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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

00:25:96:FF:FE:12:34:56

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0025:96FF:FE12:3456

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The actual Vi? Not Vim or Neovim? In 2023?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Every other admin I work with uses vi. Not my personal choice, but it seems like lots of people are content still using it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

vi is aliased to vim on most systems, so they're likely unknowingly using Vim.

[–] ReveredOxygen 3 points 2 years ago

even if you run vi, the welcome screen says what it actually is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

nvi, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vi? Not Vim or Neovim

I have probably had them all and then some more. Honestly, I don't care about these fine distinctions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd say that whether the backspace key works properly is a pretty important distinction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

pretty important

Not that much... only if you have a habit of making many single key typos ;-)

For editing text, better learn all the other ways, too. They are so much more powerful than the deletion of single characters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I just learned about neovim. Combined with vim bootstrap. Officially made it my primary and aliased for vi

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

This one's pretty good, I think: emac from 2002

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The one that I can install from my package manager?

Idk I use Vim. Rip Bram.

[–] planish 6 points 2 years ago

I'm still on my first one, because I do not have enough fingers to exit even a single EMAC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Mostly, mg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises in Australia and New Zealand. https://www.anzca.edu.au/education-training/cme-courses-and-resources/emac-course

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

emacs-nox because I'm not installing Emacs for the gui.

(I'm aware this doesn't seem to be about Emacs, but I don't know what emac is so I'm meming)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My favourite Emacs is nano

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I dunno, whatever the latest stable build is