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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, I really want to get into niri, but the lack of XWayland support scares me (I know there’s solutions, but I don’t understand them yet).

Also, I stopped using Emacs (even though I love its design and philosophy with my whole heart) because it’s very slow, even as a daemon.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What are you using instead of emacs? I'm very happy with my doom emacs setup and it doesn't feel slow at all imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nano. Everything except nano and its forks is weird and bloat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried neovim? More powerful than nano, but still super fast.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not talking about performance but learning curve and unnecessary features. I don't really want to learn any key bindings or a whole new ecosystem just for a text editor I use to edit a config once a month.

Also that comment was sarcastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ed is the standard editor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I used Doom for a while, but it was still slow. I’ve been replacing emacs with more unix-y tools (helix/neovim as editor, yazi for file manager, etc.). I really just miss the design of emacs (the self-documentation, the infinite extensibility, etc.). I hope someday maybe Lem will fill my needs (which I just learned about yesterday).