Welcome to decuser's blog
Topics on this blog include computing, retro-computing, operating systems, math, and whatever other technical subjects I happen to be exploring that I find interesting enough to take and share notes about.
Posts
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unix freebsd videos
Installing freebsd 8.4 to work with Kongs driver book
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unix freebsd videos
freebsd 2020 ep 3 installing plasma on freebsd 12.1 on virtualbox 6.1
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unix freebsd videos
freebsd 2020 ep 2 freebsd 12.1 on virtualbox with xorg twm and lumina
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unix freebsd videos
freebsd 2020 ep 1a freebsd 12.1 on virtualbox 6.1 the short version
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unix freebsd videos
freebsd 2020 ep 1 installing freebsd 12.1 on virtualbox 6.1 the long version
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unix research-unix v7
Mounting tar files in v7
How to mount a tar file in v7 running in SimH This was difficult to figure out, but perseverance, tuhs, and simh mailing lists helped.
Modern tar files are easy to mount as tapes in SimH (at least theoretically). This note shows the way.
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unix
Fonts and Colours in xterm
{: width="640" }A note on how to set fonts and colors for xterms for freebsd & macos.
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unix
How to forward mail from root to user
This note explains the super simple approach to forwarding mail on the local system from the root account to a user. It's really for people who manage their own system and don't want to have to always be logging in as the root user to read the system mail. It is based on the idea that you really are the root user, but you're logging in as a normal user.
If you're running X (twm, etc), this lets you run xbiff as a normal user and get notified when the system sends an email to root (sudo, periodic scripts, etc).
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unix freebsd
How to Monitor Battery Life and Sleep on FreeBSD 12.1
A non-ui method for monitoring battery life and sleep on FreeBSD. This is useful for when you just want to run the command line or a lightweight window manager like TWM, FVWM, etc. Installs as a service and will sleep the machine as the battery approaches it's lowpoint of charge.
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unix macos
Using a Mac's xterm as a remote Tektronics display for a FreeBSD 12.1 Server
How to use the macos terminal as a remote tektronics display device for a terminal graphics process running on another unix system. In this case, freebsd.