Mastodawn

Is it just me, or are web bookmarks kinda write-only? XD
I might have referred back to them a little bit in the 90s when it was harder to find interesting things, but I've just been dumping things into ~/Documents/Notes/bookmarks.txt for years now without hardly ever referring back to them.

Me: Ooo, this is neat, let's save it to read it later!
My #ADHD brain: Yeaaaah, riiiiiiiight. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Moses Izumi Feb 14

@rl_dane
I try to put descriptions and notes on in my bookmarks document, at least when the URL doesn't contain anything tangible.
Guess I might create a short-term list in addition to the long-term one, or start looking into database software to make things easier to organize.

I don't use vim/emacs, but I suppose that their scripting features or whatever might come in handy.

I stopped relying upon browser-based bookmarks, as they kinda get in the way of portability and interoperability.

I'm like the very worst #vim user. I've used it for a quarter century and maybe understand a tenth of its abilities. XD

I'm absolutely addicted to the vi-style modal controls for editing, as it feels like a superpower, like you're becoming one with the editor. Everything else about vim/neovim seems rather inscrutable to me, and I honestly found WordPerfect 5.1 (1989) easier to use. :/

Honestly, the people who write #TUI applications for linux and other Unixy OSes should seriously look at 1980s #DOS applications. They were actually easier to use, learn, and master, and I'm saying that as someone who hated DOS. XD

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Moses Izumi

@rl_dane
I wonder if someone's already built a graphical environment where most of the apps are TUI stuff launched from desktop/XDG-Menu shortcuts.
One thing I appreciate about DOS that the entire bootup/sytem configuration process is contained to two moderately long textfiles.

Never looked into the Linux init system debates, as the average Debian (and derivatives) install tends to work well enough out of the box.

The main thing that makes a program "bloated" in my book (beyond the use of heavy foundations/frameworks like Electron or whatever) is the practice of having a splash screen to mask loading times.

> I wonder if someone's already built a graphical environment where most of the apps are TUI stuff launched from desktop/XDG-Menu shortcuts.

Sounds like most tiling wm enjoyers' workflows, honestly. I'm attaching a photo of my own #sway setup and launcher (fuzzel)

> One thing I appreciate about DOS that the entire bootup/sytem configuration process is contained to two moderately long textfiles.

You should look into the various BSDs' init systems. They're relatively simple, and elegant.

> Never looked into the Linux init system debates, as the average Debian (and derivatives) install tends to work well enough out of the box.

*sigh* init system debates are usually about as productive as debating reproductive health issues, and about as polarized/unreasonable.

> The main thing that makes a program "bloated" in my book (beyond the use of heavy foundations/frameworks like Electron or whatever) is the practice of having a splash screen to mask loading times.

#LossyPNG

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Moses Izumi Feb 15

@rl_dane Yeah, MX and Antix seem to be among the only anti-systemd distros with aspirations beyond raging at the Canonical/RedHat cathedrals.

Simple GUI config tools that aren't tied a specific DE, ability to make LiveUSBs of the running system, catering to the "Linux saved my old laptop"-crowd: that kinda thing.

I looked at MX recently after the Solus install on my one desktop machine self-immolated.

They now have systemd and non-systemd isos. To me, that's one foot in the door of going systemd-only. 😔

UPDATE: I looked, and this is no longer the case. It seems they're committed to the path of offering both systemd and sysvinit, so that's nice.

I installed #Antix instead.

Never could figure out how to get my encrypted /home partition on a separate SSD to auto-mount, so now I just have a fake ~/.bashrc that mounts my luks-encrypted home dir and logs out. Second log-in should be to the real homedir.

Couldn't find a doc that could explain the process of mounting luks-encrypted disks at boot satisfactorily.
And people don't believe me when I say that linux has a critical documentation problem. 🙄

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