John M. Gamble

@jgamble@fosstodon.org · Joined ⁨Nov⁩ ⁨2022⁩

Lives in Chicago.
Former #USENET denizen.
Programs obscure algorithms.
Blocks threads dot net.

https://github.com/jgamble

2026-10-14T21:24:28Z

John M. Gamble@jgamble@fosstodon.org

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@tarix29 @zzt

Oh yeah, this is definitely ancient. I recognize some code that got rewritten years later, and Dan Lawrence passed away in 2010. I wonder if the whole "hate the 1987 code, we're so cool now" comments were part of a way of dodging Dan's own copyleft.

2026-10-14T20:47:59Z

John M. Gamble@jgamble@fosstodon.org

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I'm thinking of replacing an old laptop's Windows 10 system with a #BSD system instead of #Linux.

Most of the articles I see on the BSDs tend to downplay user interface. I'm very comfortable with the command line, but I want my GUI too.

Has anyone had any daily experience with this sort of setup? I am leaning towards #FreeBSD or #DragonflyBSD but I don't know about the available desktops.

#NetBSD #OpenBSD