You must be bored replying to old threads zapper.

Micronaut wrote:

Such intense Apple hate... Are they really any worse than Intel?

Fuck yes. Intel have contributed a huge amount to Linux, Apple are a bunch of twats.

zapper wrote:

golinux wrote:

They don't have a fixed schedule.  They have a "when it's ready" schedule as does Devuan.

They are.

Confirmation that it works or if not what the problem is would be helpful and appreciated.

Hmm, I don't usually use alphas, on my system...

I usually wait till beta to actually consider using it. 

Unless I have a virtual machine of it, which isn't a bad idea.

I don't know what I will do, given my current focus, which is more or less Hyperbola, but its a thought to consider.

The installer iso's are alpha, not the distro. Chimaera, based on Debian Bullseye (which is almost ready to be released), is well tested. I've been using it without issues for months now.

zapper wrote:

Ah, I didn't know debian EVEN had a release schedule... 

Thought it was like, released when we say its ready.

They don't have a fixed schedule.  They have a "when it's ready" schedule as does Devuan.

zapper wrote:

Good to know, also, I thought chimaera's images were still in alpha...

They are.

zapper wrote:

I probably should, but sometimes I am way too lazy for it...

That being said, I assume you just report issues that you see...? Could do that, beyond that, I don't know.

Confirmation that it works or if not what the problem is would be helpful and appreciated.

zapper wrote:

  $HOME/Zeal/Music*/*.{opus}

I think bash doesn't handle braces around singleton option well; it only works well when there are options. And it also has to find some * match for every option otherwise it results in the glob string itself. Though, perhaps inserting a prior

shopt -s nullglob

changes that.

Thus, in effect, all those selections ending {opus} end up as "bad pathnames" when picked for the later play command.

In other words, remove the braces for all {opus} and insert that shopt command, and then it hopefully will work consistently.

dice wrote:

Today i learned about this very cool link.

https://oldcomputers.net/

Steve's Old Computer Museum!

Early personal computers were nothing like present day computers - they had personality!
Each was different and more exciting than the previous, with new features and capabilities.
old computer This website is dedicated to the preservation and display of these vintage computer systems.
To the left you can "click" and explore old computers from the dawn of time!
For fun, view 150 old computers all at the same time to appreciate how diverse and interesting they are

Bet you guys didn't know before now that my Commodore 64 was the highest selling computer system ever. I wonder how many of those original 17 million systems are now running Beowulf like mine? Must be at least 5 million machines, I'm thinking.

The script could be something simple, like

#!/bin/bash
AUDIO=( $HOME/folder*/*.{wav,mp3,ogg} )
LENGTH=${#AUDIO[@]}
PICK=$(( RANDOM % $LENGTH ))
play ${AUDIO[${PICK}]}

Then it depends on which display management you are using; with xfce4 you would go to "Settings":"Session and Startup" and add a new entry for "Application Autorstart" and there point at your executable script. That would set it up so that that script gets executed upon login.

If you want it tied to console login you might add it to your ".bashlogin", or similar depending on which shell you are using.

I suspected that switching files out might break other things and was going to start investigating after a good night's sleep.  Looks like sgage and  fsmithred and ToZ on the Xfce forum saved me the headache. Gtk-3 is such a pox . . .

zapper wrote:

golinux wrote:

A glass that is full and overflowing cannot hold wine or wisdom.  Fear and desperation can manifest in infinite ways . . .

I suppose I am sometimes full of myself,  my bad...

Though I still think ideology is impossible to avoid, good or bad?

@ zapper . . .That was just a general observation about this thread and not directed at you.

"Minimalism" -  is that which allows you to do what you want with the least amount of fuss - not necessarily the absolute smallest program....