Re: BunsenLabs Linux

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

On 4/17/2024 10:58 AM, Joel wrote:

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
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I guess it is a common issue in OpenBox,
but there was a fix — I ran its compositor (Picom) with the option
"--experimental backend" and that fixed it.

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JHC.  Only in GuhNoo bizarro world.
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LibreOffice also puts half-baked "experimental" and "limited" code in
their production releases, labeled as such to excuse their lackadaisacal
efforts.
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No doubt "Picom" is still at version 0.13 after 10 years of "development".

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It's even better: it's 31 releases in 5.5 years.
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Fix a bug or 3 in your part time, and make a new release.  It's the
GuhNoo way.
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This!  Is!  Linux!

 
The fix sounds exactly like something M$ did.

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Very substantive retort, with multiple examples... lamer.

It was an extreme case, but regarding a common feature.

Here's the chaotic FOSS hobbyist history:
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1 "picom is a compositor for X, and a fork of Compton."
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  "Picom was forked in 2016 from the original Compton because it seemed
   to have become unmaintained."
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2 "Compton is a compositor for X, and a fork of xcompmgr-dana."
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  "I was frustrated by the low amount of standalone lightweight
   compositors."
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3  xcompmgr-dana (dcompmgr) is a fork of Xcompmgr
   "Dana's composite manager (not for production use)"
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4 "Xcompmgr is a simple compositor capable of rendering drop shadows
   and, with the use of the transset utility, primitive window
   transparency.  Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a
   lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers."
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1 https://github.com/yshui/picom
2 https://github.com/chjj/compton
3 http://git.openbox.org/?p=dana/dcompmgr.git;a=summary
4 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/xcompmgr
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Got all that?
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From 'proof of concept' to 'experimental' in only 12 years.
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MS is doomed.

The core of GNU/Linux will always be rock solid.  Just as Winblows is,
which is why they could get away with their Win10 public beta test
that led me to use Linux for a real length of time in 2019, that later
influenced my decision to start using it on this machine.  M$ is far
from "doomed" but Linux is very strong.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.