Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts

I didn't know how "far along" my Debian writing project was. I guessed I had 10k words across 7 or 8 text files.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 20:44:09 UTC

I didn't know how "far along" my Debian writing project was. I guessed I had 10k words across 7 or 8 text files. I used the wc utility to count the words, and I only have 2,800. That's good for 10 pages.

I was using the 1980s "Unix for Luddites" to play around with nroff and troff

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:10:54 UTC

I was using the 1980s "Unix for Luddites" to play around with nroff and troff, which come from the groff-base package in Debian. But to get "full" functionality, you need to add the groff package, which brings the -me and ms macros onto the system. https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/groff

Now that I opened my long-sealed boxes from the now-closed @ladailynews office (we are working remote), I have my copy of Unix for Luddites

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:41:36 UTC

Now that I opened my long-sealed boxes from the now-closed @ladailynews office (we are working remote), I have my copy of Unix for Luddites and will be writing about my first experiences with Unix and how it led me to where I am today.

The Art of PostgreSQL: a modern PostgreSQL book in 2020

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:13:26 UTC

The Art of PostgreSQL: a modern PostgreSQL book in 2020 https://theartofpostgresql.com/

Do You Write Code With Your Mouse? A book to use more of the keyboard, less of the mouse. - Matthieu Cneude

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:55:31 UTC

Do You Write Code With Your Mouse? A book to use more of the keyboard, less of the mouse. - Matthieu Cneude https://themouseless.dev/

I looked into my Unix past and used nroff to format a short letter. I even defined the .PP macro with info from the 1980s troff manual.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:51:08 UTC

I looked into my Unix past and used nroff to format a short letter. I even defined the .PP macro with info from the 1980s troff manual.

Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager in X11

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:49:04 UTC

Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager in X11 https://swaywm.org/

A Vim guide for advanced users - The Valuable Dev

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:46:48 UTC

A Vim guide for advanced users - The Valuable Dev https://thevaluable.dev/vim-advanced/

A Vim guide for intermediate users - The Valuable Dev

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:46:19 UTC

A Vim guide for intermediate users - The Valuable Dev https://thevaluable.dev/vim-intermediate/

Is Vim really not for you? A beginner guide - The Valuable Dev

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:45:41 UTC

Is Vim really not for you? A beginner guide - The Valuable Dev https://thevaluable.dev/vim-beginner/

My website bio now has descriptions and links to the writing projects I'm working on with hosted Git sites

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:17:01 UTC

My website bio now has descriptions and links to the writing projects I'm working on with hosted Git sites http://passthejoe.net/about/

I am looking into floccus browser bookmarks sync even if Google decides not to bar Chromium browsers from the Chrome sync service

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:56:25 UTC

I am looking into floccus browser bookmarks sync even if Google decides not to bar Chromium browsers from the Chrome sync service https://floccus.org/

Look at this Community Update from @rocky_linux. They are doing it right. This will be a much stronger project than @CentOSProject in terms of governance, community involvement and transparency. All good!

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:07:20 UTC

Look at this Community Update from @rocky_linux. They are doing it right. This will be a much stronger project than @CentOSProject in terms of governance, community involvement and transparency. All good! https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/community-update-february-2021/1934

How Garfield helped me make peace with a culture in decline - Dan Brooks/The New York Times

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 03:32:42 UTC

How Garfield helped me make peace with a culture in decline - Dan Brooks/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/magazine/garfield-twitter.html

I updated the archive links on the right column on Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:32:42 UTC

I updated the archive links on the right column on Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts http://updates.passthejoe.net/

I very much like writing for Twitter and Mastodon in my own app because I can use the text editor of my choice, write once and post to both microblogging services as well as my own microblog.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:24:10 UTC

I very much like writing for Twitter and Mastodon in my own app because I can use the text editor of my choice, write once and post to both microblogging services as well as my own microblog. http://updates.passthejoe.net/

While I'm very much interested in @rocky_linux and @CentosProject Stream, it's hard to see me leaving @Debian. I also could see myself running @Ubuntu, which I haven't done in a long time.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:54:25 UTC

While I'm very much interested in @rocky_linux and @CentosProject Stream, it's hard to see me leaving @Debian. I also could see myself running @Ubuntu, which I haven't done in a long time. https://thenewstack.io/centos-creator-gregory-kurtzer-discusses-his-new-distro-rocky-linux/

I'm on the lookout for PulseAudio 14.2 to make its way into @Debian Bullseye/Testing. It entered Unstable on 1/19/2021.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:48:29 UTC

I'm on the lookout for PulseAudio 14.2 to make its way into @Debian Bullseye/Testing. It entered Unstable on 1/19/2021. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pulseaudio

A new Chromium browser just made its way into @Debian Buster/Stable and Bullseye/Testing. It's a good sign for the package being maintained going forward.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:46:05 UTC

A new Chromium browser just made its way into @Debian Buster/Stable and Bullseye/Testing. It's a good sign for the package being maintained going forward. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/chromium

