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Cake day: August 15th, 2026

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  • I have several machines, a few of which I plan to reinstall sooner or later, so:

    # System
    Distro: Devuan GNU+Linux, Void Linux, NetBSD, Alpine Linux (near future), Guix (near future)
    Init System: OpenRC, SysVinit, Shepherd (near future)
    Window Manager: cwm, Fluxbox, Xfce, river-classic (near future), *TBD* (near future)
    Shell: ksh93
    Terminal: Alacritty, Sakura, foot, Xfce Terminal
    Terminal Multiplexer: dvtm
    Application Launcher: (WM builtin), rofi
    Notification: dunst, Xfce Notifier
    Compositor: Picom, XCompMgr, wlroots, Xfwm
    Panel: Polybar, fbpanel, Xfce Panel, *TBD* (near future)
    Audio: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS
    
    # The Web
    Web Browser: Tor Browser, Librewolf
    Chat: Discord, Signal
    VPN: IVPN
    
    # File Management
    File Browser: Midnight Commander, Nemo, PCManFM, Thunar
    File Sharing: Syncthing, netcat, (physical disks)
    Torrent: KTorrent, Deluge
    Git CLI: Game Of Trees, Git
    
    # File Creation/Modification
    Text Editor: nano
    Code Editor: nano
    LaTeX Editor: TeXStudio
    Image Editor: GIMP, GraphicsMagick
    Video Editor: OpenShot, ffmpeg, blind
    Audio Editor: Tenacity, KWave, ffmpeg
    Document Editor: OpenOffice, nano
    
    # File Viewing
    Music Player: qmmp
    Media Player: MPlayer
    Image Viewer: imv
    Document Viewer: Zathura
    
    # Utility
    Screenshotter: scrot, grim
    Video Recorder: SSR, wf-recorder
    Color Picker: gpick, GIMP, (custom script I keep losing)
    Default Apps: XDG
    Dotfile Manager: `cp -r ~/.* /path/to/disk`
    Network TUI: nano, nmtui, nyx
    Bluetooth TUI: bluetoothctl
    Volume TUI: pactl, alsamixer, mixerctl
    Disk Analyzer: Baobab
    Wallpaper: Nitrogen, swaybg
    Markdown Renderer: glow
    
    # Gaming
    Game Launcher: Steam, PrismLauncher
    
    # Productivity
    Flashcard: (physical cards)
    

    I also plan to run Haiku on one of my older machines, but I can’t write down its components (e.g. init system, audio server), as it’s more monolithic than NetBSD or GNU/Linux.

    To transfer files using netcat, it’s:

    # Replace 1337 with any port number you like
    nc -vl 1337 > file   # On recipient
    nc -N 192.168.X.X 1337 < file   # On sender
    

    Of course, things like compression and encryption need to be done beforehand; but one would hopefully use other means to transfer such files.

















  • Reading the article, it seems that the Co-op are trying their best, in light of the government’s shitfuckery.

    The updated policy instead says that, wherever possible, the retailer will provide individual, lockable gender-neutral facilities, with decisions about access to gendered spaces made “sensitively and on a case-by-case basis,” as reported by The Sunday Times.

    The change follows the UK Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling on the legal meaning of “woman” and “man”, as well as new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) stating that single-sex spaces should be provided based on biological sex.

    A spokesperson for the Co-op, which has been a vocal supporter of trans rights, said it updated the policy following legal advice and consultation with its staff networks “to ensure compliance with our legal obligations and to support our trans, non-binary and intersex colleagues”, in a statement to The Sunday Times.