Suckless.org

suckless.org is a group of programmers that work on minimalist (small) free software. The software is made to be as simple as possible. The group makes programs

Suckless.org
suckless
suckless.org logo
MottoSoftware that sucks less.
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)
FounderAnselm R. Garbe[1]
TypeCommunity
FocusFree software
Productsdwm, st, surf, and other tools
Websitesuckless.org

suckless.org is a group of programmers that work on minimalist (small) free software. The software is made to be as simple as possible. The group makes programs that closely follow the UNIX philosophy of "doing one thing and doing it well".

History

Anselm R. Garbe started the suckless community.

In 2007, Garbe said there's a need for a "Plan 9 lover's and C hacker Ubuntu" which comes with the tools needed to create code in C. He suggested calling it 9ubuntu.[2] Later, suckless made stali (Static Linux). Stali is an operating system with statically linked programs that can be run. It adheres to the suckless rules.[3]

The program making team follows the rule that "worse is better". They follow the KISS principle ("Keep it simple, stupid").[4]

Notable projects

  • dwm - window manager
  • dmenu - keyboard-controlled menu tool
  • ii - IRC program
  • sbase - UNIX core utilities (essential tools)
  • surf - web browser
  • wmii - window manager
  • st - terminal emulator
  • stali - Linux distrubution

Meet-ups

In 2013, the suckless.org community started planning yearly meet-ups.[5]

suckless.org e.V.

In 2015, the legal entity suckless.org e.V. was created. It was created during a suckless meet-up. Its goal is helping suckless.org and other open source projects.

References

  1. ↑ Woehr, Jack (6 August 2009). "Conversation with Anselm R. Garbe of suckless.org". Dr. Dobb's. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Garbe, Anselm R. (14 March 2007). "[dwm] 9ubuntu?". suckless.org. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Garbe, Anselm R. "stali – static linux" (PDF). LinuxTag. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Schnalke, Markus (14 August 2008). "marmaro.de" (PDF). suckless.org – software that sucks less. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ https://suckless.org/conferences/

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