PulseAudio 14.1 is in Debian Testing, 14.2 in Unstable. Hopefully 14.2 will make it into Bullseye to fix my headphones-to-speakers issue.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:43:04 UTC

PulseAudio 14.1 is in Debian Testing, 14.2 in Unstable. Hopefully 14.2 will make it into Bullseye to fix my headphones-to-speakers issue. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pulseaudio

This problem with PulseAudio 14.1 not auto-switching from headphones to speakers is also affecting Debian Bullseye/Testing

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:41:02 UTC

This problem with PulseAudio 14.1 not auto-switching from headphones to speakers is also affecting Debian Bullseye/Testing https://forum.manjaro.org/t/pulseaudio-doesnt-switch-to-speakers-when-headphones-unplugged-after-recent-update/49073/6

Inside the secretly lucrative world of solo piano music - Elias Leight/Rolling Stone

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:54:29 UTC

Inside the secretly lucrative world of solo piano music - Elias Leight/Rolling Stone https://getpocket.com/explore/item/inside-the-secretly-lucrative-world-of-solo-piano-music

Why are there 5,280 feet in a mile? - Ethan Trex

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:30:34 UTC

Why are there 5,280 feet in a mile? - Ethan Trex https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-are-there-5-280-feet-in-a-mile

The Block Plan at @coloradocollege is a true innovation that I'd never heard of before. Very interesting.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:01:23 UTC

The Block Plan at @coloradocollege is a true innovation that I'd never heard of before. Very interesting. https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/blockplan/

Before I could play around with the command line shell for SQLite, I had to install the sqlite3 package in Debian

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:09:42 UTC

Before I could play around with the command line shell for SQLite, I had to install the sqlite3 package in Debian https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html

CentOS Stream: Why it’s awesome - Phil Dibowitz

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:35:18 UTC

CentOS Stream: Why it’s awesome - Phil Dibowitz — a very persuasive take on why you shouldn't reject what @redhat is doing with @centosproject out of hand. https://jaymzh.medium.com/centos-stream-why-its-awesome-5c45d944fb22

Michael Romero's Beautiful Hugo theme for the @gohugoio static site generator

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:19:22 UTC

Michael Romero's Beautiful Hugo theme for the @gohugoio static site generator https://github.com/halogenica/beautifulhugo

.@popey uses the Beautiful Hugo theme for his @gohugoio blog

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:17:20 UTC

.@popey uses the Beautiful Hugo theme for his @gohugoio blog https://popey.com/blog/

Living in New York’s unloved neighborhood - Rivka Galchen/The New Yorker

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:26:11 UTC

Living in New York’s unloved neighborhood - Rivka Galchen/The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/living-in-new-yorks-unloved-neighborhood

reuixiy's Hugo theme MemE: You can’t spell aWEsoME without MEME! 😝

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:14:12 UTC

reuixiy's Hugo theme MemE: You can’t spell aWEsoME without MEME! 😝 https://github.com/reuixiy/hugo-theme-meme

I love the Hugo theme MemE that Daulton uses for Nix, Scripts, and Documentation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:12:04 UTC

I love the Hugo theme MemE that Daulton uses for Nix, Scripts, and Documentation https://daulton.ca/

My OpenBSD workstation configuration 2018 - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:08:48 UTC

My OpenBSD workstation configuration 2018 - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation https://daulton.ca/2018/08/openbsd-workstation/

OpenBSD beginner essentials - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:08:10 UTC

OpenBSD beginner essentials - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation https://daulton.ca/2018/08/openbsd-essentials/

Syncthing server setup on OpenBSD - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:07:01 UTC

Syncthing server setup on OpenBSD - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation https://daulton.ca/2020/09/openbsd-syncthing-server/

My OpenBSD desktop experience - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:06:01 UTC

My OpenBSD desktop experience - Daulton/Nix, Scripts, and Documentation https://daulton.ca/2018/10/my-openbsd-desktop-experience/

OpenBSD on a laptop - Cullum Smith

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:04:41 UTC

OpenBSD on a laptop - Cullum Smith https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/openbsd-on-a-laptop/

Bring old hardware back to life with OpenBSD - Jonathan Garrido/Opensource.com

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:02:27 UTC

Bring old hardware back to life with OpenBSD - Jonathan Garrido/Opensource.com https://opensource.com/article/20/10/old-hardware-openbsd

BareGUI for OpenBSD - shep/DaemonForums

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:34:25 UTC

BareGUI for OpenBSD - shep/DaemonForums http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=11178

Installing OpenBSD 6.8 with disk encryption (+ FVWM ricing) - Cristian Henrique

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:30:48 UTC

Installing OpenBSD 6.8 with disk encryption (+ FVWM ricing) - Cristian Henrique https://medium.com/@crhenr/installing-openbsd-6-7-with-disk-encryption-fvwm-ricing-b6fb7e2073e6

LiveCD with OpenBSD - Get a fully featured OpenBSD desktop environment without installing - Gayatri Hitech

