Cowsay doesn't handle variant character widths well. It kind of assumes all characters are 1 char wide (in display) and (I think) 1 byte (in the input encoding). This means that non-English/Latin ...

One of the useful feature of Nix package manager is Ad hoc shell environments. Ad hoc shell environments in Nix allow you to experiment with software packages without permanently installing them. This ...

Linux is a versatile operating system with a vibrant community, and there are plenty of fun and quirky things you can do with it. Linux provides a lot of room for creativity and customization. In this ...

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Well, I can't get cowsay to build on my macOS boxes. Looks like some AsciiDoc issue, with regards how that is installed from multiple sources/providers? When I try to a build of cowsay on angharad, my ...

Since the past 3 weeks, I’ve hopefully marinated your brain with all the Linux goodness that you could ever want and like the popular saying “everything good must come to an end”, it’s finally time to ...

Counting down the days until Christmas or the beginning of Kwanzaa? Your Unix system can help with that. Let’s look at the commands that you would use to get a talking cow reminding you about an ...