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by mio
Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Old Computer Challenge
Topic: Outcomes?
Replies: 11
Views: 23243

Re: Outcomes?

The challenge went well overall. Stumbled initially with OS selection on a Raspberry Pi 3 due to a wireless networking requirement, and eventually configured a Void Linux installation to use for the week. Had a 2 GB storage limit on the root partition (/ including /home) as part of the challenge. Di...
by mio
Sat Jul 20, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Old Computer Challenge
Topic: SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS
Replies: 19
Views: 37955

Re: SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS

OS: Void Linux The following are CLI/TUI applications. Some may not be available in the repos, but are generally not difficult to build from source. * File browsers: vifm * Image viewers: chafa, timg * Music players: cmus, mocp * Web browsers: amfora (gemini), offpunk (gemini), w3m (https, gopher) *...
by mio
Wed Jun 19, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: WWW/HTML
Topic: netizen club
Replies: 3
Views: 19205

Re: netizen club

Website looks neat!

Thanks for the link cache, had a fun few hours browsing the Smithsonian Open Access portal, and pages of banner gifs. :D
by mio
Wed Jun 19, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: Old Computer Challenge
Topic: 2024 plans
Replies: 56
Views: 118168

Re: 2024 plans

Maybe the founder is currently busy. Has anyone already reached out to her by email or mastodon to confirm the details? Could see from re-reading her post on last year's challenge how the 1 hour/day idea might have originated. It seems to be taking a different direction, more a computing habits chal...
by mio
Mon Jun 17, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Arts and things
Topic: Art Tools
Replies: 4
Views: 20273

Re: Art Tools

No mentions of MyPaint and Drawpile? https://mypaint.app/ Emulates "traditional" media. Not a full-fledged editor like Krita, more focused on sketching, but lighter memory footprint. https://drawpile.net/ Collaborative drawing app. Hosting a server would need more memory, but the client sh...
by mio
Mon Jun 17, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Old Computer Challenge
Topic: 2024 plans
Replies: 56
Views: 118168

Re: 2024 plans

Hi everyone, first post, please pardon any errors of my newbie ways. Also awaiting confirmation on whether the recent announcement for 1 hour of computing per day is finalised, since it's not yet officially outlined on the website. Looking towards doing a mini custom version this year if the 1-hour ...