

Haiku, anyone?
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Haiku, anyone?


I gave up on notes platforms like this a couple of years ago. I just have a bunch of well-sorted Markdown files that I edit with nano on desktop and Markor on mobile.


I have several machines, a few of which I plan to reinstall sooner or later, so:
# System
Distro: Devuan GNU+Linux, Void Linux, NetBSD, Alpine Linux (near future), Guix (near future)
Init System: OpenRC, SysVinit, Shepherd (near future)
Window Manager: cwm, Fluxbox, Xfce, river-classic (near future), *TBD* (near future)
Shell: ksh93
Terminal: Alacritty, Sakura, foot, Xfce Terminal
Terminal Multiplexer: dvtm
Application Launcher: (WM builtin), rofi
Notification: dunst, Xfce Notifier
Compositor: Picom, XCompMgr, wlroots, Xfwm
Panel: Polybar, fbpanel, Xfce Panel, *TBD* (near future)
Audio: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS
# The Web
Web Browser: Tor Browser, Librewolf
Chat: Discord, Signal
VPN: IVPN
# File Management
File Browser: Midnight Commander, Nemo, PCManFM, Thunar
File Sharing: Syncthing, netcat, (physical disks)
Torrent: KTorrent, Deluge
Git CLI: Game Of Trees, Git
# File Creation/Modification
Text Editor: nano
Code Editor: nano
LaTeX Editor: TeXStudio
Image Editor: GIMP, GraphicsMagick
Video Editor: OpenShot, ffmpeg, blind
Audio Editor: Tenacity, KWave, ffmpeg
Document Editor: OpenOffice, nano
# File Viewing
Music Player: qmmp
Media Player: MPlayer
Image Viewer: imv
Document Viewer: Zathura
# Utility
Screenshotter: scrot, grim
Video Recorder: SSR, wf-recorder
Color Picker: gpick, GIMP, (custom script I keep losing)
Default Apps: XDG
Dotfile Manager: `cp -r ~/.* /path/to/disk`
Network TUI: nano, nmtui, nyx
Bluetooth TUI: bluetoothctl
Volume TUI: pactl, alsamixer, mixerctl
Disk Analyzer: Baobab
Wallpaper: Nitrogen, swaybg
Markdown Renderer: glow
# Gaming
Game Launcher: Steam, PrismLauncher
# Productivity
Flashcard: (physical cards)
I also plan to run Haiku on one of my older machines, but I can’t write down its components (e.g. init system, audio server), as it’s more monolithic than NetBSD or GNU/Linux.
To transfer files using netcat, it’s:
# Replace 1337 with any port number you like
nc -vl 1337 > file # On recipient
nc -N 192.168.X.X 1337 < file # On sender
Of course, things like compression and encryption need to be done beforehand; but one would hopefully use other means to transfer such files.
Depending on your drivers, you could give Guix a go. It’s not for everyone; but it’s decent, solid, and I used to run it on a 32-bit machine with 3GB of RAM.
If you do require nonfree drivers, there are guides to set it up using Nonguix; but I don’t know how well that works (I am yet to try it).


RFK Jr. has done immense damage to the short-term and long-term health of the USA and several other countries. Measles had been eradicated, for fuck’s sake!
I’m suggesting the BeOS successor.