[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I hate how I understand this.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thank you! I was unsure if putting it so much effort was overkill, but I'm glad I did. I'll probably do some upgraded showcase when I'm fully content with my build, cause I use a ton of TUI tools people probably don't know about. I didn't even show off half the features, either. The fun thing about Niri is so much is done for you out of the box, and the config is super detailed.

There are a few things to look out for, though. The choice to use .kdl over .toml, .yaml, or anything people would be familiar is mind boggling. It's pretty annoying when troubleshooting as well, since Niri is only recently gaining traction. Otherwise, it's been a pretty painless process. Wayland compositors are so much easier to get started with than the X11 WMs of old, it's wild. They're all like mini-DEs.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31835264

So I've been in the WM space for a little while. Started messing around with i3 some years ago, and stuck with the basic config. Same thing for Sway, before I attempted to make my own rice, and then stole the legendary Hyprdots. I remember messing with the dots and trying to change things, and getting frustrated because it obviously was above my knowledge level. I went back to KDE for a little bit, before Brodie made a video and I was curious enough to take the leap. In short, it's crazy. It may seem odd at first, but the workflow is really hard to come back from. The freedom of space you are afforded makes even the smallest screen hyper productive. I tried going back to stacking layouts after this, but it felt incredibly cramped.

As for Niri itself, it comes with many comfortable features and works seamlessly out of the box in many ways that surprised me. It has a native overview, screenshot tool, most of the media keys were programmed, and even hitting my Laptop's power button only prompted a suspend instead of the usual instant shutdown.

I'm a simple man, who uses simple tools. My aim in making a rice isn't something super flashy, but something functional with dots I can build up then use for years with minimal tweaking. Most of my dots are just lightly modified or taken from elsewhere, but that matters little to me. I just want a functional productive, and comfortable environment to work and play. Mostly everything is done via the cli or similarly simple tools, as it helps me learn the system for future career possibilities, as well as provide peak productivity. I don't know how many will care for my tool list since everyone probably knows these things, but here it is just in case.

Term - Kitty

Shell - Fish

Bar - Waybar

Menu / App Launcher - Fuzzel

Notifications Daemon - Mako

File Manager - Yazi + A boat load of plugins (Can provide list if asked)

System Monitor - Btop

Music Player - MPD + RMPC

Browser - Qutebrowser

Recording Software - wf-recorder

TUI-Wiki - Wikiman

"Notes" - Vim

I plan to revamp it and make better scripts as time goes on, but I am very satisfied for now.

Tldr; Niri fucks and you should play Rockman (Particilarly the fan retranslations, the original English localizations are dookie)

I hope you enjoyed the showcase :>

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by noodlesreborn@lemmy.world to c/unixporn@lemmy.world

So I've been in the WM space for a little while. Started messing around with i3 some years ago, and stuck with the basic config. Same thing for Sway, before I attempted to make my own rice, and then stole the legendary Hyprdots. I remember messing with the dots and trying to change things, and getting frustrated because it obviously was above my knowledge level. I went back to KDE for a little bit, before Brodie made a video and I was curious enough to take the leap. In short, it's crazy. It may seem odd at first, but the workflow is really hard to come back from. The freedom of space you are afforded makes even the smallest screen hyper productive. I tried going back to stacking layouts after this, but it felt incredibly cramped.

As for Niri itself, it comes with many comfortable features and works seamlessly out of the box in many ways that surprised me. It has a native overview, screenshot tool, most of the media keys were programmed, and even hitting my Laptop's power button only prompted a suspend instead of the usual instant shutdown.

I'm a simple man, who uses simple tools. My aim in making a rice isn't something super flashy, but something functional with dots I can build up then use for years with minimal tweaking. Most of my dots are just lightly modified or taken from elsewhere, but that matters little to me. I just want a functional productive, and comfortable environment to work and play. Mostly everything is done via the cli or similarly simple tools, as it helps me learn the system for future career possibilities, as well as provide peak productivity. I don't know how many will care for my tool list since everyone probably knows these things, but here it is just in case.

