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As a 40-something year old person who used ratpoison more than 21 years ago... Yeah, I feel super old now.

• vinceguidry 2y ago
  Man I miss those days. I felt so cool sitting in coffee shops with a 10 year old ThinkPad running ratpoison on Gentoo.
  • int_19h 2y ago
    Ratpoison is surprisingly good on small laptops, where everything is usually maximized anyway.
  • dimatura 2y ago
    A nice side benefit is that ratpoison is its own screen lock (for 99% of people).
• celsius1414 2y ago
  No need to feel super old! /cries in half century Reminds me of that explanation for why the years seem to move much faster when you’re older. When you’re 10, five years is half your life. When you’re 50, it’s only 10%.
• dimatura 2y ago
  I still use ratpoison, dreading the day it stops working for whatever reason (wayland being a likely one). Haven't tried it, but Cagebreak (https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak) seems like a possible successor.