They test a LOT of the packages from what I understand. Not a good or bad thing but it does make things harder to update as time goes on.

Yep. And more distros support so theres more incentive to fix any issues that have popped up. Plus theres more c devs in the world than rust.

Im so happy work stopped using ubuntu server after last time.

Also how the heck do you break cp of all things.

I dont want to experiment with core utils.

Nginx.

It runs everything at home and at work.

Windows has better accessability features than linux does. Itsn ot talked about much but ive been in meetings with people with disabilities, survivors of accidents, etc… and Windows is the only real option. If you are blind there are standard programs that they use.

Its the one area i think linux could use real work. A couple of places ive put in pull requests to help out from time to time.

Otherwise linux is generally better ;)

Found them! https://mastodon.social/@mntmn

@mntmn@mastodon.social

Lots of open hardware here https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform

They are on the fediverse if i recall.

Ed when i need to get into a server and i have no clue whats running.

Nano when i know whats running and i cant install things.

Vim when i can install things.

At wprk we use vscode wnd jetbrains products but they are omly ok. I still like vim more.

Yep! Ive used things that work perfectly for years in COBOL. It mostly doesnt matter what a thing is made out of unless I have to look under the hood and fix something.

Rust is fine. Its not revolutionary though its just another language. I made some cool one offs with it. But its everything else thats an issue.

We had things break at work because of rust-coreutils. I dont particularly care that its made in rust. It just needs to be stable and compatible.

However, the project is not 100% compatible with GNU coreutils. Putting aside the licensing issues, if it cant do what it says on the tin, then it should be on experimental linux distros not our most popular distros.

But this is linux/FOSS so people will do what they want. It means I wont use Mint, but its also ok for Mint to decide this. GL! hope everything works out either way.

oh nice, maybe ill give it a shot.

Unfortunately the project is reliant on quite old tech and parts nowadays.

No idea. You may want to put it directly in your browser window tab. Maybe lemmy is doing something strange to the url? Its def a real link though.

Give it a shot. The code is a bit piecemeal so feel free to improve upon it. I got a book working with upload and stopped there. Its a “good enough” solution. It goes to the next page and keeps the page when the power is out.

The code could probably need a tuneup. I haven’t done C++ in 10+ years other than some tiny linux kernel patches and that was a bit ago.

Open book is awesome.

Similarly im lookimg forward to getting my https://diptyx.dev/

That looks kinda like my project down to the same board. Crazy. Not sure why hes charging for it, its very simple to program. And heltek comes with a plastic casing/screen to begin with.

https://piefed.social/c/meshtastic/p/1951961/ebook-reader-out-of-a-heltek-v3#post_replies

It looks familiar butbwith an eink screen rather than the heltek screen that comes with it. Cool little device he made.

One of the best things about ebook readers is once you get old, you can still read your favorite books!

Ill do that thanks.

I kinda want to get another one but im waiting on the open source https://diptyx.dev/

I didnt expect references so when they pop up i get screenshots. Men writing woman ref.