Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto in A minor
Here's a little blurb from the Wikipedia article on the piece:
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works and is among the most popular of the genre.
Grieg's concerto provides evidence of his interest in Norwegian folk music; the opening flourish is based on the motif of a falling minor second followed by a falling major third, which is typical of the folk music of Grieg's native country. This specific motif occurs in other works by Grieg, including the String Quartet No. 1. In the last movement of the concerto, similarities to the halling (a Norwegian folk dance) and imitations of the Hardanger fiddle (the Norwegian folk fiddle) have been detected.
Horse-Racing - Chen Jun (from the album Erhu Classics)
Here's another excellent rendition of Horse-Racing, this time accompanied by piano:
I love the energy of the piece! It's upbeat and evermore a joy to listen to.
Get the FreeDOS Calendar for 2023 from lulu!
Celebrate FreeDOS with this fun calendar! Each month shows a different screenshot from FreeDOS 1.3.
Take a look at the calendar images here:
"Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future" by Liam Proven
What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall
Note that there is a video (~24 minutes long; a transcript is available) accompanying the article.
The Night Before Christmas - Boston Pops Orchestra with Robin Williams
What a wonderful performance of the classic Christmas poem! Although familiar with it, I had never heard a musical performance till to-night on the radio.
So, go on, and give it a listen! I'm sure you'll enjoy it, if even not Christen!
Tintagel (symphonic poem) - Arnold Bax
Tintagel is a symphonic poem by Arnold Bax. It is his best-known work, and was for some years the only piece by which the composer was known to many concert-goers. The work was inspired by a visit Bax made to Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in 1917, and, although not explicitly programmatic, draws on the history and mythology associated with the castle.
--quoted from the Wikipedia article on Bax's Tintagel
For more of his work, check out Wikipedia's list of compositions by Arnold Bax. I myself am partial to his tone poems, though his symphonies are also excellent.
The very weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option - Interesting things
This topic has come up several times in the mailing lists over the past months; here is one such example. It's a good article, and the summary of the mailing list link is that FreeDOS won't run on newer hardware.
Gnome Boxes offers a painless way to run FreeDOS, for anyone looking for an easy way to get up and running!
CP/M's open-source status clarified after 21 years - by Liam Proven
The venerable Z80 OS is a now hobbyist favorite
Link to the new license: http://www.cpm.z80.de/license.html
It would be prudent to mention these are Gemini protocol browsers, and don't support HTTP. Great programs though, I use them too.
Well, much like you, I am slowly learning how to use simpler, more efficient tools, but it takes some time to get acquainted with new software. My most used machine is my desktop, which runs OpenBSD and Linux Mint. I've been slowly branching out from Emacs, which is what I typically use for everything except web browsing where JavaScript is needed.
I have begun to use many of the recommended programs from suckless.org/rocks, including ksh, zathura, snownews, profanity, nnn, ranger, cmus, feh, aerc, mg, links, and ffplay. I also use groff, cwm, xterm, calcurse, elvis, dictd, clang, weechat, latex, as well as a couple heavier programs like qemu, qutebrowser, librewolf, turtl, kiwix, discord, gnome-boxes, steam, and dino. I gave up on mutt because I found it too difficult to set-up properly with my current knowledge. The rest is fairly simple to use.
It ultimately depends on what one's goals are, however. I only have 4GB RAM on my desktop, which means the lightweight programs I use on OpenBSD allow me to open as many applications as I please without risking crashing my system, which is unfortunately not the case with Cinnamon. The idea behind my software choices is typically efficiency, but I also desire to discover the world outside of Emacs. The biggest compromises I make are Steam and Discord. The rest is FOSS though, so I'm not going to get into a purity-spiral over only using minimalist software, especially if it detracts from my efficiency.
only on Linux Mint
"How to format academic papers on Linux with groff -me" by Jim Hall
Learn simple macros to add footnotes, blockquotes, lists, subheads, and other formatting for your class papers.
This is an excellent introduction to using groff with the -me macro set. It is tailored towards anyone just looking for a quick start and even comes with some sample files at the end.
Opt-in seems like a reasonable position for this optional feature. Not everyone uses it. I don't. To turn the question on its head:
Is there a compelling reason to enable it by default?
