software
19:12 11 mar 2026
there is very little good software in the world. i try an limit my usage of software to the small amount of it that there is.
i primarily use linux based operating systems. linux is not really good software, but sometimes we have to make pragmatic compromises. i also try and avoid pragmatic compromises, though. occasionaly i use netbsd, and i always have one machine reserved for 9front.
my linux distributions of choice are alpine linux and dérive linux.
on these systems, i use either hevel or tohu depending on whether it is a desktop or a laptop.
i use musl libc on most of my systems. sometimes i use my musl fork, shrusl.
i also have various software nitpicks, i will list them here.
- i do not use software that does not support musl
- i do not use software that refuses to statically link
- i do not use GNU software
- i refuse to compile software that requires a nonstandard yacc version, (eg bison). sometimes i patch it to support a better yacc, like byacc.
- i refuse to use software that is overly large and needlessly complicated, like X11.
- i do not use software written in languages i do not like, such as rust.
a lot of people think i am stupid and/or crazy for these things. i would like to remind those people that you are not required to do any of this, although you really should.