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The suckless community was founded by Anselm R. Garbe from Germany in 2002.{{cn|date=May 2016}} He became a vocal proponent of the suckless philosophy, saying that "a lot [of what] went wrong in the IT industry recently [...] be recognized in order to rethink the common practice, and perhaps to think about the time when [[Moore's law]] stops being a valid assumption."<ref name="dobb"/> The suckless manifesto deplores the common tendency for "complex, error-prone and slow software [that] seems to be prevalent in the present-day software industry", and argues that a programmer's performance should not be measured by the number of lines of code he writes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philosophy|url=https://suckless.org/philosophy|website=suckless.org|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> |
The suckless community was founded by Anselm R. Garbe from Germany in 2002.{{cn|date=May 2016}} He became a vocal proponent of the suckless philosophy, saying that "a lot [of what] went wrong in the IT industry recently [...] be recognized in order to rethink the common practice, and perhaps to think about the time when [[Moore's law]] stops being a valid assumption."<ref name="dobb"/> The suckless manifesto deplores the common tendency for "complex, error-prone and slow software [that] seems to be prevalent in the present-day software industry", and argues that a programmer's performance should not be measured by the number of lines of code he writes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philosophy|url=https://suckless.org/philosophy|website=suckless.org|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> |
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In October 2006, Garbe registered the domain ''suckless.org'' to replace '' |
In October 2006, Garbe registered the domain ''suckless.org'' to replace ''10kloc.org'' and ''wmii.de''.<ref>{{Cite mailing list|url=https://lists.suckless.org/wmii/0610/2756.html|title=suckless.org - new primary domain, wmii.de, wmii.net, shortest.de and 10kloc.org going to be dropped|date=9 October 2006|mailing-list=wmii|last=Garbe|first=Anselm R.}}</ref> |
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In 2007, Garbe called for the need for a "[[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]] lover's and C hacker [[Ubuntu]]" which comes packed with dwm/wmii and all necessary tools for developing C code and suggested calling it ''9ubuntu''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garbe|first1=Anselm R.|title=[dwm] 9ubuntu?|url=https://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0703/2245.html|website=suckless.org|accessdate=12 May 2015|date=14 March 2007}}</ref> Suckless later developed ''stali'' (static Linux), an operating system with statically linked executables that adheres to the suckless principles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garbe|first1=Anselm R.|title=stali – static linux|url=http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2010/vortraege/shortpaper/308_stali.pdf|website=[[LinuxTag]]|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> |
In 2007, Garbe called for the need for a "[[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]] lover's and C hacker [[Ubuntu]]" which comes packed with dwm/wmii and all necessary tools for developing C code and suggested calling it ''9ubuntu''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garbe|first1=Anselm R.|title=[dwm] 9ubuntu?|url=https://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0703/2245.html|website=suckless.org|accessdate=12 May 2015|date=14 March 2007}}</ref> Suckless later developed ''stali'' (static Linux), an operating system with statically linked executables that adheres to the suckless principles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garbe|first1=Anselm R.|title=stali – static linux|url=http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2010/vortraege/shortpaper/308_stali.pdf|website=[[LinuxTag]]|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:04, 6 August 2020
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| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Anselm R. Garbe[1] |
| Type | Community |
| Focus | Free software |
| Products | dwm, st, surf, and other tools |
| Website | suckless |
suckless.org is a community of programmers working on minimalist free software projects with a focus on simplicity, clarity, and frugality. The group developed dwm and wmii window managers, surf,[2] tabbed, and other programs that are said to adhere strictly to the UNIX philosophy of "doing one thing and doing it well."[3]
History
The suckless community was founded by Anselm R. Garbe from Germany in 2002.[citation needed] He became a vocal proponent of the suckless philosophy, saying that "a lot [of what] went wrong in the IT industry recently [...] be recognized in order to rethink the common practice, and perhaps to think about the time when Moore's law stops being a valid assumption."[1] The suckless manifesto deplores the common tendency for "complex, error-prone and slow software [that] seems to be prevalent in the present-day software industry", and argues that a programmer's performance should not be measured by the number of lines of code he writes.[4]
In October 2006, Garbe registered the domain suckless.org to replace 10kloc.org and wmii.de.[5]
In 2007, Garbe called for the need for a "Plan 9 lover's and C hacker Ubuntu" which comes packed with dwm/wmii and all necessary tools for developing C code and suggested calling it 9ubuntu.[6] Suckless later developed stali (static Linux), an operating system with statically linked executables that adheres to the suckless principles.[7]
The development team follows the New Jersey style of "Worse is better" and adheres to the KISS principle ("Keep it simple, stupid").[8]
Notable projects
- dwm – window manager
- dmenu – keyboard-driven menu utility
- ii – IRC client
- sbase - UNIX core utilities
- surf – web browser
- wmii – window manager
- st - lightweight, 256color-enabled (with 24bit colour support) terminal emulator
- stali - static Linux distribution
Conferences
Starting in 2013 the suckless.org community organizes annual conferences[9] and hackathon gatherings focusing on technical topics and socializing with community members.
suckless.org e.V.
In 2015 the legal entity suckless.org e.V. was founded during the suckless conference.[10] Its aim and main purpose is supporting the projects of suckless.org and open source in general.
See also
References
- ^ a b Woehr, Jack (6 August 2009). "Conversation with Anselm R. Garbe of suckless.org". Dr. Dobb's. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Приложения от сообщества suckless.org". mykomp2.ru (in Russian). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Kopta, Martin (2 December 2013). "Suckless: méně smradlavý software". Root.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Philosophy". suckless.org. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Garbe, Anselm R. (9 October 2006). "suckless.org - new primary domain, wmii.de, wmii.net, shortest.de and 10kloc.org going to be dropped". wmii (Mailing list).
- ^ Garbe, Anselm R. (14 March 2007). "[dwm] 9ubuntu?". suckless.org. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Garbe, Anselm R. "stali – static linux" (PDF). LinuxTag. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Schnalke, Markus (14 August 2008). "marmaro.de" (PDF). suckless.org – software that sucks less. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ https://suckless.org/conferences/
- ^ https://ev.suckless.org/
