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True, mpx and mux do predate vi. I suppose the later Plan 9's terminals also famously doesn't provide the capabilities required for vi (until an attempt at a vim port many years later), so I suppose that also checks out. And actually, even...

From https://www.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/dennis-m-ritchie/hist.pdf

Original article here. Consider this when replying. The second release candidate build for the FreeBSD 15.1 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv7, aarch64, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD...

Go to https://anydesk.com/en/downloads/freebsd and download the file, which it seems you've done. Then untar it with tar xvf anydesk-freebsd-whatever. You'll see a README. The README tells you you will need a mounted /proc and gives you two ways...

I'm trying to find a way to install AnyDesk on FreeBSD 15. I can download a .tar file. But how do I install it on the FreeBSD 15. I only know how to install packages using the ports tree and the "pkg install" method.

I am sure that once they used i.e vi to write their own text editors, they were complete experts at using it ;)

we partition some space off for swap on our spinners, and gang them up in `gmirror`, because a gmirror swapdev can also take a system dump. can't do that with a zvol.

True, it does seem quite funny to write considering its age but I still would call that era of UNIX 'modern'. Much of the userland was in place and its when the industry started to get interested and ultimately standardized (SUS) rather than...

When using top or ps to compare memory consumption, be sure to look at the “RES” (top) or “RSS” (ps) column. It displays the so-called “resident set size” of the process. This is the actual amount of physical memory allocated to the process...

When using top or ps to compare memory consumption, be sure to look at the “RES” (top) or “RSS” (ps) column. It displays the so-called “resident set size” of the process. This is the actual amount of physical memory allocated to the process...

I have been using rtl_433 to for years to get data from 433 MHz sensors (mainly temperature and / or moisture) into Home Assistant. It does so by sending the sensor data to a mqtt server (running on the same machine as Home Assistant). Both have...

That chip is pretty close to all the slow IO interfaces like PS/2 and such. Maybe that is the IO controller? Siemens used to make PCs themselves, it would be expected when the same chip is on their main boards.

I didn't say you couldn't. Vi is a core concept, a core tool, of using Unix.

This beauty is a Sun Ultra 5. It's in a friend's garage in Venezuela. It looks a little worn out on the outside but it's absolutely gorgeous inside!

As a workaround for the lack of native support at the moment, and the manual setup/management required was annoying me, I've knocked up a shell script to manage Claude Code running under Linuxulator, tested on arm64 and aarch64 (under QEMU, not...

In terms of user-facing experience, I feel ed -> vi is what separates traditional UNIX from modern UNIX. Where vi is still very "UNIXy" by design is that it doesn't do much, instead it provides just the editing tool and for most other tasks, you...

"2026 plans: The project continues into 2026 with a similar sized investment and scope. Key targets include completing work on sleep states (modern standby and hibernate), adding support for graphics drivers up to Linux 6.18, Wi-Fi 6 support...

Not graphical but fuilly visual. I almost always use ee for anything. It doesn't copy lines out of view like mousepad, that I rarely use to avoid that. I could make an editor that does everything I want but that's too specific and a waste of...

MG you are trying to compare vi with graphical editors as if they both have the same goals and capabilities. Graphical editors fall down with the needs of there's where vi shines and runs rings around it. If I'm editing a document for publication...

Hi all, Is there a way to turn or MSS clamping on an interface using just netgraph? Or must one use a firewall or some other diverting code as well! I’ve read the ng_tcpmss man page but I’m too dim to figure it out. Thanks

AI? I'm at least not stupid enough to use some always-online system that tries to benefit of my text. That trend is 1 of the dumbest ever. I just don't like invisible things happening. That was usual in a time where computers and particularly...

The makewhatis database searched by apropos (whatis) contains only the "NAME" section from each manual page, not the full page (see bold highlighted) : TCP(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual TCP(4) NAME tcp...

That's even worse. I had a Youtube discussion with someone who does everything in Emacs. I asked why everything should happen in 1 window but I still don't know. It was known after reading the title, right? You are commenting to this old flame...

