal/private git repositories (accessible only via SSH) -OpenBSD is a complete operating system. I love it due to it's "simplicity" and "correctness" and the good documentation (I love the manual pages in particular). OpenBSD is also known for its innovations in security. I must admin, though, that most Unix like operating system would be secure enough for my personal needs and that I don't really need to use OpenBSD in here. But nevertheless, I think it's the ideal operating system for what I am using it for. +OpenBSD is a complete operating system. I love it due to it's "simplicity" and "correctness" and the good documentation (I love the manual pages in particular). OpenBSD is also known for its innovations in security. I must admin, though, that most Unix like operating system would be secure enough for my personal needs and that I don't really need to use OpenBSD here. But nevertheless, I think it's the ideal operating system for what I am using it for. -The only software which were not part of the base system and I had to install additionally were the Gemini server (vger) and Git, which both were available as pre-compiled OpenBSD binary packages. So, besides of these two packages, it is indeed a pretty complete operating system for my use case. - -=> https://man.openbsd.org/cron.8 -=> https://man.openbsd.org/httpd.8 -=> https://man.openbsd.org/inetd.8 -=> https://man.openbsd.org/nsd.8 -=> https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8 -=> https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8 +The only softwares which were not part of the base system and I had to install additionally were the Gemini server (vger) and Git, which both were available as pre-compiled OpenBSD binary packages. So, besides of these two packages, it is indeed a pretty complete operating system for my use case. => https://www.openbsd.org ## macOS (proprietary) -I have to use a MacBook Pro with macOS for work. What else can I say but that this would have never been my personal choice. At least macOS is a UNIX under the hood and comes with a decent terminal and there are plenty of terminal apps available via Brew. Some of the inner workings of macOS were actually forked from the FreeBSD project. +I have to use a MacBook Pro with macOS for work. What else can I say but that this would have never been my personal choice. At least macOS is a UNIX under the hood and comes with a decent terminal and there are plenty of terminal apps available via Brew. Some of the inner workings of macOS were actually forked from the FreeBSD project. I find the macOS UI rather confusing. => https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/BSD/BSD.html developer.apple.com: BSD in macOS/Darwin @@ -123,7 +116,7 @@ I have to use a MacBook Pro with macOS for work. What else can I say but that th At some point I got fed up with big tech, like Google and Samsung (or Apple, but personally I don't use Apple), spying on me. So I purchased a Google phone (a midrange Pixel phone) and installed LineageOS, a free and open source distribution of Android, on it. I don't have anything from Google installed on it (not even the play store, I install my apps from F-Droid). It's my daily driver since mid 2021 now. -So far the experience is not great but good. The main culprits are not having Google Maps, Google Gboard and the camera app. The latter lacks some features on LineageOS (e.g. No wide angle lens support). Also, I can't use my banking apps anymore. Somtimes apps crash for no apparent reason(s) but I get around it so far. I shouldn't spend so much time on my smartphone anyway! But the whole point of switching to LineageOS was to get away of big tech and therefore I should not complain :-). What I do like is that 95% the things I used to do on a mobile phone also can be done with LineageOS. +So far the experience is not great but good. The main culprits are not having Google Maps, Google Gboard and the camera app. The latter lacks some features on LineageOS (e.g. No wide angle lens support). Also, I can't use my banking apps anymore. Somtimes apps crash for no apparent reason(s) but I get around it so far. I shouldn't spend so much time on my smartphone anyway! And the whole point of switching to LineageOS was to get away of big tech and therefore I should not complain :-). What I do like is that 95% the things I used to do on a proprietary mobile phone also can be done with LineageOS. There's also the excellent Termux app in the F-Droid store, which transforms the phone into a small Linux handheld device. I am able to run all of my Linux/Unix terminal apps with it. @@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ Unfortunatley, I still have to keep my proprietary Android phone around. Sometim ## iOS (mobile proprietary) I have to use an iPhone for work. I like the hardware but I hate the OS (you can also call it spyOS), but it's the necessary's evil, unfortunately. Apple is even worse than Google here. I don't have it with me all the time or switched off when I don't need it. I also find iOS quite unintuitive to use. -Being on-call for work means to to be reachable 24/7. This implies that the phone is carried around with you (in an switched-on state). 