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| author | Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net> | 2022-12-24 20:28:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net> | 2022-12-24 20:28:06 +0100 |
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| @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ re-installing OpenBSD on it. | |||
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | ### In the 2010's | 26 | ### In the 2010's |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | Back in 2010, when I was in high school, I started going on 4-5 days long | 28 | Back in 2010, when I was in high school, I started going on 4-5 days |
| 29 | trips about once every two months or so. I did not have a laptop, only a | 29 | long trips about once every two months or so. I did not have a laptop, |
| 30 | desktop PC, so my mother thought it was a good idea to get me a netbook. | 30 | only a desktop PC, so my mother thought it was a good idea to get me |
| 31 | She chose an Asus 1001px, a very standard 10" netbook. It was in many | 31 | a netbook. She chose an Asus 1001px, a very standard 10" netbook. |
| 32 | ways un unremarkable machine, with 1Gb of ram a weak dual core CPU. But | 32 | It was in many ways an unremarkable machine, with 1Gb of ram and a weak |
| 33 | it got its job done. | 33 | dual core CPU. But it got its job done. |
| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 |  | 35 |  |
| 36 | 36 | ||
| @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ I installed on it ever since. | |||
| 44 | 44 | ||
| 45 | Arch Linux was a bad choice: since I would use this netbook only once | 45 | Arch Linux was a bad choice: since I would use this netbook only once |
| 46 | every two months, every time I updated it something broke. Or, as an Arch | 46 | every two months, every time I updated it something broke. Or, as an Arch |
| 47 | fanboy would say nowadays, "something required manual intervention". At | 47 | fanboy would say nowadays, something "required manual intervention". At |
| 48 | some point I got rid of Arch and installed Slackware. | 48 | some point I got rid of Arch and installed Slackware. |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | I also used it without problems at the beginning of university, in 2013, | 50 | I also used it without problems at the beginning of university, in 2013, |
| @@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ All in all I have not used my darkstar much, but it was a useful tool. | |||
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | ### Distro hopping in 2020 | 54 | ### Distro hopping in 2020 |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | When the first lockdowns came in March 2020 I had decided to use my | 56 | When the first lockdowns came in March 2020 I decided to use my netbook |
| 57 | netbook for some little experiments. Nothing crazy, just trying out some | 57 | for some little experiments. Nothing crazy, just trying out some distros |
| 58 | distros and play around with them - had *distro-hopped* since 2011 or so. | 58 | and play around with them - I had not *distro-hopped* since 2011 or so. |
| 59 | 59 | ||
| 60 | I installed [Alpine](https://www.alpinelinux.org/) first. It was fine, | 60 | I installed [Alpine](https://www.alpinelinux.org/) first. It was fine, |
| 61 | but the lack of man pages by default did not amuse me. Then I tried | 61 | but the lack of man pages by default did not amuse me. Then I tried |
| 62 | [Void](https://voidlinux.org/), that I ended up installing on my main | 62 | [Void](https://voidlinux.org/), that I ended up installing on my main |
| 63 | laptop later that year and I am still using as my main OS to this day. | 63 | laptop later that year, and I am still using it as my main OS to this day. |
| 64 | Finally I decided to try something different and went with OpenBSD. | 64 | Finally I decided to try something different and went with OpenBSD. |
| 65 | 65 | ||
| 66 | ### Backpacking in 2022 | 66 | ### Backpacking in 2022 |
| @@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ and my main laptop is quite large and heavy. I did not want to rely on | |||
| 73 | my smartphone alone, so I thought that carrying around my old netbook | 73 | my smartphone alone, so I thought that carrying around my old netbook |
| 74 | could be a good compromise. | 74 | could be a good compromise. |
| 75 | 75 | ||
| 76 | I kept OpenBSD, because I figured I would mostly use it in tty only, no X, | 76 | I kept OpenBSD, because I figured I would mostly be using it in tty only, |
| 77 | and the command line utilities seem more polished and cohesive on | 77 | no X, and the command line utilities seem more polished and cohesive on |
| 78 | OpenBSD than on Linux. Using something like Firefox was doable in case | 78 | OpenBSD than on Linux. Using something like Firefox was doable in case |
| 79 | of emergency, but definitely not a pleasant experience. Some things | 79 | of emergency, but definitely not a pleasant experience. Some things like |
| 80 | like streaming videos from YouTube were completely impossible - | 80 | streaming videos from YouTube were completely impossible - but there |
| 81 | but there were workarounds like using | 81 | were workarounds, like using [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp). |
| 82 | [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp). | ||
| 83 | 82 | ||
| 84 | I decided to buy a larger battery, that also made it stand a bit taller, | 83 | I decided to buy a larger battery, that also made it stand a bit taller, |
| 85 | kinda like a typewrite, and some extra RAM - I maxed it out at 2Gb, it | 84 | kinda like a typewrite, and some extra RAM - I maxed it out at 2Gb, it |
| @@ -118,9 +117,9 @@ I was finally ready to install OpenBSD 7.1 on the new SSD. | |||
| 118 | ## Part 2: Installing and configuring OpenBSD | 117 | ## Part 2: Installing and configuring OpenBSD |
| 119 | 118 | ||
| 120 | This section is probably more useful for me as a personal note than for | 119 | This section is probably more useful for me as a personal note than for |
| 121 | anyone else who might be reading it. Nonetheless I figured people might | 120 | anyone else who might be reading it. Nonetheless, I figured people might |
| 122 | be curious, and it does not hurt to publish it here. If you don't care | 121 | be curious, and it does not hurt to publish it here. If you don't care |
| 123 | about it, just skip to the "Conclusion" section at the end. | 122 | about it, just skip to the "Conclusions" section at the end. |
| 124 | 123 | ||
| 125 | The whole install process was super simple and took about 6 minutes. | 124 | The whole install process was super simple and took about 6 minutes. |
| 126 | The new SSD drive probably helped a lot here. After the installation of the | 125 | The new SSD drive probably helped a lot here. After the installation of the |
| @@ -281,14 +280,14 @@ Now all that is left to do is pretty straightforward: install some more programs | |||
| 281 | 280 | ||
| 282 | Nothing that is worth describing in detail here. | 281 | Nothing that is worth describing in detail here. |
| 283 | 282 | ||
| 284 | ## Conclusion | 283 | ## Conclusions |
| 285 | 284 | ||
| 286 | I like my netbook, and I am glad that I found some practical use for | 285 | I like my netbook, and I am glad that I found some practical use for |
| 287 | it even after 12 years. It's size make it a nice sofa companion, and | 286 | it even after 12 years. It's size make it a nice sofa companion, and |
| 288 | its clicky keyboard is just a pleasure to type on - much better than the | 287 | its clicky keyboard is just a pleasure to type on - much better than the |
| 289 | mushy one of my main laptop! It is always a pleasure for me to make good | 288 | mushy one of my main laptop! It is always a pleasure for me to make good |
| 290 | use of a piece of hardware that most people would consider obsolete and | 289 | use of a piece of hardware that most people would consider obsolete and |
| 291 | throw away without thinking twice. | 290 | throw away without thinking about it twice. |
| 292 | 291 | ||
| 293 | Netbooks were not successful in their time, but I think similar devices | 292 | Netbooks were not successful in their time, but I think similar devices |
| 294 | could find their niche today. After all, 13" laptops are quite popular | 293 | could find their niche today. After all, 13" laptops are quite popular |
