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 title: "Introducing IPWHL: an alternative Python packaging"
 date: 2022-06-19
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+This post was excerpted from [discuss.python.org][discuss]
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+[discuss]: https://discuss.python.org/t/introducing-ipwhl-an-alternative-python-package-repository
+
 ## What is IPWHL?
 
 The [interplanetary wheels][IPWHL] are platform-unique, singly-versioned Python
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+title: "Friendship ended with GNU/Linux, OpenBSD is my new best friend"
+date: 2022-07-31
+lang: en
+categories: [ blog ]
+tags: []
+translationKey: "2022-07-31-trying-openbsd"
+---
+
+## Previous experience with openBSD
+
+I tried to revive my old machine a while ago with various Linux
+distros---Debian, Alpine, Void, but none quite sticks. Graphics wasn't its
+strong suit.  I don't know how it came to be, I was sure 8 years ago it could
+render stuff just fine.  Now even typing on tty feels sluggish.  I even
+remember being able to play Skyrim on it.  I decided to turn it to be a server
+instead.
+
+I don't find Void to be fitting for server, nor any other rolling distros.  So
+I'd install something else on it.  I could install NixOS, but installed openBSD
+instead, since it has [honk][honk], a fedi software I was thinking of
+hosting[^1].  To my surprise, it was quite neat: typing feels much more
+responsive than any on other Linux distros I tried before, and startx works out
+of the box with the pre-installed FVWM (not a big fan of the WM, but it's quite
+easy to get used to).  The OS is said to be friendly to old machines, after
+all.
+
+Another thing I like about openBSD is the installation process.  While not 100%
+non-tech friendly like Debian, installation is quite straightforwards with a
+series of questions.  After installing NixOS on my laptop twice, I really
+appreciate not having to partition disks and configure boot manually.
+
+[honk]: https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk
+
+## New computer, new troubles
+
+Yes, I bought myself a new computer.  I'd rather have my laptop reserved for
+carrying around and my old machine as server only.  The price for the set was
+acceptable, but I was a bit annoyed that they stole from me the joy of
+assembling it and tainted it with Windows *cries*.
+
+Anyways, I digress.  I planned to keep on NixOS: with a configuration file,
+replicating the settings and packages would be quite simple.  Except when it
+doesn't. I don't know why, but the boot stucked at loading initrd.  I guessed
+it might be some bug of systemd-boot (which [NixOS manual][nixos-manual] states
+that I *must* use for UEFI, and [legacy boot is not available][no-legacy] as I
+don't have a dedicated graphic card).
+
+[nixos-manual]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-installation-installing
+[no-legacy]: https://lr.vern.cc/r/ASUS/comments/s68b25/psa_enabling_legacy_boot_aka_compatibility/
+
+I tried booting into its cousin [GNU Guix][guix].  It can boot nicely without
+any trouble.  What it couldn't is loading graphical interface properly: unlike
+NixOS, Guix doesn't provide an option to use `startx` for starting X, but
+rather push me to use gdm instead, which just shows a black screen for me.  I
+tried several off-manual guides from mailing lists to forums---someone else
+surely had the same problems as me.  None of them worked.  Looking into the
+log, it says something along the line `cannot load module fbdev... cannot load
+module vesa`, even though I installed those xorg modules.  Does that sound like
+a driver issue?  I thought integrated GPUs are supposed to work out of the box.
+
+Anyways, I forgot to dump or screenshot the logs in both case so no post-mortem
+for y'all.
+
+[guix]: https://guix.gnu.org/
+
+I also tried Gentoo (why?) and that seems a bit too much.  It's not as
+intimidating as some people might make it out to be, but it still takes to much
+time for me.  I guess I'm just lazy now and install something straightforwards
+like OpenBSD.
+
+## The good
+
+Aside from everything just works, here are some extras I like about it:
+
+- Accidentally closing tabs will trying to `^W` some words is no more:
+    <kbd>Ctrl+W</kbd> behaves the same way as in terminal. But then, so does
+    <kbd>Ctrl+A</kbd>: it moves the cursor to the beginning instead of
+    selecting all.
+- SSHD enabled by default. I don't use this much but it can be handy.
+- Packages have its own README to let users know something not detailed in the
+    manual
+- Bug reporting is builtin (`sendbug(1)`), so I don't have to lookup some
+    mailing list or creating yet another account in a bug tracker.
+
+## The bad
+
+Admittedly, I find more annoying stuff than I liked:
+
+- UTF-8 is available, but not enabled by default.  If some characters are not
+    displayed properly in your terminal, try setting `LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"`
+    in your `.profile`.  I couldn't import GPG at first because of this and
+    mistakenly thought it was because `vi_VN.UTF-8` was missing.
+- Sound control is via `sndioctl(1)`, which is supposed to be available to
+    non-root users, but instead it `default: can't open control device`'d me.
+    [daemon forums][forum] says I'd have to add `staff` and `operator`, but it
+    doesn't work either.  Also, [polybar doesn't support it][polybar], but it's
+    not their fault.
+- Limited file access.  This I can understand for security reason, but
+    sometimes it's just annoying not being able to open some folders.
+    KeepassXC integration also doesn't seem to work because of this, even
+    though I followed the README and added to the unveil.
+- Limited file descryptors.  This breaks syncthing and anything that watches
+    files, like a development web server or static site generator in
+    live-rendering mode.
+- Default shell is Korn (ksh), which doesn't have much completion, particularly
+    git completion. Typing the whole commands out can be tiring.
+- Some packages are not available.  In particular, nheko, the best native
+    matrix client I've found so far, and dictd, the dictionary server.  The
+    former is just added and probably will be available in the next release,
+    but the latter has been packaged for years and I have no idea why I can't
+    install it.
+
+Nonetheless, I am sticking with this for a while and gonna update some more.
+
+(Despite the title, I'm still using GNU and Linux.  Linux is on other machines,
+and bash and dico on this machines are also GNU.)
+
+[forum]: https://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=11402
+[polybar]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/discussions/2753
+
+[^1]: Couldn't, though, since my ISP block HTTP(S) ports.  There are some
+  workarounds but I haven't got time to do yet.