John Bradley, the author of XV died. Who ever had a computer in the 1990s used his picture viewer.
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Jens Finkhäuser
in reply to LittleAlex 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇩🇪🇳🇴 • • •For years that was by far my favourite viewer. I was sad when it first started disappearing from distros.
Thank you for sharing!
Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️
in reply to Jens Finkhäuser • • •I still type xv when I quickly want to view an image, and then remember it's no longer there.
Edit: figured out that thanks to the megapatch a few years ago, it is again possible to install it. Installed!
Oblomov
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in reply to Oblomov • • •Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️
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in reply to Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️ • • •@forthy42 @oblomov @jens Oh yes, I think the old Unix-philosophy "one tool, one task" made a lot of sense.
On the other hand, back in the days I used Emacs a lot, everything in one tool... 🤔
Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️
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