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Omeka (Omeka Classic) – a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. As a web application, it allows users to publish and display cultural heritage objects and extends the system’s functionality with themes and plugins. https://archiveapp.org/omeka/ #cms #linux #bsd #unix
Good morning Fedi! Do any of yall use a operating system that's not Linux, Windows, BSD or Mac on a regular basis? If so, which one?
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From the results I can see there is a solid group of Korn Shell users but I'm a bit surprised abouth the C Shell. I didn't though there was such a difference betwen the number of CSH users and KSH users. I guess part of it is because Korn is more similar to Bourne.
Thank you all for taking part and for your comments. I learned some things 
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Ako znaš čitati hrvatski, dobar si.
If you can't, you probably need to translate the article. 
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Over here locat is crucial in the terminal arsenal of programs.
Just as the vitality of Bram Molenaar's VIM which I need to write fluently,
I use a set of vital functions that are always inserted in the sh. I always need to have lolcat along with me for the ride.
Sometimes the third Line Function is just not enough to highlight the output
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Even on Linux-based operating systems, one can get strnvisx() and strunvis(), which solves that problem, should one choose to have it in the first place.
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"Users running i386 systems should not upgrade to trixie. Instead, Debian recommends either reinstalling them as amd64, where possible, or retiring the hardware."
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.en.html
There goes one of the go-to distros for old computers.
Will need to look into BSDs.
#debian #bsd
www.debian.org5. Issues to be aware of for trixie — release-notes documentation
MojoMojo – a Catalyst & DBIx::Class powered Wiki. It is a content management system, borrowing many concepts from wikis and blogs. It allows you to maintain a full tree-structure of pages, and to interlink them in various ways. https://archiveapp.org/mojomojo/ #wiki #linux #bsd #osx #windows #unix #solaris
ArchiveApp · MojoMojoWeb site: mojomojo.org Category: Network Subcategory: Wiki Platform: Cross-plaftorm License: GNU GPL Interface: Web-interface Wikipedia: First release: 2009 MojoMojo – a Catalyst & DBIx::Class powered…
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In short
Nothing from the internet should be trusted
From that perspective it would mean that you would have to write / program all code of everything that you need yourself, including the whole Operating System and all the kernel modules.
In reality that's not doable
You take the same amount of risks when you use a distribution. Provided that you download those sources from the websites from the coders themselves.
TOP 10 systemów operacyjnych o przeznaczeniu serwerowym w 2025 roku. Dzisiejsze zestawienie systemów operacyjnych jest poświęcone najbardziej popularnym systemom operacyjnym z rodziny Linux, BSD, Solaris, AROS, DOS oraz innym, niezależnym, które oferują spersonalizowany, gotowy do użycia gotowy system do instalacji na serwerze. https://linuxiarze.pl/top-10-systemy-serwerowe-2025/ #server #linux #bsd #unix #solaris
also complaining about things like "oh people make #linux software #systemd dependent" yeah its also like systemd was invented to address a bunch of specific issues that ancient init script based systems cannot deal with
you cannot just 'not use systemd' when developing many linux applications, and it should not be the responsibility of the linux developers to port the applications to #bsd which is essentially like backporting your apps to slackware 1.0
the burden here CLEARLY falls on netbsd/freebsd/openbsd to create subsystems for porting or emulating linux and other apps
literally no other operating system has done as much to support other OSes than linux as far as filesystems, subsystems, networking and everything else
bsd in contrast has done _nothing_ on any of these fronts except port a handful of linux utilities.
True minimalism!!! I definitely have to try it 
"Mwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code
Is KDE too much for you? GNOME tries to do too much? Xfce still a bit too fancy? Do you need something smaller? Even more minimalist? What about a mere 20 lines of code which provide the absolute barest possible minimum of window management functionality?
You need mwm."
#mvm #windowmanager #unix #linux #bsd #unixITA #linuxITA #guuf #guufITA #guufxmmp #fedilug
https://www.osnews.com/story/142853/mwm-an-x11-window-manager-in-20-lines-of-code/
www.osnews.comMwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code – OSnews
True minimalism!!! I definitely have to try it
"Mwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code
Is KDE too much for you? GNOME tries to do too much? Xfce still a bit too fancy? Do you need something smaller? Even more minimalist? What about a mere 20 lines of code which provide the absolute barest possible minimum of window management functionality?
You need mwm."
#mvm #windowmanager #unix #linux #bsd #unixITA #linuxITA #guuf #guufITA #guufxmmp #fedilug
https://www.osnews.com/story/142853/mwm-an-x11-window-manager-in-20-lines-of-code/
www.osnews.comMwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code – OSnews
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FreeBSD 15.0 will introduce graphical driver installation option for the first time!
#FreeBSD #BSD #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #KDE #KDEPlasma #PlasmaDesktop #NVIDIA #AMD
https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/freebsd-15-makes-graphical-installation-easier/
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@farooqkz I feel its simply due to the nature of how the various #BSD projects are developed synchronously on one unified source tree, whereas the #Linux world is so used to asynchronous development on many many source trees. this means that imho, #Linux has a natural tendency to split and fracture wheras the #BSD world is more likely to be focused and unified in efforts on the ecosystem en masse.