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PAPPP's Rambling
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PAPPP's Rambling is a personal blog at pappp.net about systems and hardware. Since 2013, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Unix and the design of modern Linux systems”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on Unix culture and systemd, on OpenWrt router firmware such as the TP-Link Archer C7, and on Cosmoe, a project that runs Haiku apps on Linux.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Unix and the design of modern Linux systems3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-01-21
- /?p=15252 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-01
What Hacker News says?
There's no requirement for Linux to follow UNIX culture. People are already arguing that Fedora, Arch, etc. aren't UNIX in terms of culture and philosophy, and the variances are increasingly Linux-specific. https://pappp.net/?p=969 (And I'm personally not a fan of UNIX culture, at least in 2015, partly _because_ it's a culture that thinks C is a defensible language to program in, at least in 2015.)
Comment linking /?p=969
on “Google discloses three severe vulnerabilities in Apple OS X”Submitted ThinkPad 560E as a story · 181 points
HN discussionAIUI the Archer C7 requires some tricks to get around recent FCC enforcement which bans citizens from installing their own router firmware, cf. https://pappp.net/?p=1525
Comment linking /?p=1525
on “Announcing the OpenWrt/LEDE merge”Submitted Unix and the design of modern Linux systems as a story · 39 points
HN discussionIf anyone is looking for a cheap up-to-date replacement that runs OpenWRT, I recently replaced my WRT54GL with a TP-Link Archer C7, and I've been quite happily running OpenWRT on it for the past few months. Note that you have to do a bit of hackery to install OpenWRT, since the stock firmware refuses to install unsigned updates through the web interface: https://pappp.net/?p=1525
Comment linking /?p=1525
on “The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes millions for Linksys”Submitted Plasma Wayland Today as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis article from last August hits the nail on the head with regard to systemd: http://www.pappp.net/?p=969 "I’m not sure that this is a bad design, but it is most definitely not UNIX or anything like it."
Comment linking /?p=969
on “Systemd: The Biggest Myths”Now just combine it with Cosmoe[1] so you can run it from Linux too. [1] https://pappp.net/?p=95060
Comment linking /?p=95060
on “BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox”I built a similar little machine a couple years ago, mostly for storing my big archived files, being a borg backup target for my other machines, and subsequently mirroring said backups offsite with rclone. I went for a Chenbro SR301 case (I don't know what's changed in the still-available SR301 Plus model) + modest commodity parts over the HP or Supermicro turnkey boxes in a similar form-factor mostly because it tak…
Comment linking /?p=1627
on “A modular, extensible DIY NAS”I am one of those strange people that still prefer FreeBSD to any Linux desktop/server distribution. I also used Linux for several years before I started to learn and use FreeBSD, and sometimes I still use Linux, but only when I am payed to do so. After several years with FreeBSD I even tried to move back to Linux, hearing all these 'advertisements' how good it is on the desktop, how painful FreeBSD is on the deskto…
Comment linking /?p=969
on “FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux? (2011)”Cosmoe, a similar project that supports running Haiku apps on Linux, has also been recently revived after 18 years: https://pappp.net/?p=95060
Comment linking /?p=95060
on “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”A cheap AUE Chromebook flashed with UEFI makes a good (albeit rather storage-starved) Linux beater - but you'll have trouble with Haiku or any of the BSDs because the hardware is a little "quirky." The input devices in most of the currently-cheap x86 Chromebooks are plumbed over i2c in a slightly strange way that didn't even work entirely right on mainline Linux until fairly recently, and Bay/Cherry trail style half…
Comment linking /?p=59407
on “How to deorbit the Chromebook and repurpose it for innovators”
