I also plan to run Haiku on one of my older machines, but I can't write down its components (e.g. init system, audio server), as it's more monolithic than NetBSD or GNU/Linux.
To transfer files using netcat, it's:
sh
# Replace 1337 with any port number you like
nc -vl 1337 > file # On recipient
nc -N 192.168.X.X 1337 < file # On sender
Of course, things like compression and encryption need to be done beforehand; but one would hopefully use other means to transfer such files.
Depending on your drivers, you could give Guix a go. It's not for everyone; but it's decent, solid, and I used to run it on a 32-bit machine with 3GB of RAM.
If you do require nonfree drivers, there are guides to set it up using Nonguix; but I don't know how well that works (I am yet to try it).
Reading the article, it seems that the Co-op are trying their best, in light of the government's shitfuckery.
The updated policy instead says that, wherever possible, the retailer will provide individual, lockable gender-neutral facilities, with decisions about access to gendered spaces made “sensitively and on a case-by-case basis,” as reported by The Sunday Times.
The change follows the UK Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling on the legal meaning of “woman” and “man”, as well as new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) stating that single-sex spaces should be provided based on biological sex.
A spokesperson for the Co-op, which has been a vocal supporter of trans rights, said it updated the policy following legal advice and consultation with its staff networks “to ensure compliance with our legal obligations and to support our trans, non-binary and intersex colleagues”, in a statement to The Sunday Times.
Not sure really. It's been a slow progression for me from dead centre on the political compass over into anarcho-socialist territory.
That said, my taste for punk rock, the feeling of betrayal over my government's stance on trans rights, and hearing about the shit that world governments get away with without repurcussion definititely helped.
Ken Thompson and Doug McIlroy are still around. I can't seem to find an interview about such things, as interviewers tend to focus on the early days of UNIX and suchlike; but they do both have public email addresses, so we could always ask.
Goddamn, that's a dense meme!