"One place where the veganism metaphor breaks down is that, although nearly anyone can be a vegan, tech veganism is mostly practiced by those who are expert enough or privileged enough to learn the elaborate workarounds to avoid the GAFAMs of the world. Setting up an Ubuntu laptop, a LineageOS phone, a Fastmail account, and … Continue reading Tech Veganism
Tag: OpenBSD
OpenBSD’s Guide to Netiquette
The OpenBSD's mailing list page netiquette section is excellent. It is a distillation of how to communicate online, i.e.: Plain text, 72 characters per line [or simplest formatting available]Do your homework before writingInclude a useful subject line [or headline]Trim your signatureStay on topicInclude important informationRespect differences in opinion and philosophy Using only plain text is … Continue reading OpenBSD’s Guide to Netiquette
Mutt on OpenBSD & Linux: configuring gpg/gpg2 & ~/.muttrc
Update: August 2019. In August 2017, I wrote this post to document my process for getting gpg2 working on OpenBSD 6.1 after not finding a straight-forward explanation online. In the two years since, I have used these notes to set up mutt on both OpenBSD and several varieties of Linux, such as Debian derivatives, Arch … Continue reading Mutt on OpenBSD & Linux: configuring gpg/gpg2 & ~/.muttrc
OpenBSD & The Command Line
Lately, when I've been using a computer, I've been using a laptop with OpenBSD installed. It's changing what I want a computer to do, and how I want to interact with one. OpenBSD isn't an easy system to use. For example, you cannot just plug-in a USB drive and have it work. You have to … Continue reading OpenBSD & The Command Line
