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hermitcl

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some rando online

dark of hair, first of their name

currently meatspace co-ordinates, somewhere around Naarm, on the Wurundgeri lands of the Kulin nation

they/them

message to whoever needs it: survival in the face of oppression is an act of defiance

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nixCraft , to random
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Which installation method do you prefer for your or desktop? 🤔

Title: Which installation method do you prefer for your Linux or Unix desktop? There are four choice titled as method 1, 2, 3 and 4. They are as follows: Method #1: curl url/installer | bash Method #2: git clone url && bash ./installer Method #3: wget url/installer vim installer bash ./installer Method #4: local package manager (apt/dnf/pkg/apk/zypper/snap/flatpak/brew & friends)
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    @nixCraft #4

    nixCraft , to random
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    Explain what you do in 4 words or less. I’ll go first:

    Automate software delivery 🚚

    hermitcl ,
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    @nixCraft facilitate access to information

    nixCraft , to random
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    Are Ksh scripts still used in production environments? Or has Bash become the dominant scripting choice nowadays?

    hermitcl ,
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    @nixCraft up to 5 years ago we ran a system that had been set up to start a Sybase database ONLY from ksh (if I tried to start from bash there were a bunch of environment variables that were not set, so Sybase wouldn't start properly)

    nixCraft , to random
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    Don't lie to me: How many browser tabs do you have open right now? 🤔

    hermitcl ,
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    @nixCraft many

    nixCraft , (edited ) to random
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    Poll: If you were designing a new distribution, which existing distro would you use as your foundation?

    hermitcl ,
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    @nixCraft slackware

    nixCraft , to random
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    You can rename OS. What would you name it? 🤔

    hermitcl ,
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    @nixCraft what's a German compound word that would mean locked down insecure bloatware?

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