2) Try one of the listed GNU/Linux distros inside a VM (Virtual Machine) before installing it on real hardware
3) Ask questions in the thread.
If you use Arch, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Mint , Antergos, Solus, Fedora or any other of the thousands of BLOAT GNU/Linux meme distros. Don't bother posting in this thread.
put linux in the subject field next time so my filter catches your garbage general
Bentley Hall
>put linux in the subject field next time so my filter catches your garbage general
You wish you were enlightened You wish you weren't sheep.
Brayden Nelson
>Void >Wmutils >mpv for video, mpd for music >sxiv >terminal >vim >bash >Firefox >St (xresources patch)
Luis Hill
What about OpenBSD?
Eli Rodriguez
I'd like to see a screenshot
Brody Clark
>alpine alpine is nifty for being a wholly non-GNU distro out of the box but after like a week, I gave up on that shit it's mostly a hassle getting X to start was dramatically more hassle than it should have been (yeah, yeah, it's mainly meant for running in VMs doing server shit and being really skinny so you can run more VMs and have more program time available for whatever you're serving, but hey) I'm also really curious as to why the standard headers (you know, for shit like printf) aren't listed as dependencies for clang or gcc or whatever too. also, not having bash installed made me acutely aware of how many scripts expect bash (read: just about every non-trivial one)
it is pretty damn slim though, a hell of a lot slimmer than a minimal debian (which is what I went and did instead)
Joshua Brown
When you're so minimal you don't even waste space on mentioning the fact you're minimal.
Jack Martinez
Old screenshot I posted in a Desktop thread on /wg/ like a week ago. I'll post a more up-to-date one later.
Justin Jenkins
Kekkk
Jaxson Jackson
Suckless should be renamed to suckmost.
Daniel Anderson
Any suggetsions for torrent clients? I'm working on a seedbox and looking for something minimal.
Evan Richardson
I don't get it, do we have to go back to the hardware level to avoid being engulfed in this VM based dystopia?
Jack Collins
rtorrent i guess
Kevin Robinson
What?
Joshua Jackson
>mfw I actually understand timecube That was a fucked up day
Then immediately remembered Time Cube and then suddenly everything made sense.
Gabriel Jones
Okay but do you fully understand it? What do i get out of understanding it? Anything else i should know?
Hudson Johnson
>Okay but do you fully understand it I understand it as 'more true than anything else I've been told' But I'm stuck on the 'why'
>What do i get out of understanding it? How esoteric are you willing to get?
The neat part is how it settles the differences between flat earth and round earth.
>Anything else i should know? Not sure, this train of thought has gotten me wrapped up last couple months though. I'm going to get a VR setup so I can manipulate 4D objects and see if I can't make sense of it.
pic very related
Julian Thomas
>Arch >i3 >mpv >feh >vim, gedit if GUI is required for some reason >Bash because it's what I'm most use to >Waterfox >Termite I feel like I'm a healthy balance between mminimal and bloat
Alexander Lopez
Reposting WM ram comparison:
Matthew Garcia
>OS: Debian(Net)/GuixSD >DE/WM: screen or tmux for console or i3/sway for gui >Video/Music player: MPV (duh) >Image viewer: fbv for console feh for gui >File Manager: mc (midnight commander) 4 muh dual pane >Text Editor: vi/nano >Shell: ash/fish >Web Browser: links2 for console ffbeta for gui (w3m has been abandonded for years) >Terminal: xvt -fg white -bg black
Ethan Reyes
Hmm okay..Why don't you think scientists don't want to start a discussion on this topic?
Zachary Bennett
Do you like ash? I use mksh but im thinking about switching.
Wyatt Ward
Is Wayland /minimal/?
Benjamin Gomez
I meant FIM not FBV (Fbi(frame-buffer image) IMproved)
Arch (not a zealot but so far it seems pretty great) hlwm feh ranger bash qutebrowser xterm
Chase Barnes
>Why don't you think scientists don't want to start a discussion on this topic They would if they could, but it'd require a massive paradigm shift across several studies. Like History.
