find is a language, not a flag parser.
Simple interface, deep internals — classic Unix design.
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/23/
#unix #slackware #bsd
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I’ve updated my nvi cheatsheet with practical examples for startup commands (-c) and classic vi ↔ Unix workflows (!, %!).
The page is a living document, and the RSS feed now tracks updates properly.
nvi cheatsheet: https://4c6e.xyz/nvi.html
RSS feed: https://4c6e.xyz/rss.xml
#nvi #vi #unix #slackware #rss
🎄 Merry Christmas!
Wishing a peaceful holiday season to the Slackware community.
Still simple, still solid, still Slackware.
Thanks to everyone who keeps it alive.
#slackware
🎄 Merry Christmas!
Wishing a peaceful holiday season to the Slackware community.
Still simple, still solid, still Slackware.
Thanks to everyone who keeps it alive.
#slackware
Why do people use Slackware?
One thing people often miss is continuity.
Slackware isn’t just technically stable , it’s culturally stable.
The same person, Patrick Volkerding, has guided it for 30 years with the same philosophy: don’t change things unless there’s a real reason.
For many users, that long-term trust matters more than new features.
You know what Slackware will be next year — and that’s rare today.
#Slackware #Linux #UnixPhilosophy #FOSS
I revisited the 2018 LWN series “A look at terminal emulators” and re-read its notes on st.
Back then, the articles tested st 0.6/0.7 (Debian/Fedora) and 0.8.1 upstream, a fair snapshot of the time.
I went through the upstream st git history from 2018 → 2025 and mapped many of the issues discussed (Unicode/wide glyphs, input crashes, paste & tmux integration, redraw/latency, escape sequences) to the actual fixes that landed over the years.
No single “big patch”, just steady maintenance:
wide-glyph correctness, crash-class input fixes, bracketed paste terminfo, latency tuning, and modern escape/color handling.
I wrote a short technical note with links to the relevant commits:
https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html
(post: Revisiting ST after the 2018 LWN analysis)
I’ve been using st + tmux daily on Slackware and it’s been solid: minimal, fast, predictable — exactly what I want on X11.
#st #suckless #unix #tmux #x11 #slackware
A very belated #introduction:
My name is Justin, of course. My first computer was an Apple IIe with an 80-column card that I learned BASIC on. These days I’m longtime Linux user ( #Slackware —> #Debian) and as of late have been dabbling in #FreeBSD and wrapping my head around #ZFS.
I’ve worked with C++, Python, Perl and JavaScript; currently learning #Golang — but am really passionate about a well-written, POSIX-compatible Bourne shell script.