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Lookat 2.1.0 released

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lookat 2.1.0

Lookat 2.1.0 is the latest stable release of Lookat/Bekijk, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.


 

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14 Sep 2025 Lookat 2.1.0 Released

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2 has been released as Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0

3 Aug 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc2 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2
  • Corrected italic color
  • Don’t reset the search offset when cursor mode is enabled
  • Renamed strsize to charsize ( ansi_strsize -> ansi_charsize, utf8_strsize -> utf8_charsize) to be less confusing
  • Support for multiple ansi streams in ansi_utf8_strlen()
  • Update default color theme to green for this release
  • Update manpages & documentation
  • Reorganized contrib directory
    • Moved ci/cd related file from contrib/* to contrib/cicd
    • Moved debian dir to contrib/dist
    • Moved support script to contrib/scripts

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Lookat 2.1.0rc2 released

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lookat 2.1.0rc1

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of release of Lookat/Bekijk 2.1.0, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.


 

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3 Aug 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc2 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2
  • Corrected italic color
  • Don’t reset the search offset when cursor mode is enabled
  • Renamed strsize to charsize ( ansi_strsize -> ansi_charsize, utf8_strsize -> utf8_charsize) to be less confusing
  • Support for multiple ansi streams in ansi_utf8_strlen()
  • Update default color theme to green for this release
  • Update manpages & documentation
  • Reorganized contrib directory
    • Moved ci/cd related file from contrib/* to contrib/cicd
    • Moved debian dir to contrib/dist
    • Moved support script to contrib/scripts

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Using OpenTofu/Terraform to create a disposable Tails virtual machine

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OpenTofu

OpenTofu

Terraform or OpenTofu (the open-source fork supported by the Linux Foundation) is a nice tool to setup the infrastructure on different cloud environments. There is also a provider that supports libvirt.

If you want to get started with OpenTofu there is a free training available from the Linux foundation:

I also joined the talk about OpenTofu and Infrastructure As Code, in general, this year in the Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure DEV Room at FOSDEM this year:

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Lookat 2.1.0rc1 released

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lookat 2.1.0rc1

Lookat 2.1.0rc1 is the latest development release of Lookat/Bekijk, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages.

The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support.


 

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8 Jun 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc1 Released

Lookat 2.1.0rc1 is the first release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0

ChangeLog

Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc1
  • ANSI Color support

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#eXit : Goodbye twitter. Hi Mastodon…

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Plushtodon

I decided to leave twitter.
 
Yes, this has something to do with the change of ownership, the name change to x, …
 
There is only 1 X to me, and that’s X.org

Twitter has become a platform that doesn’t value #freedomofspeech anymore.

My account even got flagged as possible spam to “factchecking” #fakenews

The mean reason is that there is a better alternative in the form of the Fediverse #Fediverse is the protocol that Mastodon uses.

It allows for a truly decentralised social media platform.

It allows organizations to set up their own Mastodon instance and take ownership and accountability for their content and accounts.

Mastodon is a nice platform; you probably feel at home there.

People who follow me on twitter can continue to follow me at Mastodon if they want.

https://mastodon.social/@stafwag

I’ll post this message a couple of times to twitter before I close my twitter account, so people can decide if they want to follow me on Mastodon …or not ;-).

Have fun!

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