Damus
Open in Damus
Mark profile picture
Mark
@Mark

👋 Hi, I’m @thesaigoneer , our man in Danang.
🌱 No-coder +, perpetually between DE and WM

📫 Adjusted a gazillion of dots and still drinks beer. Since I've tried them all I've landed on KDE, dwm and a slew of other window managers. Quintessential distro-hopper, but running Slackware for over 3 years now. And counting. No issues with FreeBSD, Gentoo or Arch either. Prefer bare bones rolling. Into atomics and init systems as well.

👋 Don't blame yourself, learn feng shui & blame the furniture

npub1e8sksky2kngccpmptwc4szucgtrvzpfp9ylpysuwqcym0ytplufqn75cnpnpub
[email protected]nip05
Relays (1)
  • wss://relay.ditto.pub – read & write

Recent Notes

Mark profile picture
To come so far with hyprland on FreeBSD (it's working!) and then that Danish fuck spoils any party 😡 Really in doubt whether I should publish at all. Which means I probably won't.
I'm all for devs being paid, even by big business, but active association with a white supremacist is a new level of 💩. Btw, neovim has been called out also. I'll be reviving my River and Mango FreeBSD repo's in the meantime.
#hyprland #freebsd
Kalpa Desktop · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6478pt2d34uz52z6k3ppjqqwgf4ywks3k5hkd0pnhfnkhcsmtw7q2nytzy Ok, so you still got vlc, and not vlc-noX, good to know. The openSUSE provided vlc in...
 Mark profile picture
Mark @Mark
@nprofile1q... Yes, I guessed it had something to do with that. First call of port for me is usually a 'opi codecs'. Can understand it, happens with Fedora also, but for the 'generic' desktop user it's a total mystery. Thanks for all your efforts, it's good to see Kalpa moving. Feel free to drop me a DM if there's anything I can help out with.
1
Kalpa Desktop · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6478pt2d34uz52z6k3ppjqqwgf4ywks3k5hkd0pnhfnkhcsmtw7q2nytzy yeah, don't try to use opi, or packman on Kalpa, just as a "warning from the lead developer" You won't be happy.
Kalpa Desktop · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6478pt2d34uz52z6k3ppjqqwgf4ywks3k5hkd0pnhfnkhcsmtw7q2nytzy Uh, not that it *might* matter to you, but vlc is actually there for a reason, as it's...
 Mark profile picture
Mark @Mark
@nprofile1q... A fair and good point. But i noticed the preinstalled vlc (at least in my case) gave me some errors, whilst playing video from my NAS. Neither the flatpak version nor the flatpak of Haruna had that error. Once again, can be me, no biggie anyway. And i do turn off all sound notifications indeed 😜
1
Kalpa Desktop · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6478pt2d34uz52z6k3ppjqqwgf4ywks3k5hkd0pnhfnkhcsmtw7q2nytzy Ok, so you still got vlc, and not vlc-noX, good to know. The openSUSE provided vlc indeed does not have all the codecs enabled, because stupid codec patent/licensing issues. I'll make ...
Kalpa Desktop · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6478pt2d34uz52z6k3ppjqqwgf4ywks3k5hkd0pnhfnkhcsmtw7q2nytzy Uh, not that it *might* matter to you, but vlc is actually there for a reason, as it's the only supported backed for phonon (which is KDE's multimedia subsystem, which provides things li...
Mark profile picture
Nix is probably a pun by Eelco Dolstra, the creator of Nix, on the Dutch word 'niks', which means 'nothing'. "What are you doing? Niks!" Niksen means sth like doing nothing specific, just procrastinating. As such it's no coincidence I'm both a Nikser and a Slacker. I've found my space.
#slackware #nixos
Mark profile picture
Basically what I want from a wm. No frills, just a bar, a bg, a couple of workspaces, some applications and a bit of color.
River-classic gives me just that.
#slackware #riverwm

stu · 27w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe8sksky2kngccpmptwc4szucgtrvzpfp9ylpysuwqcym0ytplufqehe3r5 I want to try #VoidLinux on my new laptop #ThinkpadT480s
Mark profile picture
Mark @Mark
@stu Oh, and when you want to be one of the really cool kids follow this: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/22/void-linux-zfs-hibernation-guide/ by @nprofile1q... (yes, yes, the bsd.cafe barista) and setup zfs et al, according to this great tutorial. And don't shortcut with the script ☺️, do it manually, step by step, it is a great learning experience. Used that on my work laptop for two months. Either way, enjoy the Thinkpad!
stu · 27w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe8sksky2kngccpmptwc4szucgtrvzpfp9ylpysuwqcym0ytplufqehe3r5 That looks awesome actually. How do you like #VoidLinux?
Mark profile picture
Mark @Mark
@stu VoidLinux is a great distro. It requires some reading (mainly bcs it uses runit), but it is all pretty well documented. I can recommend this vid (by a Vietnamese guy 😅), that helped me a lot last time: https://youtu.be/iYszYEMoivY?si=X0mtgQRtF9Fn6wFv

And search for jake@linux on YT, he has a ton of good videos on VoidLinux!
Void is very snappy, that T480 will love it!