From 2ebf1a5d8054f45e2135cfc8cedc95db0c0981cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Fred T. Hamster" Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:07:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme for walrus utils --- walrus/readme.txt | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/walrus/readme.txt b/walrus/readme.txt index 074e6dc8..c1ae7717 100644 --- a/walrus/readme.txt +++ b/walrus/readme.txt @@ -1,11 +1,32 @@ -the walrus utilities was originally a collection of useful apps that i kept on the hard drive or on CDs, because at the time, it was slow to download things off the internet. -that morphed over time to being a collection that lived on a hard drive and was backed up to cds, then dvds, then even blurays. -the collection also got so fat that it split into different parts, kind of like mitosis. the "walrus utilities" remained as the set of useful apps and tools that i use frequently; the "walrus coding" collection was a big pile of different tools for doing programming work; the "walrus albums" collection is my personal set of pictures; the "walrus games" set is a bunch of game save files for things i'm working on or want to keep track of; and the "walrus media" collection is all sorts of pictures, sounds, and movies i want to hang onto. -however, software gets updated so quickly now that it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep a bunch of old binaries around, so now the walrus utils are just lists of good apps to use for various purposes. -the walrus coding collection went through a similar metamorphosis and is now just a set of links to great programming apps. -all the static collections remain as they are (pictures, etc) and since they are very personal, or i don't have copyrights on them, they're not available here. but the utilities and coding tools are! wheee! -the lists are incomplete, and reflect my personal choices, but they may be a helpful starting point if you're looking to get something done on linux. +the walrus utilities was originally a collection of useful apps that i kept on +the hard drive or on CDs, because at the time, it was slow to download things +off the internet. +that morphed over time to being a collection that lived on a hard drive and +was backed up to cds, then dvds, then even blurays. the collection also got +so fat that it split into different parts, kind of like mitosis. +the "walrus utilities" remained as the set of useful apps and tools that i use +frequently; the "walrus coding" collection was a big pile of different tools +for doing programming work; the "walrus albums" collection is my personal set +of pictures; the "walrus games" set is a bunch of game save files for things +i'm working on or want to keep track of; and the "walrus media" collection is +all sorts of pictures, sounds, and movies i want to hang onto. + +however, software gets updated so quickly now that it doesn't make a lot of +sense to keep a bunch of old binaries around, so now the walrus utils are just +lists of good apps to use for various purposes. + +the walrus coding collection went through a similar metamorphosis and is now +just a set of links to great programming apps. + +all the static walrus collections remain as they are (pictures, etc) and +since they are very personal, or i don't have copyrights on them, they're not +available here. but the utilities and coding tools are! wheee! + +the lists are incomplete, and reflect my personal choices, but they may be a +helpful starting point if you're looking to get something done on linux. + + -- fred t. hamster -- 2.43.0