Oh no ...

Your fault, bro. Just install Linux. I use Arch, BTW.

petition to rename Arch to btwOS
- I use btwOS btw doesn't roll off the tongue tho
- btwFS is so good btw, so much btr than Btrfs
My favorite part of Arch is reinstalling it over and over again. That first successful boot after the install gives too much dopamine.
- My favorite part of Arch is that my install from 5 years ago still works perfectly and I didn't have to do any major version upgrade that breaks everything.
- Just had to reinstall arch 3 times yesterday, since the installation script fucked up the partitioning.
  Reinstall nr1(manually, since the script didn't work): I forgot to add users and couldn't log into my machine Reinstall nr2(manually): my mirror lists was so fucked up that I couldn't install or update packages(there also were some missing databases) Reinstall nr3(script) : finally everything worked.
You won't believe what he did...
- Good boy!
- ysk (you should know) that i use void linux
use linux mint of you're coming from windows
- Nah... I'm on Arch (BTW)

I am a pretty heavy “Fediverse user” (Mastodon + Lemmy/Kbin) and my feeds have VERY little Linux talk. There is an incredibly diverse set of folks on the ‘verse but admittedly discoverability is hard. If the only people in your circle are Linux nerds then that’s all that might be boosted into your timeline. Put some effort into finding other folks and unfollow some of the Linux-only voices :-).

Maybe people aren't used to curate their own feed anymore.
- That's the biggest thing. My Mastodon is very curated as is my subscribed feed. Put work in, get quality out.
- Yeah you have to follow hashtags on mastodon and it helps to find good curators with similar tastes to you.
  At least with lemmy the situation is simpler, all you have to do is join /c/Risa to fill your feed.
I think it's mostly people viewing the "All"/"Community" feeds. Which I feel like you have to do in general as the niche communities haven't really gotten to a self sustaining point where you can check your "Home" feed and not run out of stuff to doom scroll.
Not to mention that if you happened to mention certain things in communities that are tangentially related (Windows/Nintendo/Apple) then it usually starts another off topic discussion on linux/piracy/whatever.
Honestly the linux stuff doesn't bother me as much as every topic seemingly turning into a critique of capitalism.
I'm a huge Linux geek and I rarely see Linux on my feed.
I think a good and easy way to discover new people is to follow hashtags.
I follow couple local pets work-related hobby and urbanism hastags, and I was able to discover new conversation and new people in these space quite quickly.
what is lemmy/kbin you meant lemmy and kbin

And the other 25% is star trek memes

Well yeah but nobody complains about the frosting on a cake
I wonder why?
- The Q continuum is messing with us?

Getting really tired of this "the fediverse needs to cater to normie interests because we're here now and it's what we deserve" attitude. If you can't find a community to click with, you can always create one, join one you don't know much about with an open mind, or don't use the fediverse if it doesn't have the content you like. Sorry to say it but you're not special and no existing users on any social media platform is obligated to go out of their way to make you feel comfortable on the platform.

Same with the "your open source, community developed platform/client sucks! I demand you make the UX better because I the user deserve better! No I'm not going to donate to your development fund because you suck and need to be better before you deserve my money!" sentiments that I see on Lemmy more and more now. Seems like everyone just expects corporate level user experience and customer service from people developing open source software mostly for free as passion projects. Even after the numerous corporate boondoggles that drove people to the fediverse in the first place people aren't the slightest bit willing to change their paradigms regarding how social media should be run.

You forgot "Lemmy is developed by tankies so someone that isn't me should fork it and work their asses off so I feel more comfortable for some reason."
- What is a tankie I’m seeing this word thrown around here
The small community here is what makes it good. I prefer to gatekeep even more to prevent "low quality" users who think they're entitled to everything.

Imagine complaining about Linux users instead of switching to Linux.

- Mint- great decision. Especially for a laptop. You'll enjoy it.
- Nice enjoy amego. Mint was my second choice. Great choice of distro BTW very easy to use make sure to install flatpaks and neofetch sadly I went back to windows my pc hardware has poor driver support on Linux maybe eventually once I've upgraded my gpu then I'll return to my sacred Linux mint
- Based! Now you'll have to change your username too, in Linux our programs don't have the .exe extension :)
ok this comment finally got me to download ubuntu i hope you're happy
- One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us
- HELL YEAH BROTHER
- Boo. Fedora! fedora! fedora!
- Fantastic. Now just delete the Ubuntu iso and download mint cinnamon, so so much better and "just works"
how will Microsoft know that I'm doing well though, or if i have my photos properly backed up in the cloud 😭 they're just concerned for my safety
Is this satire?
- Unfortunately not, that's why lemmy never took off. All the people that came here from reddit slowly left once they realized you have to be a FOSS/Socialist/anti-car/vegan. Only the ones that matched at least one of those really stuck around.
@Jezebelley@lemmy.zip You want to tell them? 😂

We need moar Linux memes!

Seriously, more Linux memes please.

What about Linux Tech Tips?
- I say... bring them!!

Let's do it right here!
Sway is a Wayland i3 implementation and you really should be using Wayland instead of X.

