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egor_tensin

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Registered: 2025-07-21

Posts: 7

Re: Screenshot Thread

I've been using Arch for my desktop machines for a long time, but always stuck with Xorg, because Wayland support seemed patchy. Recently had a few days to work on the transition + automation to do it, and it's been going really well!

* Graphical setup: labwc as the compositor, kanshi (display configuration), alacritty (terminal), xfce4-panel (I tried every other option, they sucked in comparison), mako (notifications), ly (display manager), some sway utilities (for screenshots & background).
* Main apps: nnn (file browser), udiskie (for USB mounts), usual CUPS/BlueZ/PipeWire setup, Ristretto (for images), Celluloid (for video playback).

The setup might seem quite bare-bones & disintegrated, but I honestly can't tolerate anything heavier than Xfce, and for now, I decided to go even more disintegrated and bare-bones.

Honestly, what struck me the most was how much my battery life has improved. By the feel of it, it must be like 25%.

I'm quite glad that I was able to (mostly) automate everything this (obviously, for my machines only, but you're welcome to take a look if you want): https://github.com/egor-tensin/infra-desktop

Last edited by egor_tensin (Yesterday 21:42:15)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,533

Re: Screenshot Thread

Moderator Note

Not an installation topic, merging to screenshot thread in Artwork and Screenshots subboard

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky