The greatest technical writer I know ( @mwl )is having a kickstarter for his next book - „Run your own mail server”. I’ve seen a draft (backed him months ago) and it is looking marvelous.
We’ve just ordered a new dishwasher as the old one tried to flood a few times. Best feature if the new one? Lack of “smart” functionality. Buttons only. Somehow this feature comes with price decrease.
My story on the other hand: this was to be a chapter in a planned book, but instead it's an article on my website. I think there will be 2 more history articles.
So, I started playing #nethack. Should I read some guides, or go in and explore by myself?
The first thing I’ve already learned: take my time. It’s turn based for a reason. I liked turn based games but haven’t played anything like that in years if you don’t count persona 5.
Taught a tutorial based on "Run Your Own Mail Server" today at BSDCan.
The book's on Kickstarter right now. You already get five books for $15, and we're fast closing on perhaps the most unspeakable stretch goal I have ever offered.
Fellow #selfhosted#admins: how do you move important things (like family photos, as most other things are replaceable) under your own wing and sleep at night? One problem with disc or os and boom, all of it is gone. Like tears in rain.
「 In the same time library books have seen a lot. They were touched by a lot of greasy fingers, seen a lot of toilets. Just look at those two. Both are still fully usable, despite the tired look. 」
My article has been covered by BSD Now podcast - https://www.bsdnow.tv/560, starts around 25 minutes mark. It's mostly a read-out-loud but FAME IS FAME
Wrote a few more chapters, and boom. It's 23:30. The /Forks and Wars/ chapter of my Unix History is going smoothly. However there is so much info that would make the text incomprehensable, I think I'll add "bonus" subpages, like timeline.
Which Unix forks would you consider as the most important/noteable except of BSD, Solaris and Xenix? Have you used others maybe?
