A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD.
nvi2, which is what you get in DragonFly when you type “vi”, has been updated to version 2.2.2. The nvi2 README gives a little history of how many years this has been around. Close to 50? A family tree would be interesting.
Related: turning on vim mode in Obsidian gets you this entertaining dialog:
Shouldn’t it be “vi mode”? Oh hey, look, an esoteric definition argument, just what you came to the Internet for.
It’s short link title week!
Current event: Roguelike Celebration 2025 is happening right now if you read this soon enough. If you missed it, there’s a related Steam sale filled with roguelike games.
Doing my best to clean out old to-post items, so some of these sources are weeks old – but I hope new to you.
Entertainingly odd trivia.
This is from a while ago, but: your Framework Laptop keyboard should be recognized now on DragonFly.
There’s a certain amount of aspirational ideas this week.
Your unrelated video link of the week: Lessons in Questioning.
NYCBUG’s trying out a new location tonight – go, if you are near.
Done while traveling.
Your unrelated video link of the week: new Cyriak video. (via)
I have a good mix today.
Your unrelated music video of the week: Return of the Phantom by VOID. 2025 or 1985? Can’t easily tell.
I think I find these link collections most satisfying when I have can point at history, opinion, and “oddity” links all at the same time.
A little bit of a thread here on the current crawling plague.
NYCBUG’s got a new meeting space to try out, and it’s on September 3rd. Go, if you are near.
NYCBUG’s next meeting is in a new location on October 1st. Go if you are near. It sounds like November 5th and December 3rd events are lined up too.
Done early!
Your unrelated video (from my childhood) of the week: Jazz #2. (via)
A couple of these links are from previous weeks, saved because I already had more time-dependent links to post. Still good!
DragonFly now has a sysctl that will disable the console beep everywhere, not just in a particular shell. This is either unimportant to you or a massive relief.
I’ve had a surplus of links, so this is almost all stuff I’ve collected over the last few weeks, pre-scheduled.
Michael Neumann has completed an initial port of uvc, for webcam support, to DragonFly. His commit message lists both how he did it and how to use it.