glances

Although I had used LILO quite a lot in the past, and was doing some interesting things with it, like having multiboots with DOS and rearranging partitions to hide some or change what was primary, I tend to not use a bootloader like that anymore. I expect a distribution to be magical regarding a boot loader.

LILO = Linux Loader
When LILO breaks, I use boot-repair.

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Porteus

2015-05-04

dead, glances, Linux distributions, Linux distributions based on Slackware, Linux distributions which do not use systemd, loved, projects

FAIL – does not recognize SD cards

Linux distributions + Slackware >

(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Porteus
porteus.org

Although installable to a hard drive, this is generated as a LiveUSB distribution.

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Pale Moon

2015-05-03

freeware, glances, GUI software, image viewers, internet software, Linux software, live, loved, open-source software, Pale Moon, software, web browsers, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
Linux > http://www.palemoon.org/
http://www.palemoon.org/

A web browser which is essentially a fork of Firefox. Pale Moon keeps the simpler UI before the astonishingly terrible changes Firefox made.

A very good browser. Newer addons targeting the latest Firefox which are addicted to its new interface will not work with Pale Moon, since Pale Moon lacks that interface. Older addons or proper UI-agnostic addons will work fine.

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OpenSCAD

2015-05-03

3d printing, BSD software, dead, disliked, drawing, glances, GUI software, liked, Linux software, macOS software, programming, programming languages, reviews, software, todo, Windows 8 software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
http://openscad.org/

The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

In general, this is a wonderful program. A great editor, and it’s quite easy to use.

Unfortunately, it really is for programmers. While I can muddle through everything, I’m not a programmer so it’s extremely time consuming for me to make anything.

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123D Design

2015-05-02

3d printing, abandoned, disliked, drawing, glances, ipad software, macOS software, software, todo, Windows 8 software, Windows software

was www.123dapp.com/design

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SketchUp Make

2015-05-02

3d printing, disliked, drawing, glances, macOS software, software, todo, Windows 8 software, Windows software

SketchUp

https://www.sketchup.com/

SketchUp Make is the free SketchUp version.

So simple it’s actually difficult to use.

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eCryptfs

2015-04-17

alien, commandline software, dead, encryption, freeware, glances, Linux software, loved, open-source software, security, software, todo, utilities

TODO – add additional notes

encryption >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ecryptfs.org/

A cryptographic filesystem.

A fantastic concept and program which I used heavily for a long time across multiple Linux distributions.

Be aware that attacks on people, hardware and implementation are the go-to methods for defeating encryption. Some points:
- A legal or physical threat, lies and other social engineering.
- A hardware or software keylogger. Are you typing your password on a keyboard and computer you control?
eCryptfs-mount.sh is my helper script.

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