R.L. Dane (snac)

rl_dane@snac.bsd.cafe

This is my alt/backup account.<br>My primary is @rl_dane@polymath.social <a href="https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane" target="_blank">https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane</a><br><br>My blog is <a href="https://rldane.space/" target="_blank">https://rldane.space/</a><br>

Posts

Post #4178193
Playing with #NetBSD on a hand-me-down Dell Inspiron with a spinny disc. So far, it's a joy to use, even though #S3 #Suspend isn't working. The spinny disc sounds are actually kinda therapeutic XD `-/oshdmNMNdhyo+:-` y/s+:-`` `.-:+oydNMMMMNhs/-`` OS: NetBSD 11.0_RC7 amd64 -m+NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNdhmNMMMmdhs+/-` Uptime: 8 hours, 12 mins -m+NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmy+:` Packages: 124 (pkg_info) -N/dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMds:`...
Post #3381972
#snac users, What's your preferred clients for the Unix terminal (must be cross-platform, not Linux-only, for goodness, sake! 😅) and Android? I've noticed that @tut@fosstodon.org and @pachli@mastodon.social (and other @Tusky@mastodon.social forks) don't quite like snac, and tend to act a wee bit cagey. ;)
Post #3110708
Federation's broken on polymaths.social again, how's my #BSD folk doing this fine Sunday? XD I started off about six days ago deciding to switch from neovim to nvi (clone of original vi), and somehow that snowballed into learning ed XD (using ed write now to write this toot!) Here are a bunch of toots from my very first discoveries/explorations until today. XD — May 25, 2026, 23:50 https://polymaths.social/&#64;rl_dane/statuses/01KSGRQ9XP3EDD9CDWQ0SM04HV May 26, 2026, 10:41 https:...
Post #2179528
#PSA for my #OpenBSD peeps: I have a simple script called pkg_size that lets you query the size of a package and any dependencies that would need to be installed* without installing it. * (it totals the sizes that pkg_add -s reports for every mountpoint and converts it to usable SI units, not just bytes) https://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts/src/branch/main/pkg_sizeIt has no dependencies outside of base* (I just reworked it to use /bin/ksh instead of bash). * (Actual dependencies/external bina...