C.<p>Those who fail to understand Unix are doomed to forever keep trying to turn it into Windows NT.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UnixPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/simplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OneJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneJob</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsNT</span></a></p>
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Ramin HonaryThe <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lispygopherclimate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LispyGopherClimate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/weekly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weekly</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/podcast" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> for 2025-04-03 <p>Listen at: <a href="https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio</a></p><p>This week we will talk about the Unix Philosophy and how it compares and contrasts with whatever one might call the “Emacs Philosophy.”</p><p>The impetus for the discussion is a series of blog posts by <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/ramin_hal9001" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ramin_hal9001</span></a></span> called “Emacs fulfills the UNIX Philosophy”:</p><ul><li>[The original introductory blog post](<pre><code>https://tilde.town/~ramin_hal9001/articles/emacs-fulfills-the-unix-philosophy.html</code></pre> )</li><li>[The show notes](<pre><code>https://codeberg.org/ramin_hal9001/lisp-gopher-climate_chat-about-emacs/src/branch/main/show-outline.org</code></pre> )</li></ul><p>…as well as a fascinating <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/114225644895007169" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">discussion</a> that took place over this past week on ActivityPub on the topic of the Unix philosophy and history of Lisp on Unix in which some very knowledgeable people have contributed anecdotes and facts.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/technology" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/programming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/softwareengineering" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lisp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/r7rs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#r7rs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/schemelang" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchemeLang</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/unixphilosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnixPhilosophy</a></p> This weeks <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/climatecrisis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/haiku" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haiku</a> by <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span><pre><code>within each of us
our loved ones, in tiny form,
caring's innate yield
company at a distance
legacy in case of loss</code></pre><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/senryu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/poem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/shortpoem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortPoem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/smallpoem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/smallpoems" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoems</a></p>
Eugene :emacs: :freebsd:<p>I'm daily using FreeBSD and Gentoo with "-systemd" global use flag, so I didn't closely watch to the latest news from the Linux world.</p><p>But, really?! They removing text logs from /var/log?? I bet, at 2026 there will be binary database for configuration instead of text files in /etc/ and /usr/local/etc/ 😁</p><p><a href="https://messydesk.social/@robey/113689392683044802" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">messydesk.social/@robey/113689</span><span class="invisible">392683044802</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gentoo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UnixPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixPhilosophy</span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@BradRubenstein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BradRubenstein</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>b0rk</span></a></span> </p><p>The book The UNIX Philosophy by Mike Gancarz (quoted on the Wikipedia page) is a little gem: very brief, non-technical, strictly focused on the underlying design principles, expounded in simple language. Lovely. I have the habit of picking it up every once in a while and randomly re-reading one of its chapters.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UnixPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MikeGancarz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeGancarz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
FrugalGamer<p><span>Recently I switched from the default keyboard on my Android phone to Simple Keyboard from the F-Droid app. It doesn't have autocorrect, word suggestions, swiping/gesture support, or spyware.<br><br>I originally switched for privacy reasons, but I've noticed that my frustration with phone typing has gone down drastically. I was always struggling against autocorrect to not replace the wrong thing, and the auto capitalization and such never allowed me to develop any skill in typing precisely.<br><br>I'm much slower in typing now, but I feel so much more in control of the experience.<br><br></span><a href="https://snug.moe/tags/android" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#android</a><span> </span><a href="https://snug.moe/tags/fdroid" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fdroid</a><span> </span><a href="https://snug.moe/tags/foss" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a><span> </span><a href="https://snug.moe/tags/unixphilosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unixphilosophy</a><span> </span><a href="https://snug.moe/tags/typing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a></p>
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