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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • Oh god. I started with Slackware in 1998 and used it on the desktop until around 2008, then on the server until 2017 or so.

    In later years, the last panel definitely felt like Slackware. I was afraid to upgrade for fear of breaking things. Installing new software was tough because it was like, well, I need this dependency for that package, but what about this one? Will I break package A if I install the dependencies for package B? Only one way to find out!

    Slackware is probably much easier to handle now, with the proliferation of docker and the like, where the software includes the libraries it needs and doesn’t rely on the system libraries. Just run everything in a container.



  • lol I came upon a BMW that clearly had just missed his turn (he slowed down, realized it was too late to make the turn, then sped up again), then turned on his turn signal to pull into someone’s driveway to turn around.

    I said to my wife, “This BMW driver is so lost, they’re using their turn signal!”