1984 is now. +Being on-call for work means to to be reachable 24/7. This implies that the phone is carried around all the time (in an switched-on state). 1984 is now. => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four @@ -152,20 +145,20 @@ I use it on my PineTime smartwatch. Other than checking the time and my step cou ### motionEyeOS -I now install an army of RaspberryPi 3's in my house before I travel for a prolonged amount of time (each room one camera). All Pi's are equipped with an camera and have motionEyeOS (Linux based video surveillance system) installed. There's a neat Android app in the F-Droid store which let's me keep an eye on everything. I make the Pi's accessible from the internet via reverse SSH tunnels though one of my frontend servers. +I usually install an army of RaspberryPi 3's in my house before I travel for a prolonged amount of time. All Pi's are equipped with an camera and have motionEyeOS (Linux based video surveillance system) installed. There's a neat Android app in the F-Droid store which let's me keep an eye on everything. I make the Pi's accessible from the internet via reverse SSH tunnels though one of my frontend servers. => https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos ### Kobo OS (proprietary) -I use a Kobo Forma as my e-reader device. I have started to switch off the Wifi and to only sideload DRM free ePubs on it. Even offline, it's a fully capable reader device. I wouldn't like the Kobo to call home to Rakuten. I would live to replace it one day with an open source e-reader alternative like the PineNote. There are also some interesting attempts installing postmarketOS Linux on Kobo devices. The latter boots already, but is far from being usable as a normal e-reader. +I use a Kobo Forma as my e-reader device. I have started to switch off the Wifi and to only sideload DRM free ePubs on it. Even offline, it's a fully capable reader device. I wouldn't like the Kobo to call home to Rakuten. I would love to replace it one day with an open source e-reader alternative like the PineNote. There are also some interesting attempts installing postmarketOS Linux on Kobo devices. The latter boots already, but is far from being usable as a normal e-reader. => https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/ The PineNote => https://liliputing.com/2021/07/kobo-clara-hd-becomes-an-e-ink-linux-tablet-with-the-help-of-postmarketos.html Kobo Clara HD becomes an e-link Linux tablet ### NetBSD -I have been using NetBSD on an old Sun Sparcstation 10 as a student. I also have run NetBSD on a very old ThinkPad with 96MB!!! of RAM (even with X/ratpoison WM). I also installed (but never really used) NetBSD on an HP Jornada 680. But that's all more than 10 years ago. I haven't looked at NetBSD for long time. I want to revive it on an "old" ThinkPad T450 of mine which I currently don't use. +I have been using NetBSD on an old Sun Sparcstation 10 as a student. I also have run NetBSD on a very old ThinkPad with 96MB!!! of RAM (even with X/evilWM). I also installed (but never really used) NetBSD on an HP Jornada 680. But that's all more than 10 years ago. I haven't looked at NetBSD for long time. I want to revive it on an "old" ThinkPad T450 of mine which I currently don't use. => https://netbsd.org diff --git a/gemfeed/index.gmi b/gemfeed/index.gmi index 6e8abfc2..963a84ef 100644 --- a/gemfeed/index.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/index.gmi @@ -2,29 +2,29 @@ ## To be in the .zone! -=> ./2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.gmi 2022-01-23 - Welcome to the foo.zone -=> ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 - Bash Golf Part 2 -=> ./2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.gmi 2021-12-26 - How to stay sane as a DevOps person -=> ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 - Bash Golf Part 1 -=> ./2021-10-22-defensive-devops.gmi 2021-10-22 - Defensive DevOps -=> ./2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.gmi 2021-09-12 - Keep it simple and stupid -=> ./2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.gmi 2021-08-01 - On being Pedantic about Open-Source -=> ./2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.gmi 2021-07-04 - The Well-Grounded Rubyist -=> ./2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi 2021-06-05 - Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all -=> ./2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi 2021-05-16 - Personal