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Bold, italics and other text decorations are supported in roff just well. I agree that there is a readability advantage of

This is an example text with three italic words

over

This is an example text with
.I three italic words

(using the ms macro, of course), but I’d argue that the additional complexity of throwing more markup languages on it when you already use roff anyway is not really worth it. YMMV, of course.

I got the feeling that having markdown as the “source of truth” was slightly easier for reading, checking, and diffing different versions.

Hmm. With groff, diffing is notably easier in my experience, as (unlike Markdown) you usually have one command per line and very little (or none at all) inline markup, whereas you’d have to count asterisks when diffing Markdown…

If you actually have a groff resume format that is very readable for you, I would like to take a look and maybe reevaluate if i’m doing groff the right way.

I actually do, but it was my first serious .roff file, so I don’t think it would be a good inspiration for you :)

edit: Oh, it seems that Lemmy won’t pick up my comment deletions here. Sorry for the double reply.

I got the feeling that having markdown as the “source of truth” was slightly easier for reading, checking, and diffing different versions.

Hmm. With groff, diffing is notably easier in my experience, as (unlike Markdown) you usually have one command per line and very little (or none at all) inline markup, whereas you’d have to count asterisks when diffing Markdown…

If you actually have a groff resume format that is very readable for you, I would like to take a look and maybe reevaluate if i’m doing groff the right way.

I actually do, but it was my first serious .roff file, so I don’t think it would be a good inspiration for you :)

authored in Markdown

Why? A huge reason why I used groff for my resume was that roff already does support all markup I needed, including tables and colours. Markdown is a serious downgrade here.

Ah, standards.

tray icon on Linux

Limited to a selection of desktops and probably not working well on some distributions.

Sorry, me and most people haven’t ever heard of your SaaS platform.

Ok. Enjoy being where most people are (Microsoft 365?).

Then by any means, use Windows.

I will not do that. Because I don’t care about what other people use. I want my software to make my life easier. If there are only three people alive who use a good software, I still wouldn’t want to use worse software.

What I said is that NetBSD is a niche OS for hobbyists, and that if I wanted to run Linux software, instead of relying on emulation, I would rather just use Linux.

Name one Linux software that actually is “Linux software” in opposite to “Unix-like software” and/or “cross-platform software”.

Did I hit a nerve here?

My laughing nerve is, indeed, somewhat sore now.

You and the other five people running it on a desktop computer must be having a lot of fun I suppose.

So your point is that you prefer mainstream software over good software? Are you sure that you don’t use Windows?

Virtually every SaaS platform runs on Linux.

Mine don’t.

70% of cellphones run on Linux.

Source?

Even compared to FreeBSD, NetBSD is more of a niche OS for hobbyists.

Compared to Windows, Linux is more of a niche OS for hobbyists. (My everyday device is a desktop, not a router.) Your point is what exactly? Operating systems need a certain market share to be good? Lol. Seriously, just lol.

Enjoy your ~3% niche OS.

NetBSD is a novelty OS at best

So is Linux, compared to macOS and Windows. You still use it, as it seems to be just enough for your own needs.

FreeBSD’s jails are pretty interesting though, so is NetBSD’s rump kernel. But my point was (especially older) hardware support, not software support. If all you care about is the sheer number of available applications, Windows is there for you. 😉

Your post that it was “not even close” is misleading at best and utterly wrong in total.

Linuxers gonna linux.

You can (compile and) run almost all Linux software on the BSDs.

I do and I will continue to do.

Just use NetBSD and never look back :)

The notion of using Linux to revive old hardware and keep it out of the landfill may not last forever…

Linux supports much less old hardware than its competitors.

“Finally! Linux supports even less hardware that will be supported by BSD for years to come! Hooray!”

Because yay, planned obsolescence.

Especially Canada.

2026 is my year of the NetBSD laptop

North America, where the smart people live.

Oh right… they don’t.

Lucky we still have OpenBSD.

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