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Re: "I was hoping that someone would start a FreeBSD subspace..."
@jeang3nie: tmux is pretty configurable as keystrokes go... You seem to be a good candidate for dwm (or at least I3). I just switched, and I can't believe I've wasted my life dragging windows around the screen like a fool.
Are you an Arch user? If you are, is it worth it?
Also, why Wayland? X is a bit stale, but it's kind of wonderful the way real X apps run over the network, especially now that bandwidth is nearly free and unlimited. Is there a reason to use Wayland other than cool transparency effects?
2023-06-15 · 5 weeks ago
@stack Arch is what I migrated to after FreeBSD about ten years ago. More recently I've been using Void and find it to be better in a lot of ways. I've never really found Arch to be particularly unstable like so many people claim. It's cool if you buy in to the rolling release model. I've decided against using it for things like servers, however, that aren't going to see manual updates every day, because of something is going to break its always at the worst time and it's usually due to attempting an upgrade after letting it sit for a few weeks.
I actually used DWM pretty soon after it first was written, but never got used to the keys and don't care for the compiled in idea. Sway and i3 share a config format so if I can't use Say then i3 is probably what I'll settle on.
I'm using wayland because X is old and becoming unmaintained,and from a technical standpoint it is a simpler, cleaner and more secure protocol. I know X isn't exactly dead yet, but that day is coming at some point.
@jeang3nie: Oh, I did not realize that Sway is a tiler... I actually like the compiled dwm although in practice mods and patches are a pain... But so far it works for me -- I only added a couple of keybindings.
I will take a look at Void for the next time I feel the need to strip down, thanks.
I know next to nothing about wayland, but having written an (incomplete) set of XCB bindings in Common Lisp, I didn't ithink it was too terrible.
I was hoping that someone would start a FreeBSD subspace here. I just installed 13.2 onto real hardware for the first time in a while. FreeBSD used to be my everyday OS for a few years, and while I had my reasons for walking away I have to say I did miss it. [gemini link] Some thoughts after installation
💬 jeang3nie · 8 comments · 1 like · 2023-06-15 · 5 weeks ago