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Which default software do you replace after you install your distro? in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Doas has a readable config file and it is easier to add an user. To answer your question On an MX install.

Xfwm -> bspwm

Dont remember -> nsxiv

Don't remember -> mpv

Featherpad -> Mousepad

Do you use Gnome or KDE Plasma? in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You are used to KDE and Gnome is very different But also KDE is buggy, I dont know how Steamdeck people make it better. If you chose Xfce, you will get a KDE similar desktop but more robust. Xfce can look modern with few efforts. MX Linux distro is a good example of a nice Xfce config.

Xfce 4.20 Pre2 Released in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 1 points 1 month ago

Xfce allowed me to replace the default window manager by Bspwm. Also the panels are fully configurable. This is a totally different philosophy.

Confirm or reject my suspicions about the massive default window sizes in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 3 points 1 month ago

I use Xfce with Bspwm as a window manager. A plugin writes the window title in the status bar. Window decoration is just a rectangular outline. Its hard to get a more space efficient gui.

XFCE Vs MATE in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 3 points 2 months ago

Xfce works nicely with Bspwm window manager. I dont need polybar or other hard to configure status bars. Xfce panels are easier and you can make them looking like a typical polybar if you want 😉. Maybe Mate can do the same, idon't know.

What's the most obscure distro you can think of in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 1 points 2 months ago

Kiss linux. Gobolinux. They are both alien, but interesting, each one in its own way.

It's 2024 and I'm posting this from a text console. in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You're following the Unix philosophy.

Announcing: frog-protocols for wayland in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm ignorant about display servers. Should applications be ported from a Wayland compositor to another Wayland compositor that has a different "protocol extension" ?

Alpine as a desktop OS in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry for the bad link, I will be more careful for the next time.

In the official website, the glibc page was updated with a new glibc layer. You can also check if you have "nouveau" drivers for Nvidia.

Alpine as a desktop OS in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Its possible to install glibc on Alpine. https://hatchjs.com/alpine-linux-install-full-glibc/

Alpine as a desktop OS in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 5 points 4 months ago

The Alpine simplicity is attractive, but I failed to install it while keeping my /home partition. Setting this manually is beyond my skills.

Linux Directory Structure - FHS in c/[email protected]

[–] Drito 1 points 4 months ago

It can fits as a desktop wallpaper.

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Is it safe to use a ghost Arch derivative ? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Drito to c/[email protected]

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Hello, Archlabs is gone . I use this distro so I wonder If I can still update it safely ?

My /etc/pacman.conf

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# The multilib repositories are enabled by default in ArchLabs.
# If you don't run 32 bit applications you may comment them out

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# [archlabs-testing]
# Server =  https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
# Server =  https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
# Server =  https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch

[archlabs]
Server = https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
Server = https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch
Server = https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
Server = https://sourceforge.net/projects/archlabs-repo/files/$repo/$arch

If it is unsafe how I can turn this into a normal arch ?