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GoboLinux

2005-03-31

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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gobo
http://gobolinux.org/

An alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy.

2016-03-31 – Their development has been so unbelievably godawfuly slow that I gave up hoping long ago.
2015-05-16 –
- Their website is completely broken in places.
- I can’t find any documentation on how to get an ISO put onto a USB stick. While dd works, I don’t see a package manager for the liveUSB. The installation does not work: The bootloader is not magical.

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Blackbox

2005-03-31

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Software > Window managers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/bradleythughes/blackbox/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/blackboxwm/

coming eventually

2019-11-16 — While the original project was abandoned long ago, I see that it was forked.
- I don’t really care though, as Openbox is working fine.
Obsolete – see versus Blackbox.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/
http://www.dosbox.com/

A DOS emulation program.

Absolutely essential for emulating DOS not just within Windows or a traditional Linux environment, but within ARM/Linux as well, for palmtops and phones.

For games I’ve played via it, see /tag/dosbox-games (although the tag is new and not populated well)

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – (1974 book), by Robert M. Pirsig

2005-02-27

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Entertainment > Reading >

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

An father takes his kid on a motorcycle road-trip across the United States, and recalls his past life, when he was insane, and the philosophies he had drowned in.

A terrible book, full stop.

Properly titled Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
ISBN 9-780688-002305
Earlier I had read ISBN-10 0553277472
1974-05-01

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