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Events: Debconf, FOSDEM, and SCaLE

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 09, 2023

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Debconf's questions, or really whiptail, doesn't always work in xterms

↺ Debconf's questions, or really whiptail, doesn't always work in xterms

> Xterm is relatively unique in X terminal programs in that it supports text colours but allows you to turn them off at runtime as a command line option (or an X resource setting, which is what I use). I disable terminal colours whenever I can because they're almost always hard for me to read, especially in the generally rather intense colour set that xterm uses (X terminal programs aren't consistent about what text colours look like, so the experiences of people using Gnome Terminal are different here). Unfortunately, once you've started xterm with colours off, as far as I know there's no way to turn them back on.

FOSDEM 2023 Conference Report

↺ FOSDEM 2023 Conference Report

> A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to join members of the Open Source community in Brussels for the return of FOSDEM. It was my first time in Brussels and I was excited to meet the broad open-source community in Belgium. For the FreeBSD Foundation, it was a great opportunity to continue to advocate for FreeBSD, and to meet FreeBSD users and developers in-person.

12 Reasons to Attend This Year’s Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 20x)

↺ 12 Reasons to Attend This Year’s Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 20x)

> SCALE 20x is just around the corner. Maybe even closer than that, depending on where you think the corner is relative to now. Anyway, it starts Thursday and runs through late Sunday afternoon.

> For those who’re going but thinking about leaving early instead of sticking around to the end of the day on Sunday, you might want to change your plans. The folks behind SCALE evidently know a thing or two about good showmanship and are leaving the best for last — but more about that further on.

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