About Me
Hi, I am an9wer (my online alias). This website is my little corner of the internet where I share my thoughts, experiences and random discoveries - mostly around *nix operating systems and FOSS tools.
If you have any questions, feedback, or just want to connect, feel free to reach out to me at an9wer@sdf.org. I'd love to hear from you!
As you might have noticed from my posts, I have a deep passion for *nix operating systems, with my recent focus on OpenBSD and Slackware. My *nix journey began with CentOS back in 2016. Over the years, I've also used Ubuntu, Arch, and Gentoo. I would not call myself a distro hopper, though. I'm not switching just to try something new - I'm just looking for a system that matches my taste, and that taste hasn't been changed: simplicity. That's why I've settled on OpenBSD and Slackware - they feel like the distros I'll sitck with as I keep diving deeper into the *nix world. This preference also extends to my choice of tools.
My Desktop Environment of Choice
My entire desktop setup is built around just three tools from the suckless project - dwm as my window manager, dmenu as my application launcher, and st as my terminal emulator. I've been using them since the late 2018. What I love about them is they deliver the core functionality of more complex alternatives, but with fewer lines of code and minimal dependencies. Also, the project's philosophy - keep things simple, minimal, and usable - perfectly aligns with my own.
My Editor of Choice
I use nano as my main editor for just about everything - from writing posts for this website to writing code for projects. I like its straightforward shortcuts, which are far less complex than Emacs, and I appreciate that its common operations (e.g. scrolling, copying, pasting, etc.) are accessible directly while editing, unlike Vim's distinction between normal mode and insert mode. It also natively offers advanced and powerful functions like justifying paragraphs, recording macros, moving between anchors, which are more than enough for my daily editing.
ChangeLogs
2025-05-17
Supported detecting the preference of light or dark theme - It's all up to you.
2025-04-21
Verified this website on Google Search Console - Google is the boss!
2025-04-19
Replaced whitespaces with hyphens in URL paths for word seperation.
2025-04-02
Migrated this website from Github Pages to sdf.org.
Changed the website theme - Copied css files (minimal.css and plain.css) from docutils-0.21.2 and did a few customization - thanks for their license issued under the term of the 2-clause BSD.
Removed the "Tools" section - It is my collecion of some awesome programs/apps, though it has not been maintained for a long time.
2023-09-29
Added the "ChangeLogs" section - Any changes on this website should be recorded.
2023-09-28
Added the "About" section - Say hello and introduce myself.
2023-09-27
Changed the "Notes" section to private access - It tends to be more personal use, as it works like a collection of documents that reference things that I have done before, helping me recall them more effectively.
2021-05-13
Supported mobile view - For those who perfer to surf the internet on their smartphone.
2019-08-21
Added the "Tools" section - Just some awesome programs/apps.
2019-06-15
Added the "Notes" section - Anything in my mind should be backed up to my notes.
Switched to reStructuredText for content writing.
2019-02-22
Switched to AsciiDoc for content writing.
2018-10-24
Started this website with Vimwiki for content writing and Github Pages for web hosting - Hopefully it would be a good start.