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:29:02 UTC

LiveCD with OpenBSD - Get a fully featured OpenBSD desktop environment without installing - Gayatri Hitech http://livecd-openbsd.sourceforge.net/

OpenBSD 6.8 lite desktop on an old Thinkpad X60 - Keith Burnett

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:25:52 UTC

OpenBSD 6.8 lite desktop on an old Thinkpad X60 - Keith Burnett https://www.k58.uk/openbsd.html

FreeBSD on the Desktop ‒ paedubucher.ch

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:21:43 UTC

FreeBSD on the Desktop ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-08-11-freebsd-on-the-desktop.html

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part II) ‒ paedubucher.ch

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:19:53 UTC

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part II) ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-12-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-ii.html

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part I) ‒ paedubucher.ch

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:18:32 UTC

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part I) ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-05-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-i.html

Installing OpenBSD 6.7 on your laptop is really hard (not)

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:15:00 UTC

Installing OpenBSD 6.7 on your laptop is really hard (not) https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html

mintBSD | OpenBSD desktop configuration

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:04:06 UTC

mintBSD | OpenBSD desktop configuration https://www.mintbsd.com/

5 reasons the D programming language is a great choice for development - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:07:33 UTC

5 reasons the D programming language is a great choice for development - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/17/5/d-open-source-software-development

The feature that makes D my favorite programming language - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:56:35 UTC

The feature that makes D my favorite programming language - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/20/7/d-programming

Why I use the D programming language for scripting - Lawrence Aberba for @opensourceway

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:24:49 UTC

Why I use the D programming language for scripting - Lawrence Aberba for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/21/1/d-scripting

The @opensourceway newsletter and website are very, very good. The great tips keep on coming.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:23:59 UTC

The @opensourceway newsletter and website are very, very good. The great tips keep on coming. https://opensource.com/

After a long AF wait, the Chromium web browser is back in @Debian testing.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:09:37 UTC

After a long AF wait, the Chromium web browser is back in @Debian testing. I will now say goodbye to the Flatpak and its login/cookie issues. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1229895/chromium-8804324146-1-migrated-to-testing/

Something tells me Chromium is returning soon to Debian Testing/Bullseye

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:23:55 UTC

Something tells me Chromium is returning soon to Debian Testing/Bullseye https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/chromium

Debian Bullseye ships with Python 3 by default and not Python 2. Also, you'll need to use the python3 command because the /usr/bin/python symlink is deprecated, though you can restore it with the python-is-python3 package. Python2 is still available.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:37:00 UTC

Debian Bullseye ships with Python 3 by default and not Python 2. Also, you'll need to use the python3 command because the /usr/bin/python symlink is deprecated, though you can restore it with the python-is-python3 package. Python2 is still available. https://wiki.debian.org/Python

In Debian Bullseye, GNOME Software handles updates for Flatpak applications. This was broken in Buster (or at least was in my installation). It's one of many nice upgrades in Debian's current Testing branch.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:34:22 UTC

In Debian Bullseye, GNOME Software handles updates for Flatpak applications. This was broken in Buster (or at least was in my installation). It's one of many nice upgrades in Debian's current Testing branch.

Every time I install Debian, I forget to check the printer box and then wonder why I can't print. Then I install cups and everything works.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:36:31 UTC

Every time I install Debian, I forget to check the printer box and then wonder why I can't print. Then I install cups and everything works.

The Mediocre Programmer - Craig Maloney

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 03:47:17 UTC

The Mediocre Programmer - Craig Maloney http://themediocreprogrammer.com/what-is-the-mediocre-programmer.html#what-is-the-mediocre-programmer

Sonic Pi: Code. Music. Live.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:05:27 UTC

Sonic Pi: Code. Music. Live. https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi

The Document Foundation makes a classic mistake: Instead of telling enterprises what's in it for them if they pay for enterprise @libreoffice, they lead with how not doing that affects @tdforg. It's no way to make a sale, either for real $$$ or the other kind of buy-in.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:14:09 UTC

The Document Foundation makes a classic mistake: Instead of telling enterprises what's in it for them if they pay for enterprise @libreoffice, they lead with how not doing that affects @tdforg. It's no way to make a sale, either for real $$$ or the other kind of buy-in. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/02/03/libreoffice-7-1-community/

Gthumb is my go-to photo-editing app. It handles embedded captions in JPG better than most apps, which isn't hard b/c GIMP is seriously lacking in this capability.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:26:05 UTC

GThumb is my go-to photo-editing app. It handles embedded captions in JPG better than most apps, which isn't hard b/c GIMP is seriously lacking in this capability. You can start in GThumb and bring in GIMP or any other program to do further edits. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb

I only upgrade Vim in Windows every few years or so, and honestly, it's a pain in the ass

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 03:38:00 UTC

I only upgrade Vim in Windows every few years or so, and honestly, it's a pain in the ass. First I had to keep the installer from deleting my _vimrc, then I had to remember that I needed to change my path. Yeah, this is easier than NEVER NEEDING TO DO THIS in Linux.