https://www.bencode.io/tags/madeingermany/ Recent content in Madeingermany on Benny Simmonds Hugo -- 0.149.1 en-us Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:26:30 +1100 https://www.bencode.io/posts/suckless/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:54:45 +0000 https://www.bencode.io/posts/suckless/ <p>The <a href="https://suckless.org/">suckless</a> project values simplicity, clarity and frugality in software.</p> <blockquote> <p>Our philosophy is about keeping things simple, minimal and usable. We believe this should become the mainstream philosophy in the IT sector.</p></blockquote> <p>As a user of most of their programs including the infamous <a href="https://dwm.suckless.org/">dwm</a> (a tiling window manager), <a href="https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/">dmenu</a> (launcher), <a href="https://st.suckless.org/">st</a> (terminal emulator) and others <a href="https://tools.suckless.org/">tools</a>, I can attest to benefits of using minimal and efficient software.</p> <h2 id="patching">Patching</h2> <p>Programs are customised by <a href="https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/">patching</a> the C source code. However, unlike typical open source projects, suckless source code is quite readable and hackable, a by-product of the philosophy.</p>