Comments on: Do more with less

By: Xorg or Wayland: Color me disinterested « Motho ke motho ka botho

Xorg or Wayland: Color me disinterested « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:47:13 +0000

[...] don’t misunderstand me. Stepping away from X made everything better, and I heartily recommend [...]

By: Howto: Switch to a console lifestyle « Motho ke motho ka botho

Howto: Switch to a console lifestyle « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:32:10 +0000

[...] That’s when you can sell it all off for a few hundred bucks, pick up a leftover Celeron from a garbage pile, restore it, and use it in the same way, with the same software, and do far far more with far far less. [...]

By: fbterm on a 150Mhz Pentium MMX, 32Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho

fbterm on a 150Mhz Pentium MMX, 32Mb « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:20:20 +0000

[...] I have downscaled to the hardware of a decade-and-a-half ago, I am surprised and delighted that I can get so much done with such a little footprint. Yes, there are faults in its personality, but I have a feeling I will [...]

By: In pursuit of productivity « Motho ke motho ka botho

In pursuit of productivity « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:01:07 +0000

[...] my own part, I get more done by avoiding all the desktop doodads and whirligigs. I have my own faint streak of attention deficit disorder to contend with, but I would suspect that [...]

By: Your way is the right way « Motho ke motho ka botho

Your way is the right way « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:21:40 +0000

[...] some effect on the collective Linux psyche, however minimal. I don’t expect to see everyone dropping Xorg, the sluggard, just because I point out its rotundity, but if you find yourself leaning more and [...]

By: A Windows XP-ish Debian at 120Mhz « Motho ke motho ka botho

A Windows XP-ish Debian at 120Mhz « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:23:26 +0000

[...] whole, is a bloated twisted train wreck of an application suite, and one I heartily recommend you drop like a bad habit. But until something better comes along, Debian can set it up quickly and [...]

By: A bad workman blames his tools « Motho ke motho ka botho

A bad workman blames his tools « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:23:57 +0000

[...] the past, but I think it’s worth repeating again that, with the exception of one small point, this computer has handled all the major day-to-day tasks of my personal and online life for the better part of a year. That [...]

By: What’s to like? « Motho ke motho ka botho

What’s to like? « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:43:43 +0000

[...] only gotten better. Steering clear of X and anything related has slimmed the system down to nothing without losing a sliver of function, made my system far more reliable, and taught me a thing or two for use on still older [...]

By: Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho

Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:40:11 +0000

[...] yet-another endorsement of an X-less system, I have to repeat how satisfying it is to build a machine like this. Boot times [...]

By: A visit with Arch « Motho ke motho ka botho

A visit with Arch « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:26:19 +0000

[...] even so much as accessing the xorg repository for Crux. Freeing myself from that has proven to be a huge improvement in the general state of household affairs. I can’t do quite the same thing with Arch now though; there are interrelationships for some [...]