Re: UNIX systems

From	Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: UNIX systems
Date	2025-03-22 10:11 -0300
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Sun, 16 Mar 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>>> Only 3 hours? How old is your laptop? Sounds like you should at
>>> least be able to get 7-8 hours out of a new one, unless you are
>>> running enormous amount of VM:s or scientific calculations.
>>
>> Right now I get 1 hour, so 3 is a major upgrade.  My notebook is quite
>> new.  It's a Lenovo 15IMH05 with 24 GiB of RAM.
>
> Hmm, sounds like something is wrong somewhere. I'd install powertop
> and/or tlp and also make sure to disable Intel VMD in case it is
> enabled in your bios.

I run OpenBSD and I believe we don't have programs such as powertop or
tlp around here.  I'm going to look into the BIOS.  There are some Intel
features there that I could disable.  Some virtualization technology.  I
have enabled them and I saw that the OpenBSD kernel notices them.  But I
doubt I use any of that.

> With those three, you should be able to double your battery time at least.
>
> For me, the biggest difference was disabling intel VMD in the bios,
> that made a huge difference.

You give me hopes. :)

>> I run cwm, which is known as not having a virtual desktop thingies, but
>> it's actually does.  When I press super-1 I go to desktop 1.  I created
>> 4 virtual desktops (which is enough), but I think I could have at least
>> 9 of them.
> ...
>> Yeah, these things are important---printer, scanner and wifi.  Although
>
> I wonder if it is easy to get p/s/w on cwm without having to pull in
> all of xfce under the hood? That would be awesome!

What's p/s/w?

>> I think wifi is a lot less important than it seems.  I've read this
>> article yesterday called ``the computer built to last 50 years'' and
>> offline mode is quite an important part of it.  I agree with that.
>>
>> The system would be designed to usually function offline.  It's when you
>> connect to the Internet that it does its pull and pushes.  With a system
>> like that, wifi is less important---you connect your system to the
>> router once a day, say, and, just like pumping gas into a vehicle, you
>> get everything you need.  Now you can go back to your desk, after
>> unplugging the cable from your router.
>>
>> I like that.
>
> True. But it would not be convenient for me. The wife would be angry with
> network cables everywhere. ;)

That was not the image I had in mind.  I had in mind plugging an
appliance into the outlet on a wall.  I could perhaps take my computer
from my desk and lay on the couch with it while I plug it to the outlet
near the couch.  Then it downloads and uploads stuff (like,
automatically) and then I watch a little TV, say.  It would take a
little while because with my new offline-designed system, the downloads
wouldn't take just a few seconds for USENET and community messages and
e-mails; it would also download a few websites (up to a certain depth)
and videos [interviews, conversations, lectures] and also songs (so that
now I'd have them offline).  So after, say, half an hour, I'd unplug it
and get back to my desk to continue work.  So maybe I'd only connect
again the next day or whenever.

I really enjoyed this picture.

The author used words like connecting your computer to an outlet like a
vehicle that stops by a gas station to pump fuel.

>> Clearly, these are people trying to work without distractions and
>> interruptions.  I am one of them.
>>
>>> My latest revelation (a few years back) was alpine email, it probably
>>> doubled my email productivity compared with thunderbird, and is a "all
>>> in one" solution that comes with a lot of help included. Still
>>> flexible and extensible though, but probably not as much as mutt or
>>> neomutt, but it strikes a beautiful balance for me. =)
>>
>> Now I would really look into alpine, but I'm a Gnus user, so I'm
>> forbidden from performing heretic research.
>
> Haha... true. Well, if you are already into tui email, I think the
> gains will be less. I suspect that alpine is not the most efficient
> one. But I think it is perhaps a bit easier to get started with.

It's probably easier than Gnus, but in my case I think investing even
more into Gnus is the way to go.  I would like it to be easier to use.

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  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:01 -0300
    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 22:51 +0100
      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:01 -0300
        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:29 +0100
          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 22:55 -0300
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                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-05 20:00 +0000
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  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 22:50 +0100
    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:21 -0300
      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 17:06 +0100
        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:28 -0300
          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 11:12 +0100
            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 14:08 -0300
              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:32 +0100
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 22:22 -0300
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:34 +0100
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                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 06:23 -0300
                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:31 +0100
                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 21:10 -0300
                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 00:09 +0100
                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 21:41 -0300
                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 13:32 +0100
                UNIX systems (Was: Re: fdm, paredit and systemd) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 03:10 -0300
                Re: UNIX systems (Was: Re: fdm, paredit and systemd) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-10 10:54 +0100
                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 09:08 -0300
                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-11 23:09 +0100
                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-13 18:17 -0300
                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-16 00:03 +0100
                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-16 22:41 -0300
                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-18 10:50 +0100
                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-21 16:26 -0300
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                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-24 00:11 -0300
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                Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-24 00:34 -0300
                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-25 21:49 +0100
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