A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
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I maintain the Drupal service for #NixOS
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Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter.
Opinions are my own.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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2d ago
@nina_kali_nina Yeah, I got that vibe too. OpenBSD is just out there doing their own thing it seems. Mostly feels like the focus is security, keeping X alive, and OpenSSH. Not bad aims, but not entirely dialed in either. It does have a community of users who, at least when I was dipping my toes into the water, who seemed to get it. But they're a lot of opsec folks, it's their job and they think about it a lot.
Meanwhile NetBSD feels like a bunch of deranged internet nuts trying to cram their OS into every known tool in existence. Much more my speed in some ways, but less desktop support. Not a dealbreaker, just needs more focus time.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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2d ago
@nina_kali_nina Super curious how your experience goes. I've gotten BSD-curious in the past and these were the two I settled on as what I might want to use.
But then, you know, learning a new system and everything. I just didn't have the spoons for it at the time.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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2d ago
@ada @david_chisnall @whitequark
I think the tea brewing protocols were an April Fools Day Prank they just didn't know how to stop, so we're almost Turing Complete on teapots now.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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3d ago
@sundogplanets
Love this!
Bring one of these if the flowchart doesn't work. Or better yet, add it as a step after "Definitely Mansplaining"
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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3d ago
@ben Risingson by Massive Attack has been on loop in my head for days now.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Apr 12, 2026
@cwebber I would use this in a heartbeat
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Apr 05, 2026
@alice I LOVE this piece. I think it was on tour with a show called You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experience some years ago. I saw it once at the NC Art Museum.
https://ncartmuseum.org/exhibition/you-are-here-light-color-and-sound-experience/
I remember the artist statement too-- IIRC it was something to the effect of the artist was trying to find a way to capture the feeling of sacredness and immense beauty that they saw in their (masque?) growing up, and wanted to make any room feel just as sacred. I'd say this did it!
The exhibit this was on tour with also had a room with like 50 speakers, each one tied to a single singer as everyone was singing in chorus. You could kind of walk around the room and experience each unique voice during the song.
I hope that exhibit heads your way soon too! It's worth a listen.
EDIT: Upon further inspection, I can see that this is a slightlg different piece, though it may be the same artist? Not sure, but still cool.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Apr 04, 2026
RE: @firestorm@kolektiva.social
Our city's independent bookstore needs your help!
My local anticapitalist, antifascist, LGBTQIA+ friendly, anarchist, super ultra crunchy, cooperatively owned, and self described "radical bookstore" is falling on tough times.
Hurricane Helene was a doozy y'all, a ton of small businesses like this are closing with no plans on reopening. The FEMA payments meant to help Asheville and WNC are being bogged down in a bunch of red tape, so many of us haven't seen a dime of them yet, even though some of it is earmarked to help small business. And, although tourism is coming back (and we're very very open for business!) the shock to the system was just too big for a lot of folks.
I've seen long-standing cornerstorne-of-the-neighborhood places just like this wink out of existence without any warning, only to be replaced by exploitative, soul-sucking corporate owned chains run by people who don't even live or pay their taxes in our community. I don't want to keep seeing this happen to the town I grew up in.
These are good people who provide an essential service to our city: being some of the loudest, most outspoken defenders of our human rights, and providing civic minded reading material you won't find anywhere else.
They sell books other people don't want you to read, and that generally means those are books you're obligated to read.
Also, they once hosted the backroom of their bookstore out as a viewing space for a no-budget student film I helped make like a decade ago and they were real cool about it so-long-as everyone we invited to the screening bought a coffee or a book. Do you think Barnes & Nobel would do that? Would Amazon?
Check 'em out! Buy a banned book! Become a sustaining member of one of the best independent bookstores around!
#Asheville #WNC #HeleneRecovery #Helene #SmallBusiness #LocalBusiness #ShopLocal #Bookstodon
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Mar 26, 2026
More Nix and non-systemd goodness that I've just learned about.
Finix: fast init Nix
https://github.com/finix-community/finix
An (experimental) Nixos system using finit.
The maintainer reached out to me on discourse and cued me in on this project after I posted about my Liberated Systemd overwrite. I didn't know anyone was working on this, but I'm pleasently surprised!
It's usable right now and (according to them) would benefit from some more experienced users to test things out.
I've not tried it yet (I expect some stuff to not work, but I've seen some setups from folks that appear to have full DEs and WMs). However, I'm glad there's a real PID 1 replacement that is working in NixOS.
It's all built on top of nixpkgs, so it looks like (and the maintainer confirmed) you can just fold this into your existing config and the fix whatever systemd services that weren't ported.
I'll probably play with this soon. Very cool!
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Mar 24, 2026
Trying out the Cinnamon desktop with NixOS and I'm pleasantly surprised by how good it is! It's mainly x11 right now, but I can live with that.
One hiccup though, the online accounts tool wouldn't work until I added
services.gnome.gnome-online-accounts.enable = true;
The official wiki didn't have any notes about needing to do that, so I added them. Now I'm wondering how much of my config could be extrapolated into fixing the docs for the tools I use.
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@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Mar 24, 2026
RE: @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
The secret sauce to solve spiking bounce rates because of AI in Google Search?
Replace your landing page in real time with a slop homepage that Google thinks will perform better!
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@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Mar 21, 2026
RE: @Khrys@mamot.fr
Amazing how fast Linux went from being the first and last name in digital counterculture to now being full of compliance bros seeking online clout.
This guy and his one-man mission to implement bad faith age verification at all costs is a warning for the open computing community.
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@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Mar 12, 2026
@beandreams I mean, if they were willing to start there, why not Hot Dog Stand?
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@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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A.B. Murrow
@abmurrow@hachyderm.io
Web developer in # Drupal tooting about # Writing , # Linux , and # Programming . I maintain the Drupal service for # NixOS Sometimes contributor to # FOSS projects. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.
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Jul 28, 2025
@frameworkcomputer NGL I thought this said "cyberduck" and got really excited
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