Ted turned from the guy who corrupted kids to a right wing dope. He was quite the showman. He had a mesmerizing bravado. 20 years after he still had a groove. His debut song recorded in 1975. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiGhE6EVViw...

In a 21 page thread, I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but aside from everything else, vi key movement defaults are used by lots of other programs. The dwl window manager, mutt, w3m, for example.

Post 762017: You mentioned people could write their own hand-crafted text editor Post 762027: I stated that it wouldn't overthrow vi/vim Post 762028: You stated I was exaggerating Post 762029: I pushed for you to clarify why you felt I was...

If you look on the forum everyone has problems with KDE breaking all the time Its not really a desktop its more of a framework with lots of piece that all have to work together that constantly break People will probably disagree with me but its...

I highly doubt that. You and I will both be dead long before Vi or Vim usage disappears. Unless you plan to argue against Vim from beyond the grave? ;) I probably agree. I think the highest skilled people just use vi/vim rather than discuss text...

It looks like the LLM models are not willing to accept the default values.

Read, set, test, test again and forget. I mean enjoy. I have used ollama to analyze my config files. cat /etc/sysctl.conf | ollama run qwen3.5 --verbose "analyze this file please, give suggestions on improvements and present a new file with...

What is that even supposed to mean? I personnaly depend mostly on short keyboard delays. What editor it has to be isn't so relevant. Still, I see no advantage of using the vi-family to edit files. It's only a low-level standard for in a limited...

You really think your hand-crafted text editor would overthrow?

Overthrow inside the text-only UNIX sysadmin scene. Who called exaggeration?

I highly doubt that. You and I will both be dead long before Vi or Vim usage disappears. Unless you plan to argue against Vim from beyond the grave? ;) I probably agree. I think the highest skilled people just use vi/vim rather than discuss text...

Why are you throwing random things from behind a tree? This is the child corner of the camp. 😅

Just take the time to learn a dedicated desktop publishing package like the repeatedly recommended "Scribus" and you will be equipped not only for the present one, but also for future poster tasks. In my opinion, yes you can make a poster by...

The request was to make a poster for a medical conference. I’ve been making posters for medical conferences for almost 20 years. I’ve used Scribus for this multiple times. It’s not always the easiest to work with, but it will get the job done...

"Questionable" means no certainty.

That's even worse. I had a Youtube discussion with someone who does everything in Emacs. I asked why everything should happen in 1 window but I still don't know. It was known after reading the title, right? You are commenting to this old flame...

This one should be removed. The -w option is now given twice.

Where the variable type goes is not important these days. In the old days, you had single pass compilers which fit in some KB of memory. There it makes sense to not save the type from the beginning of the statement and apply it to all names seen...

You are either using FreeBSD or you are not. This isn't Linux.

Can / would you elaborate on this a little more? Because it seems you hit a nerve and now I'm very curious about this ;) (edit) To also stay a little bit ontopic here... I'm still using vi on almost a daily basis; and not just the editor...

I've got a stalker! I must be internet famous!

You are either using FreeBSD or you are not. This isn't Linux.

=> SHA256 Checksum OK for postfix/postfix-3.11.3.tar.gz. tar: Failed to set default locale What locale are you using? ===> postfix-3.11.3,1 depends on file: /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.12 - found pkg delete openssl I suspect you once...

Yes, just install security/tor, configure DNS server( for ex. local-unbound) and put this simple rules into /etc/pf.conf: ext_if="igb0" int_if="igb1" block all pass out quick on $int_if pass out quick on $ext_if nat-to $ext_if pass in quick on...

The alternative is to learn ~4 different IDEs for different platforms and languages? No thanks. Sure, Vi and Vim is outright weird for people having to learn it but that will carry on being the case into the future. Our great, great, great...

The makewhatis database searched by apropos (whatis) contains only the "NAME" section from each manual page, not the full page (see bold highlighted) : TCP(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual TCP(4) NAME tcp...

https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sh.html Use uname -U or uname -K.