this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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Automatism in the age of the children of Unix.

It's a box of antique photographs. A blade, a girl and a fish. Whatever it means, you're invested.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I spent a few too many seconds thinking that famous actor Matt Dillon is a linux enthusiast before I realized that Matt Dillon the software engineer was who is being mentioned here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

linux enthusiast

I think that the cause in question here may be BSD rather than Linux.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

pf is really the answer. It’s beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Running Alpine Linux because I need some flatpaks and stuff. I miss pf. Got zfs though!

EDIT: Also sndio is best sound server... Linux audio is a mess

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can use sndio on Linux

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ya, was aware of that, I've used it in the past, but you need to compile stuff to use it right? Just wondering how it interacts with things using alsa/pulseaudio... Sticking with pipewire for now!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

For sure, it's not super supported, pipewire is your best bet by a long shot. Although I use JACK sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

mirabilos? That's a name I haven't heard in 20 years.

[–] paperd 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fish used to have a body and wasn't just a floating fish??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait this isn't in the website that's why my RSS reader didn't pick it and the others up damn I missed so many cool drawings

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sozz, didn't feel website worthy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's worth it to me