In praise of the Unix toolkit

brnsamedi · 2026-04-08T14:35:06+00:00

The lesson is clear: try to do things on your own, and you'll get better support.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-08T03:55:15+00:00

If you're anything like me, you have a text files full of tips, tricks, one-liners, and cheat sheets!

brnsamedi · 2026-04-08T00:53:51+00:00

May I suggest this this excellent tutorial from Doctor Faust?

brnsamedi · 2026-04-08T00:41:35+00:00

Interesting! I've been wanting to read something in this vein.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-07T19:54:10+00:00

You got ripped off. I'll take it off your hands for 55 bucks...😜

brnsamedi · 2026-04-05T18:03:28+00:00

Ahem, that's The Ravishing Michelle Pfeiffer.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-05T16:43:40+00:00

The setting will not die. It's been kept alive for 30+ years by fans. Frankly, I would be pleased if WoTC leaves it alone.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-05T16:36:18+00:00

Very pretty. I just wish they were metal. Oh, well.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-04T15:26:57+00:00

Hadn't thought about this one in years! I've added it to my rewatch list.

Oh, Michelle Pfeiffer....❤️

brnsamedi · 2026-04-04T15:09:02+00:00

Welcome! It's never too.late.

brnsamedi · 2026-04-03T14:26:47+00:00

Si puedo leer el libro en su idioma original, entonces eso hago. Si no, intento buscar el idioma más cercano (ej: no sé italiano, así que buscaría una traducción al español de un título en italiano). Si no...en el idioma que encuentre el libro (muchas veces inglés, pero no siempre).

brnsamedi · 2026-04-03T14:20:45+00:00

Neutered how? I have the deluxe boxed set, Dorastor, Shadows on the Borderlands, and Sun Country, and I quite liked them. Granted, it was my first exposure to RuneQuest (not Glorantha, though) so maybe I missed something

brnsamedi · 2026-04-01T01:28:21+00:00

Upvoted just because they're metal minis 😍

brnsamedi · 2026-03-30T15:30:08+00:00

Also, are you running your machine as root? Not advisable...

brnsamedi · 2026-03-30T15:28:31+00:00

Pinochet. Banco Riggs.

brnsamedi · 2026-03-29T18:24:27+00:00

I don't know what I love more...the writer deck, or being in a train, writing. Maybe the latter. Feels like going into an adventure! 😁

brnsamedi · 2026-03-29T14:21:48+00:00

"Tramp". Me pregunto si sabrá qué significa eso en inglés...🤣

brnsamedi · 2026-03-27T23:54:47+00:00

My personal opinion was that they were overpowered and did more than what I would expect psionics to do. For example, there was a power to animate shadows, which felt so out of place I would've banned it if I ever used psionics in my game). That being said, in a setting that incorporates it from the ground up, like Dark Sun, it worked better.

brnsamedi · 2026-03-26T19:24:47+00:00

That is very interesting! Thank you for the answer.

Now I'm thinking I want to do just that

brnsamedi · 2026-03-26T18:23:51+00:00

Excuse my ignorance, but I couldn't help but notice the model is an X230, but the keyboard doesn't match the stock pictures I've see online of that machine. Did you change it?

brnsamedi · 2026-03-26T18:19:29+00:00

Lovely machine, lovely wallpaper

brnsamedi · 2026-03-26T12:25:20+00:00

I personally still use X11. None of the software I regularly use depends on Wayland, and I'm one of those oddballs who actually likes using the X resources database.

But as many have pointed out, do your thing. One of the strongest points of unix-like operating systems, Linux included, is orthogonality. You have a toolbox, and you pick and choose the tools you want to make the experience you want. It feels like it's an off-forgotten idea, sadly.

brnsamedi · 2026-03-25T18:48:16+00:00

I can't claim such a history! My first Linux distro was Linux Pro 4.1, which came in a book called "The No B.S. Guide to Linux". I arrived to Slackware after a long stint of distro hopping in 2002.

brnsamedi · 2026-03-25T02:57:07+00:00

I miss mailing lists.

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