Bash coding style guide -=> ./2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.gmi 2021-04-24 - Welcome to the Geminispace -=> ./2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.gmi 2021-04-22 - DTail - The distributed log tail program -=> ./2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.gmi 2018-06-01 - Realistic load testing with I/O Riot for Linux -=> ./2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.gmi 2016-11-20 - Object oriented programming with ANSI C -=> ./2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.gmi 2016-05-22 - Spinning up my own authoritative DNS servers -=> ./2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.gmi 2016-04-16 - Offsite backup with ZFS (Part 2) -=> ./2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.gmi 2016-04-09 - Jails and ZFS with Puppet on FreeBSD -=> ./2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.gmi 2016-04-03 - Offsite backup with ZFS -=> ./2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.gmi 2015-12-05 - Run Debian on your phone with Debroid -=> ./2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.gmi 2014-03-24 - The fibonacci.pl.c Polyglot -=> ./2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.gmi 2011-05-07 - Perl Daemon (Service Framework) -=> ./2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.gmi 2010-05-09 - The Fype Programming Language -=> ./2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.gmi 2010-05-07 - Lazy Evaluation with Standard ML -=> ./2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.gmi 2010-04-09 - Standard ML and Haskell -=> ./2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.gmi 2008-12-29 - Using my Nokia N95 for fixing my MTA -=> ./2008-06-26-perl-poetry.gmi 2008-06-26 - Perl Poetry +=> ./2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.gmi 2022-01-23 (0563 words) - Welcome to the foo.zone +=> ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 (1139 words) - Bash Golf Part 2 +=> ./2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.gmi 2021-12-26 (2280 words) - How to stay sane as a DevOps person +=> ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 (1286 words) - Bash Golf Part 1 +=> ./2021-10-22-defensive-devops.gmi 2021-10-22 (2280 words) - Defensive DevOps +=> ./2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.gmi 2021-09-12 (1383 words) - Keep it simple and stupid +=> ./2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.gmi 2021-08-01 (2923 words) - On being Pedantic about Open-Source +=> ./2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.gmi 2021-07-04 (2052 words) - The Well-Grounded Rubyist +=> ./2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi 2021-06-05 (1195 words) - Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all +=> ./2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi 2021-05-16 (1721 words) - Personal Bash coding style guide +=> ./2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.gmi 2021-04-24 (0802 words) - Welcome to the Geminispace +=> ./2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.gmi 2021-04-22 (2122 words) - DTail - The distributed log tail program +=> ./2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.gmi 2018-06-01 (2176 words) - Realistic load testing with I/O Riot for Linux +=> ./2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.gmi 2016-11-20 (0385 words) - Object oriented programming with ANSI C +=> ./2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.gmi 2016-05-22 (0512 words) - Spinning up my own authoritative DNS servers +=> ./2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.gmi 2016-04-16 (0248 words) - Offsite backup with ZFS (Part 2) +=> ./2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.gmi 2016-04-09 (0425 words) - Jails and ZFS with Puppet on FreeBSD +=> ./2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.gmi 2016-04-03 (0598 words) - Offsite backup with ZFS +=> ./2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.gmi 2015-12-05 (0344 words) - Run Debian on your phone with Debroid +=> ./2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.gmi 2014-03-24 (0136 words) - The fibonacci.pl.c Polyglot +=> ./2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.gmi 2011-05-07 (0404 words) - Perl Daemon (Service Framework) +=> ./2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.gmi 2010-05-09 (1277 words) - The Fype Programming Language +=> ./2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.gmi 2010-05-07 (0196 words) - Lazy Evaluation with Standard ML +=> ./2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.gmi 2010-04-09 (0270 words) - Standard ML and Haskell +=> ./2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.gmi 2008-12-29 (0299 words) - Using my Nokia N95 for fixing my MTA +=> ./2008-06-26-perl-poetry.gmi 2008-06-26 (0152 words) - Perl Poetry |