The comments you highlighted were some of the most bizarre things argued in the whole thread. Apparently copyleft just isn't permissive enough for some people. Your counters are good!
Community Poll: What do you use *roff for?
As stated above, I am curious to know how groff fits into people's lives. Do you write manpages, only take notes with it, prefer it to LaTeX andor ConTeXt for text formatting, or something else entirely? Which macros do you use, if any? Let me know!
As for me, I encountered groff after already learning LaTeX, but I instantly appreciated its concise commands and began using it to take biology notes with the simple -me macro. I'm slowly expanding my usage to encompass math and graphing with eqn and grap, respectively. My needs are not always met by -me as of late, so a macro switch is in order. GNU seems most inclined to continue work on -mom, so I'll likely switch over to that soon enough.
FreeDOS 1.3 Release Candidate 5: It's Here!
Announcement copied from the main page of the FreeDOS website:
" Please help us test the new release candidate (RC) for the FreeDOS 1.3 release! There are a ton of new changes and improvements from 1.2, including:
- New FreeCOM 0.85a
- New Kernel 2043 and an 8086 version with FAT32 support
- Floppy Edition now uses compression and requires about half as many diskettes
- The return of networking
- Some new programs and games
- Many many many package updates
- Some updates and improvements to NLS
- Improved install process, especially with the MBR
- Some support to automatically set the COUNTRY.SYS information
- Improved CD initialization for the boot media and installed system ... and much, much more! Get your copy of FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 from the FreeDOS Downloads page. Thanks to everyone for helping make this next FreeDOS 1.3 release candidate!
Things are looking pretty good in this release. We'd love to make this the last release candidate before the official release of "FreeDOS 1.3."
Groff for Windows 10 (plus more!)
Ports of Unix and GNU software to MS-Windows
Are you a downtrodden Linux user, forced to use Windows 10 despite your wishes? Do you long to typeset with the simple and powerful groff but aren't sure if it is possible on Windows?
Fortunately for the typesetting inclined, it is possible to use the magnificent groff on Windows as well! I decided to highlight this project in particular, because it allows one to use groff on Windows 10 in a most similar manner as on a linuxbox. The notable (improvement?) that this port of groff makes is automatically assuming pdf output, as ps files aren't supported out-of-the-box on Windows 10. Most importantly, the usual macros are supported as well! I don't use -mom, but -ms and -me seem to work flawlessly so far. The graphing package grap is offered too! Be sure to put the binaries in your path so they're accessible from cmd.exe. Coupled with vim and the ezwinports' manpages, the environment hardly feels like Windows 10 at all, which is a good thing, from my perspective.
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Exploring FreeDOS: Typesetting with NRO
Pictured above: a printout of an unformatted NRO source document (see link at bottom to get a PostScript or Plaintext copy)
What is NRO?
'NRO is a text processor based on the design provided in "Software Tools" by Kernighan and Plauger.' -- taken from the NRO description
(link: https://gitlab.com/FDOS/unix/nro/-/blob/master/HELP/NRO)
But that's not exactly helpful, is it? Put more simply, NRO is nroff for FreeDOS. Not sure what nroff is? For the GNU/Linux user, it's the program that makes manpages look the way they do. The GNU version used for GNU/Linux is called groff. For those unfamiliar, each line beginning with a period (.sp 2 for example) starts a formatting command. The letters specify which command is meant. All other lines contain the text that will be formatted. To learn more about nroff, look at the following Wikipeidia article on troff: https://en.wikipedia.
PsychDOS: An integrated Desktop for DOS
Have you ever wished there were a proper desktop for your DOS system, and thought that the GUI options, like Ozone or Seal, weren't quite cutting it? They don't really come with much software integrated into the GUI, and the transition back to command line is rather jarring. What if I told you there were a better, more useful alternative?
Well, thanks to TheOuterLinux (link: https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io/), there's now an excellent TUI (text user interface) desktop for DOS! Packed with tons of useful software, such as web browsers, file managers, music players, and even a lock screen, PsychDOS offers an alternative to the entirely command line driven DOS while playing to the strengths text mode offers.
Get PsychDOS: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM
Still on the fence about trying it out? Don't just take my word for it! FreeDOS founder Jim Hall provides an overview of PsychDOS on the FreeDOS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQCiZtnJekU
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