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sowm
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XFCE live usb(i686) is using almost 200mb of memory on boot?
To add to the comment above, if memory is all you care about, I managed to get it down to 75MB once with custom kernel and sowm.
- any patch that entirely removes the bar?
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How does dwm spawn() work exactly?
You can check https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm It will be handy to you to understand how Dwm works
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How hard would it be to make my own window manager?
Or sowm.
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Think this beast can run Linux?
I managed to get 75mb with X session on Void. (sowm + minimal kernel)
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Suckless desktop starter pack, how to start?
Then perhaps you should have a look at sowm. It is a fork (if you can still call it that) of dwm that has no tiling support and no bar.
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what linux distro is recommended for my slow pc?
If you are r/linux4noobs then you probably won't be able to get it running but... I managed to get voidlinux with sowm and a custom kernel to 70MB memory usage.
- Asking for a really lightweight distro for me to learn linux with.
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How X Window Managers Work, and How to Write One
This is a great article and I remember reading it numerous times while I was implementing my own window manager.
For someone interested in working on a really fun and rewarding hobby project a WM is a great one to look into since there are so many resources starting from really small implementations:
- https://github.com/mackstann/tinywm
- https://github.com/venam/2bwm
- https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm
- https://github.com/JLErvin/berry
Which are great at introducing the concepts and allowing you to grok the required libraries.
There are also a bunch of more full featured window managers which will introduce you to more advanced topics:
- https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
- https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm
- https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/
- https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm
Gradually as you get more familiar with the ecosystem a few questions will come up:
Should I use X11 or XCB? - I personally used XCB and didn't find it too difficult to interface with, and there are a large number of implementations which use it (2bwm, bspwm, ratpoison, etc) so you shouldn't have an issue with learning more about it. But the documentation is pretty limited. If you are just wanting to write a toy WM than X11 is perfectly fine.
X or Wayland? - If you're wanting to write your first WM as a hobby project than I would recommend X over wayland just due to the much larger amount of reference material and documentation. You will have a much easier time getting your feet wet. Ignore the comments about X dying as it doesn't really matter for a hobby project, since the whole point is to have fun.
Feel free to check out my window manager which is an example of what just reading this blog post and getting inspired can result in: https://github.com/cfrank/natwm
- Is Debian 11 XFCE a good choice for an old laptop?
dotfiles
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The first conformant M1 GPU driver
You might be interested in this: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/main/.macos
I don't advise just running Mathias' config as is, but read through it and see if anything seems to be something you want in yours, make the changes, and save it somewhere for the next time you're setting up a Mac.
There's some stuff in there about speeding up certain animations (look for `# Speed up Mission Control animations`), and about not reordering "spaces" (desktops, full-screen apps, search for `# Don’t automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use`) based on use which I think may also affect cmd+tab ordering? Not sure, but it's a setting I always change anyway because the default doesn't make sense for power users.
About the trolling thing, sorry, I was genuinely not sure if you were arguing in good faith or just making stuff up, as most of the things you were saying were just plain incorrect or dishonest, from comparing desktop computer performance to low-powered laptops, to incorrect statements about features macOS truly excels at.
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How to create a dotfile for all your Mac system preferences
Another resource is the .macos script from Mathias Bynens' dotfiles, which is the repo from the person in the article who gave the method for uncovering such system settings.
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huge list of bash aliases
initially borrowed from these dots and then tailored to my needs.
- And that's a fact
- Dotfiles for macOS: Automating setting up a new Mac
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macOS Ventura is now available
I added a PR to fix rsync, mosh, and some other tools, since they will be broken out of the box.
But it seems this project has fallen behind on PRs.
If you would like to have this fix, you can do this after cloning the repo:
git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles && cd dotfiles
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Has anyone made the switch from developing in Windows to macOS? Any general or specific advice about the switch?
Set some sane defaults for the OS. Browse through this script and pick and choose things that you may like.
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Setting Mac hot corners in the terminal
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos https://blog.jiayu.co/2018/12/quickly-configuring-hot-corners-on-macos/
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Is there a way to save system preferences?
macos setup script by Mathias Bynens
- Is it possible to automate the System Preferences configuration of a new Mac?
What are some alternatives?
2bwm - A fast floating WM written over the XCB library and derived from mcwm.
titus-awesome - Custom AwesomeWM Theme
tinywm - The tiniest window manager.
qtile-polybar
cwm - portable version of OpenBSD's cwm(1) window manager
NvChad - Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
i3blocks - The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
gitmux - :computer: Git in your tmux status bar
spectrwm - A small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.
awesome-wm-widgets - Widgets for Awesome Window Manager
patches - Collection of patches for dwm, st and dmenu
telescope-media-files.nvim - Telescope extension to preview media files using Ueberzug.