No matter where you install from, you have to trust the source. Indeed, you have to trust every step in the supply chain.
If you are getting your code straight from the author, you are eliminating an exploit that’s introduced by a compromised account of a packager.
Carry on.
The same containers can be used for dev, test and production.
I rarely spot /srv in the wild.
I use /data for local server data.
If I need systemd for a specific use, like testing systemd services, that’s essential, not bloat.
For all the cases where musk might have advantages.
I like that musl helps build smaller containers. And sometimes I need systemd in a container.
As a former Ubuntu user, I’m more likely to try Fedora Silverblue at this point.
I like Podman so swapping it out for LXD isn’t compelling.
Maybe start over with whole kernel OS in Rust?
https://drewdevault.com/2024/08/30/2024-08-30-Rust-in-Linux-revisited.html
Right now most browsers are based on an engine owned by Google with a small percentage based on Firefox, which has historically depended on Google for significant funding. Not a great situation.
For something as important to modern life, its beneficial to have more diversity, if only to add different security flaws to it then exist in Chrome and Firefox.
I’m tempted to try Hikari just because it uses Darcs.
I preferred it to Git until Git dominated so thoroughly that I started using Git for personal as well as work projects.
I use Zathura. I like that it has option to be completely borderless with some vim-like navigation.
Makes a fine PDF viewer. Nice for tiling window managers.
Framework clarified they are looking for people who already own Frameworks and are already attending Linux events and happy to talk to people about their laptop. They’re not really asking people to do anything additional, but they will be giving them some free merchandise.
Fuzzel and Rofi are picker/launcher utilities.
More alternatives are compared here: https://mark.stosberg.com/fuzzel-a-great-dmenu-and-rofi-altenrative-for-wayland/
I built a console-only laptop once for financial reasons. I wanted something to travel with on a trip and was donated a laptop that, I think 20 MB of RAM after I upgraded it. I was able to run vim, perl and mutt was very tolerable performance.
I don’t think there’s really special tips. Pick a goal of some tasks to accomplish. Work towards them, discover the rough edges and find solutions for them. If you install everyone else’s favorite CLI apps, you can end up more than you need.
All that said, if I had the memory to run a GUI, I probably would have do so. But I wasn’t going to have a lot of time for web browsing and other laptop on that trip anyway.
A lot of the bindings are the same, because Helix was inspired in part by Vim.
Helix overall tries to make more consistent vocabulary and “nouns” and “verbs” in the keybindings, so there are some breaking changes.
Someone published a more “vim-like” set of keybindings for Helix: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/helix-vim
I started with that and then have slowly disabled a number of them as I come to appreciate the Helix defaults, and have realized that some of these vim-bindings are overriding other Helix bindings that I wanted.
A better out of the box experience-- fewer plugins required. More discussion here: https://urbanists.social/@markstos/112586854536602496
Anyone care to compare this with Helix?
I also switched to a trackball, The Kensington Expert.
I have also heard good things about the L-Trac.
https://www.amazon.com/X-keys-L-Trac-Red-Trackball-Mouse/dp/B06XWLCLGB?ref_=ast_sto_dp
This is somewhat re-inventing some things Ansible can do, which is download and install software whether it has a formal or informal source.
Ansible is the automation I use to manage personal and professional servers.