And I'm daring to make a bold statement: This seems to me that here #systemd actually enhances and helps with the application of the #UnixPhilosophy of using a modular design with multiple, small services and interconnecting them.
By creating reliable connections between them. Or if some connection breaks unrecoverably to properly propagate this to all affected users. And by using a simple, short, descriptive, non-programmatic language for service files.
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This week we will talk about the Unix Philosophy and how it compares and contrasts with whatever one might call the “Emacs Philosophy.”
The impetus for the discussion is a series of blog posts by @ramin_hal9001 called “Emacs fulfills the UNIX Philosophy”:
…as well as a fascinating discussion that took place over this past week on ActivityPub on the topic of the Unix philosophy and history of Lisp on Unix in which some very knowledgeable people have contributed anecdotes and facts.
#technology #programming #SoftwareEngineering #RetroComputing #lisp #r7rs #SchemeLang #UnixPhilosophy
This weeks #ClimateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman
within each of us
our loved ones, in tiny form,
caring's innate yield
company at a distance
legacy in case of lossTheir "now with 42% less Unix philosophy" comment perfectly clarified that that they really, truly don't understand Unix.
Who was it said "Those who fail to understand Unix are doomed to reinvent it, badly." ?
Streamlining Software: Embracing Alternatives to Bloatware in Development
In an era where software efficiency is paramount, developers are turning to lightweight alternatives to traditional bloatware. This article explores the Unix philosophy of minimalism and highlights va...
I'm daily using FreeBSD and Gentoo with "-systemd" global use flag, so I didn't closely watch to the latest news from the Linux world.
But, really?! They removing text logs from /var/log?? I bet, at 2026 there will be binary database for configuration instead of text files in /etc/ and /usr/local/etc/ 
The book The UNIX Philosophy by Mike Gancarz (quoted on the Wikipedia page) is a little gem: very brief, non-technical, strictly focused on the underlying design principles, expounded in simple language. Lovely. I have the habit of picking it up every once in a while and randomly re-reading one of its chapters.
“The more I use Lisp, the more I understand the Unix philosophy as something not for daily use, but as something to be lying on top seamlessly”
@anthk yes, I completely agree! I actually wrote a whole series of blog posts on this topic:
Yes, #UnixPhilosophy isn't infallible and I think that #KissPrinciple and #UNIX-style programs need to also account for #UX if not #UI...
I want to at least get a good #TUI in @OS1337 because that is feasible even in MDA / 80x25 console...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-IWMbJXoLM&t=1478s via Benno Rice
@jutty What a well considered & sourced article from @m00dy on #UNIXPhilosophy!
Recently I switched from the default keyboard on my Android phone to Simple Keyboard from the F-Droid app. It doesn't have autocorrect, word suggestions, swiping/gesture support, or spyware.
I originally switched for privacy reasons, but I've noticed that my frustration with phone typing has gone down drastically. I was always struggling against autocorrect to not replace the wrong thing, and the auto capitalization and such never allowed me to develop any skill in typing precisely.
I'm much slower in typing now, but I feel so much more in control of the experience.
#android #fdroid #foss #unixphilosophy #typing
The Unix Philosophy died when every major Linux distribution decided SystemD was a good idea, and embedded it deeply into everything.
Nowadays, it's hard to enumerate and nearly impossible to replicate what software expects from a SystemD distribution when it's not running on SystemD, so of course I'm running SystemD.
#unixphilosophy #linux #systemd
@avoidthehack The weakening of on one of the most secure software on earth is proudly brought to you by the monstrous kraken that is #systemd
@vkc sounds like an overkill for a lightweight app like waybar, to have all the bells and whistles from heavy desktop environments. What about rofi/dmenu clones for wayland? #unixphilosophy
Sometimes you have to combine a few tools to get the job done #unixphilosophy
Related, this under-appreciated Gem of a book: The Unix Philosophy, by Mike Gancarz, Digital Press 1995. Deep insights into OS design and general UI design from a user/programmer perspective. Deceptive in its easy conversational style, very substantial in its actual insights.
@ucodery It make it easy to pick tools that does a single task #UnixPhilosophy 
It's hard to state how much these 300 odd pages have not only shaped the software I've written, systems I've developed, and the career I've had so far, but what increasingly seems to be a large part of my personality. 
#ed is the standard editor. I'm https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html was the actual man page for ed years old.
From what I understand, grep is from the ed `g/re/p` pattern - g for global, re being your regex, and p being print. Fun times!
Well, ed only operated on actual files, but there was a need to do the same thing but for streams. And wouldn't you know it, the #UnixPhilosophy pops up again: let's call the program `sed` for Stream ed!
In my case, I only want to display the first block of matches.