Term - Kitty

Shell - Fish

Bar - Waybar

Menu / App Launcher - Fuzzel

Notifications Daemon - Mako

File Manager - Yazi + A boat load of plugins (Can provide list if asked)

System Monitor - Btop

Music Player - MPD + RMPC

Browser - Qutebrowser

Recording Software - wf-recorder

TUI-Wiki - Wikiman

"Notes" - Vim

I plan to revamp it and make better scripts as time goes on, but I am very satisfied for now.

Tldr; Niri fucks and you should play Rockman (Particularly the fan retranslations, the original English localizations are dookie)

I hope you enjoyed the showcase :>

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Mmmmmm I love not being on Reddit

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Any "hate" in regards to you using Ubuntu is more likely to do with controversy involving Canonical than it is you using a beginner-friendly distro. People are more likely to be kinder to the Mint user.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh whoa, I recognize that name! Didn't know you had a sick setup like this. Awesome stuff.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think the comment speaks for itself. There wasn't anything deep behind it. It literally just mean "Linux users look at BSD users how Windows users look at Linux." Bewildered, mystified maybe? It's just lower on the "food chain", and they are surprised to see people using it because it's missing "X" feature they can't live without, for many people that being gaming. I'm in the same camp.

It was not a comment on the quality of the software, as I have never used it. I would love to tinker with it one day to see the differences, but I can't see myself ever switching to it, even if I admire/envy some of the better parts compared to Linux.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Customer support is annoying or whatever but this is horrifying. Several people will die because of this.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

BSD is to Linux users what Linux is to Windows users.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think people speaking on these subjects should genuinely come together to host their content on a Peertube instance and broadcast it to their Youtube audience, because this is a pretty strong use case. To be able to speak freely about these matters and inform people is pretty serious.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This was very interesting! While I don't fully understand everything, based on what I can, I'm partial to the second one. If the the instance disappears, I doubt the hoster wants that stuff up anyway. It makes it easier on everyone, and the replies seem (?) to stay up as well. A win-win. Either way it goes, I can only be thankful to the engineers working so hard to make this a reality. 🙏

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you, this makes sense. Is there any hope for Mastodon and other services to achieve a similar level of parity without eating up a ton of space? I feel like it is a big hurdle for Fedi, but I understand these things take time and a ton of work.

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This applies to any of the microblogging software. Akkoma, IceShrimp, etc. I go to any Lemmy instance, big or small, and the up/downvote data and replies are basically all the same. The same goes for Peertube, and most services that aren't Mastodon and the gang. Why is this? Is it because of older design? Unexpected issues cropping up with scale? It seems to be such a big struggle over there, but for everyone else, it's whatevs.

I would love to permanently reside on a smaller Mastodon instance or host my own, but I often find that many posts are unavailable and a lot of replies I want to reply to don't exist. It is an incredibly frustrating experience.

[-] noodlesreborn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Tbh setting up all cool frontends has always mystified me but I like minimal terminal interfaces and use stuff like MPD, Yazi, etc. and it seems like a pain to manage this big thing. I think the benefit really sets in when it's something you're sharing with others.

Like, I'd love to have all my documents in a folder written in pure markdown via vim, but hedgedoc helps me share and collaborate with my friends. A lot of people who operate these services share them with family, so I imagine ease of use helps. Tracking can be huge for people as well, but idk I just write down my episode list or have a separate tracker app.

Speaking of, Yamtrack is really good for that.

Overall, I feel like minimal UIs really help me focus instead of getting lost, but sharing my media via Jellyfin is one of the few reasons I want to do this in the first place. I like providing access to obscure media that's hard to get ahold of for my friends. So I'd say I'm a mix. Minimal stuff for myself, but interfaces for friend/external access.

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