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Linux distributions >

(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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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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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.



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Not to be mistaken for Thunderbirds – (1965 show)

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Linux email clients >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

A multi-OS email client.

POP3, IMAP, SMTP, NNTP, LDAP, SSL/TLS, OpenPGP, S/MIME, filters, multiple identities, bayesian spam filters.

Excellent, but awfully slow.



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Diablo 2 cover art

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/diablo-ii [ 1 ] was https://www.blizzard.com/games/d2/, https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/games/d2/

2016-12-25 – Blizzard still hasn’t abandoned it yet.

It’s ugly to an extreme, and offensive to my eyes to even look at it. The controls are awkward and hard on my mouse hand.

  • Properly titled Diablo II



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