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		superkuh 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of... connmap wouldn't run on my retrocomputer with ancient Xorg 1.7.6 so I vibe coded a janky perl gtk2 version and it works. http://superkuh.com/connmap-perl-gtk2.pl.txt + http://tuvixdiedforoursins.org/w1000-old.png (baked black background map) It looks pretty similar: http://tuvixdiedforoursins.org/connmap-perl-gtk2-screenshot.... vs http://tuvixdiedforoursins.org/connmap-original-screenshot.j...

superkuh 7 months ago [–]

And gtk3 for those running newer distros that kneecap themselves by not having gtk2 distributables, http://superkuh.com/connmap-perl-gtk3.pl.txt

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