I use master because I’m nostalgic. If it matters that much, though, I’ll start using trunk (like we used to back in the days of SVN).

What’s the problem with running an older OSX? https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy

I am running 10.6. Chromium Legacy is for 10.7 and above, and the same is true of a lot of software. Meanwhile, on my Linux partition, I can have Firefox Nightly if I want. It’ll run heavily, but it’s possible.

As it happens, I do have a somewhat recent browser installed in OSX, but it’s not great.

Also, running an older OS like that isn’t a good idea, as it won’t have received security patches or microcode updates.

That’s the thing, you can run a 64-bit distro as long as you’ve a 32 bit grub starting it :)

I hadn’t quite considered that somebody had implemented this. Thanks for the info!

There was also another user who gave me a link to some software that modifies mixed-mode ISOs so that they will boot on my potato laptop.

Whoa! Thank you!

I’ll give it a go!

I prefer X11, and Hyprland doesn’t have a great community (apparently). However, I was hoping more that Lemmy would just comment their favourite light WMs to make it easier for me to choose.

Good idea!

The link I gave them was for the organisation I moved the serious stuff to. I did this so I could have more basic, novelty, and experimental repos on my Codeberg, as well as so that other people can “join” the organisation to help work on the projects.

I don’t know where you got the idea that I’m pretending I can’t show people this stuff. That’s not at all the case. I am proud of the software I’ve written; I just thought I could organise it better.

Sounds interesting, but maybe a little too advanced for me.

My objectives are education and fun. I enjoy programming, I want to learn more, and I’ve been inspired by Brodie Robertson’s recent video on novelty software as well.

I’m also applying for computer science courses at a few universities at the moment, and I want them to be impressed. Two repos for projects that haven’t been updated since 2022 isn’t the best look.

Good idea, although I think I’d prefer to make a desktop app. I know HTML, but static sites are as far as my web programming goes.

However, with a bit of Python or C and a PGP library, I could probably have a go at making an encrypted P2P chat service.

Interesting. I think an online Markdown editor, maybe with S3 as a storage backend and a button to convert to PDF, could be a useful CRUD webapp. Great idea!

It might be a bit too professional for my personal repos, though. More suited to the organisation I just moved everything to.

I use Zsh with the Oh My Zsh! framework, and I use a different theme depending on which subuserland I’m in, by customising ~/.zshrc. For example, I use the gentoo theme on Debian and its derivatives, agnoster on NixOS, darkblood on Arch, strug for Mageia, apple on my macOS device, aussiegeek on FreeBSD, and gallifrey on OpenBSD. Different themes helps me remember which package manager to use and which distro-specific commands will work.

I’ll send some screenshots in a bit, when I boot up my PC.

I like Zsh because of its tab completion and command history. I also quite like its plugins.

Before anyone asks, I have tried Fish before, and I prefer Zsh. I have tried configuring Bash before, and I prefer Zsh. I have played with Ksh and Tcsh on BSD, and I prefer Zsh. I used PowerShell a long time ago, and I prefer Zsh.

*Laughs in PeerTube

Either the PineTime, or buy one that you can flash AsteroidOS onto.

True.

Oh, nice! That’s perfect!

Kiwix is a pretty good tool. The only real disadvantage (as far as I know) is that edits to the pages often take a long time to come through after they’re made on Wikipedia (or whichever wiki you’re looking at); sometimes weeks or months.

Time for Gemini?

Of course! I keep forgetting about Fairphone!

Services I Use:

• LibreX (search engine)
• CloudTube (YouTube proxy)
• PeerTube (federated YouTube alternative)
• Tutanota (mail & calendar)
• Organic Maps (maps app based around OpenStreetMap)
• Cryptee (encrypted notes)
• Matrix (chat)
• LibreOffice + Collabora Office (office suite)
• Kiwix (offline Wikipedia & other wikis)
• NetNewsWire (RSS reader, for news)

Arms of the Fediverse I Use Regularly:

• Mastodon
• Pixelfed
• Lemmy
• PeerTube
• WordPress

Dormant Arms of the Fediverse:

• Friendica
• Kbin
• Funkwhale
• WriteFreely

I have installed Linux on all four of my laptops, and I’m hoping to migrate from my iPhone to a Pixel with DivestOS as soon as I move out of my parents’ house (I’m currently 17), or sooner if possible.

I have also swapped many web apps for desktop apps, and my music collection has been based around CDs and DRM-free files since it started in 2016. In addition, I still use DVDs, VHS tapes, and (to a lesser extent) good old-fashioned Torrents for my films and TV shows.

If the internet becomes altogether too bad, there’s always Gemini. Making web apps is trickier, but entirely feasible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

I think there was also a federated social media site on Gemini, which could interact with Mastodon, but I can’t find it.