You'd also have to be willing to go against the grain long enough for other people to catch on.
Bentley Mitchell
so for shells, everyone seems to focus in on the pdksh-side of the kshes. mksh, openbsd ksh, etc.
Damn okay. What other stuff should i look into besides the time cube?
Kevin Brown
I would gladly use it but i can't. Fuck AT&T. It's either mksh, ash or dash
Jordan Ross
>Fuck AT&T
Xavier Bailey
It's much faster compared to bash and more minimal for automated tasks and scripting but it's harder to interface with so it's nice as a backend and using Fish or ZSH as your userland interface. Both are slower but have more intuitive and interactive aspects.
Ash makes no attempt at hand holding like Bash but it has a lot of the same Bashisms and probably the best Bash compatibility compared to even ZSH and Fish.
This same architecture stack has been used on debian for a long time because of the improved operating performance.
You interact with Bash to simplify but if you look it's main dependency is ash. You can actually compile Debian without Bash but by default it's setup like that.
Wayland is a protocol and the implemented compositors can be minimal. Look into Sway or Way Cooler.
Gnome for example is much larger in comparison and I expect even more minimal implementations as the interest increases.
Robert Hernandez
>Freemasonry and it's history, especially during the American Revolution and the Renaissance. >Hermeticism >Operation Fishbowl / Operation High Jump >Freemasonry and it's involvement in NASA
The rabbit hole goes incredibly deep user. You'll probably have a couple existential crises
William Hall
Okay sounds interesting but i want to know how YOU research this stuff and why YOU are into this stuff?
Hudson Adams
>i want to know how YOU research this stuff and why YOU are into this stuff? I read books that interest me. Go to historically important places. etc. Just absorb information man.
I'm into it because I enjoy seeking knowledge. I'd rather know the sad truth than a happy lie. Maybe it's Thoth, who knows.
Zachary Watson
Okay thanks man. Last question, you know any stuff about aliens?
Connor Murphy
What was the name of the person that makes these again? I was thinking of buying a print but forgot about it
Christopher Carter
>know Nope, not enough to speak about them like I did at least lol.
I definitely saw a UFO when I was 12 though. It was hidden technology or aliens. It went faster than anything I've ever seen. One of my most vivid memories.
Maybe they're from space. Maybe they're inter dimensional. Maybe they're demons(dimens). I can die happy when I find out though. Speaking of which, knowing some basic latin will help you too.
Paul Laffoley
Nathaniel Ross
Thanks
Brody Wright
>>/x/
Jayden Murphy
I wish /x/ was focused enough to discuss these topics seriously.
Nathaniel Cook
Im not even an /x/ fag. This user is just telling me shit he knows
Bentley Nelson
>OS arch because it was the only thing I could get to boot on my shitty little netbook >DE/WM openbox >Video/Music player I don't think I have either of those things >Image viewer I don't remember which one I downloaded but it's a piece of shit >File Manager pcmanfm >Text Editor mousepad >Shell bash >Web Browser chromium >Terminal xfce4-terminal
it's really not very minimal at all, it uses like 200mb of memory with nothing open I wanted plank cause it looked nifty but it uses like 40mb of ram which is dumb I'd like to make it a bit lighter but when the browser uses like 3 times as much as my entire operating system as soon as you start it it all feels a little pointless you know
>openbox 8.3M am I doing something wrong or what?
Owen Wilson
The person who benchmarked these things was on slackware
Jaxson Parker
the browser is currently using 8 times as much ram as everything else combined is there a browser that doesn't do this or is this more the fault of bloated web pages?
oh that explains it
Levi Sanders
I think it's the fault of the browsers needing to be bloated to be able to display the bloated web pages.
Brody Smith
also, if you're looking for ways to shrink it slightly/improve things: Use sxiv for image viewer Use mpv for video player and mpd for music Use urxvtd/urxvtc for terminals.
Carter Richardson
>kernel linux with ck patches >graphical shell x11 running StumpWM >media files Firefox >file manager cli >text editor echo and cat >shell execline >downloads aria2