Notices by Andre (pcowandre@jauntygoat.net)

@fribbledom "Teaching Tech" seemed to have an absolute string monster on his hands which is what prompted me to ask.

Great time to be getting a new machine -- seems like everyone selling filament has some black friday discounts happening. Nothing like a new printer to burn the filament supply down.

@fribbledom No stringing problems?

@fribbledom Is there a reasonable markdown implementation that doesn't have a complex dependency chain?

It is a reasonable assumption that basic documentation should be accessible without reliance on anything outside of a minimal OS install.

@fribbledom Nah. Keep man pages as man pages. The proper documentation is probably in /usr/share anyway.

I did too much time in machine rooms with no internet access working from a serial terminal on a crash cart to want to use anything else.

What we *need* is a return to actual decent man pages. The horror of having to touch Linux after a long bout of UNIX -- man pages are missing, outdated or worse, just a stub pointing to other documentation that doesn't exist on the host.