Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? Date: 16 Oct 2026 18:40:47 GMT Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <11aqpbm$2ga9d$1@dont-email.me> <11ar5vb$2kl9o$10@dont-email.me> <11argv7$2pksn$1@dont-email.me> <11asrrl$33n8m$18@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LReNYgxhhpKMUdQgt4cJ1Ats5jo0Z8PZS8j7UQUnGyYSmSH0fw Cancel-Lock: sha1:6oLqqyF95/pMYFM+AHwkJuPVDzs= sha256:VITyCSHORbkJE31Ap6zXRv+rZX+cfAGHVkuQrSAZ8Wk= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93906 On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:47:33 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 16/10/2026 02:41, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:35:34 +0200, John Bokma wrote: >> >>> On 15/10/2026 21:40, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>>> On 2026-10-15, rbowman wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:27:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 15/10/2026 15:52, Martin Davies-Roundhill wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> For Linux users, which matters most: local execution, open >>>>>>> components, >>>>>>> portable memory, an auditable action log, or simply being able to >>>>>>> replace the service? >>>>>> >>>>>> What matters most is not having it at all. >>>>> >>>>> I've lived this long without a butler, valet, or personal agent. I >>>>> think I can make it for a few more years. I did play with a Python >>>>> interface but didn't get further than the point where the chatbot >>>>> wanted money, or at least a registration. >>>> >>>> Hear, hear. I find it amazing that people can find things essential >>>> to life itself that didn't even exist 30 years ago. >>> >>> Like syntax highlighting? I like it when computers do the boring parts >>> for me ;-) >> >> At least with my setup Vim highlights keywords, data types, and strings >> in C. I don't know how much that adds. Using % to bounce between >> curlies is more useful. >> > Oh THAT sort of highglighting > > Geany does all of that. Some of it is actually useful. What other kind is there? I use Geany on the Pi since it comes with Raspberry Pi OS. It isn't bad. My preference is gVim. I seldom use the GUI features but it doesn't eat a terminal like Vim. However Pi's DE is Gtk2 based and vim-gtk doesn't work.