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wwwgem, to linux in I'm addicted to caring for my Linux distro, polishing things, optimising stuff it's so funny! Got some stories like that?
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That’s the beauty of Linux! If you feel adventurous, you always easily find something to tweak/experiment. Since I moved to Linux my mindset and workflow never ceased to evolve. That’s because I’m curious but that couldn’t be possible in any other OS. Only Linux can offer so much options and an exceptional level of granularity so anyone can build his/herown perfect system. We may achieve the same thing but in different ways and we’ll both run Linux.

If you’re more shy you can simply install a set of software under a given distro and you’re done. This is also a Linux option. Right now, I couldn’t find any challenges to keep me busy for more than a day or two until I decided to test a new system (NixOS) in a virtual machine. This is another way to have the kind of fun you mention :)
I love tweaking and improving my system so much that I dedicated my little blog only to that. Sharing is another crucial principles I love in the Linux philosophy.

wwwgem, to linux in What's your favourite RSS reader for Linux?
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If you’re looking for something minimal but highly customizable I’d recommend newsboat. For Android I use feedr.

wwwgem, to linux in NixOS is better because...
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Thank you for this addition. I very much appreciate the fediverse community who is helping people to understand things, share their knowledge, and acting nicely (if we exclude some rare people who are clearly not used to live within a sane community). I’ve seen home manager but this raised one more question to me: what’s the added value compared to stow for example? Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.

wwwgem, to linux in [Question] Some questions about BSPWM tiling manager
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The behavior you are requesting of bspwm is counter-intuitive to this rule you specifically wrote. Nonetheless, if VS Code popup windows have a different instance name, you could have a script running in the background which checks instance name of any new window and execute the command bspc desktop -f last when a VS Code popup appears.
If the instance name is the same for VS Code main app and its popup windows, you may listen to the state of VS Code windows (using bspc subscribe; see the manpage) and execute the previous command on VS Code floating windows (because popups will be floating).
For example, apply this to all VS Code windows:


<span style="color:#323232;">while bspc subscribe -c 1 node_focus node_state > /dev/null; do
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    bspc query -N -n "focused.floating" | while read -r wid; do
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    bspc desktop -n $wid -f last
</span><span style="color:#323232;">done
</span>

For your second question, if I understand correctly you’re trying to have a given workspace moving to your external monitor when available and returning to your primary monitor if no other monitor is connected. You can look at the archwiki to learn how to setup bspwm for multi monitors. Using the same if conditions as explained in this wiki you could also have for example a rule bspc rule -a Code follow=on desktop=‘^4’ when only one monitor is connected, and bspc rule -a Code follow=on desktop=‘^7’ when an external monitor is connected (and workspace 7 will be defined to be shown on your external monitor).

wwwgem, to linux in Laptop companies: which one?
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Can you expand on that?

wwwgem, to linux in Laptop companies: which one?
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Thanks for the tip. I know a lot of people are going for Thinkpads and you’re specific recommendation may seem interesting but I’d like to support other companies like the ones I bought from so far (Toshiba, Lenovo, Dell, Vaio, Acer, PB, Razer) and I’d also like to build my own laptop from the start.

wwwgem, (edited ) to opensource in Floorp Browser: One of the best fork of firefox in customization
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Oh you mean mullvad! They’re two different apps.

wwwgem, to linux in Thanks for my free therapist session
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Right. Actually one of the things I love about Linux is that it offers so many options so you can make your own combination to create the perfect system for your specific needs.
You can get all the visual distractions out of your way and tweak litterally everything to an incredible granular level. No other OS can pretend to be so user focused while staying so simple in appearance. You’re not adapting to your system, it’s built for you.

wwwgem, to linux in Thanks for my free therapist session
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Looks like the group is eventually not that small.

wwwgem, to linux in Thanks for my free therapist session
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One would say you’re more weird than me then. That makes me feel better ^^

wwwgem, to linux in NixOS - edit system files
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Just realized that I had this line in my config already but the change was not applied until I reboot. 😳

wwwgem, (edited ) to linux in Youtube client that supports saving searches as a playlist?
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I use ytfzf to search/watch videos on YouTube, Peertube, Odysee.
It has several add-ons including one for playlists. I didn’t try it though.

wwwgem, to linux in NixOS is better because...
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I can see that from a server maintenance point of view. After having read so many great things about NixOS, I may have exaggerated my expectation and I may be the problem for being a user with too limited needs to get the full benefits of NixOS.

For me this single config file doesn’t save that much additional files and most of them would be files you configure only once during installation. Nonetheless I can see how “easier” it would be to save one file instead of 3 to reproduce your system and I can only imagine how much better it is from a server point of view.

wwwgem, to linux in Laptop companies: which one?
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I agree. Have you ever owned one?

wwwgem, to linux in Laptop companies: which one?
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Thanks very much for this important feedback. Framework is definitely taking the lead in responses to this post.

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