I would love to but 1. I love my simple awesomeWM setup 2. Nvidia shenanigans.
:(
- Nvidia shenanigans
  i know that feel bro :(
Is Sway nice?
- Yes
- Sway is rice
No, you only should be using Wayland if you need some of it's features. If you don't need mixed refresh rate/mixed scaling you're fine using X.
- X is abandonware and full of security issues probably time to switch to maintained aoftware
- X' architecture is insecure. There's no isolation between windows, and each process can spy on your input. That's just one example.
  Wayland is necessary.
The Sway implementation (not Wayland as some DEs seem to run really smoothly) sadly is still completely hit or miss depending on your exact hardware setup. I have two device (both even with nvidia grphics sigh) and one of them is just a buggy and flickering mess.
- Sway devs don't support NVIDIA graphics
- I disagree. Sway is extremely high quality software. Nvidia is a known terrible player with FLOSS software. I hope they will continue their path of recent improvements.
For a while I would have agreed, and I used sway for years. But recently I switched back to i3 (i3-rounded) due to display issues with my AMD GPU. I started doing most of my development in the TTY, and found that switching from TTY to Wayland takes half a second and can sometimes break my GPU (until I switch between TTY and display a few times). With X11 it's instant and without issue ¯(ツ)/¯. Hoping that gets fixed down the road, or that it's specific to my GPU.
Counterpoint, Wayland is still undercooked and not ready for proper daily use.
- Counter-counterpoint: Wayland is perfectly fine and production ready and has been for several years now, as long as you're on AMD or Intel GPUs. The nVidia drivers are still undercooked and not ready for proper daily use.
- No, unless your use case is very specific (like being an artist needing color calibration/the software you use needs to position a multi-window setup etc. And color calibration is being actively worked on should have basic support in Plasma 6 according to Nate Graham) wayland is pretty much ready for daily use. It does have annoyances but they are getting actively fixed unlike X which is barely maintained and has glaring security issues. Fedora KDE has even decided to completely remove the X server on its 40th release.
- Lets apply that logic to everything in the linux eco system get rid of BTRFS,Flatpaks,Libadwaita,pipewire...

When I started with Linux I used Mint with cinnamon. It's great for people who switch from windows to Linux, but after trying kde and gnome I don't miss it in any way.
Amin to that
- *Admin

I love Linux and playing with it and I still feel the same way. I don't want to talk about it all day. Stackoverflow exists.

Yeah, or at least keep it to c/Linux
We don't need all communities to devolve into Linux conversations.
- I run arch btw

this is the future

join fediverse
get linux
post on unixsocks
overthrow capitalism er uh i mean .. uh.. gotta go

Sounds like a skill issue.

Lmao, I'm tempted to say "skill issue" any time someone comments about me using Linux over Windows now
- Hahaha, they gonna hate you much more then xD
It was indeed a skill issue. I am pleased to report OOP has since acquired skills

Your Mastodon feed will be entirely about who the people you follow are talking about, so follow different people, (or hashtags) and the conversation will change.

I subscribe to people that talk about their pets. It's a good life.
yeah, not sure if its a mastadon thing but im coming out of kbing and I don't see very much linux stuff and im subscribed to several magazines. Not that the linux stuff is not there but there are tons of other things to. If I was not subscribed I would likely not see it at all.
- I browse All a lot and right now, without doing any scrolling and just looking at the top 6 posts on All that fit on my monitor, 2 of them are about Linux lol

hmmmm

Who's next?
- White theme flashbang

Self hosting, at least for lemmy, is absolute trash. I have been told a few times when asking questions that, "it is expected that you are thoroughly experienced with Linux" to be able to follow the mediocre guides. And they are trash if you are a newbie.

So people like me, who would love to use Lemmy for non Linux things, am posting almost entirely about Linux problems.

I wouldn’t expect running a publicly accessible server on the internet to be easy or a great idea for someone not familiar with the OS they’re using. Great way to learn, though.
- Yeah I've got a proxmox cluster and I've been using Linux for decades but I wouldn't dare host something that a LOT of users are going to access. I don't know nearly enough about netsec and I can guarantee my vlan practices probably aren't perfect, etc.
- And how do you learn, then, from this project, if people are shitty about your questions?
  I'm a sw engineer. I've been doing every kind of application management, development, and systems design for 25 years, nearly all of that in Linux, and I still need things answered about running apps in proxmox. I'm not coming to a Lemmy community for those answers, I'll tell you that.
- I get that, but here we are. It's something I want to do. I've been at it for 6 months and I've managed to get the site working twice, but am still struggling with SMTP. Digital ocean blocks smtp and send grid breaks the site.
  ¯(ツ)/¯
If you never used windows before and were trying to do something complicated like self hosting on it, you would be having nothing but issues....
- Not really. There's tutorials for everything and most of them still work 20 years later.
  vs you installed ubuntu 20 and now youre trying to follow a 16 tutorial.
The Linux community as a whole has a real problem with being snobs to new users.
- snobs, yes. Cunts even.
Would recommend using Docker (container) and Caddy (reverse proxy) to self-host as a newbie, streamlines everything and only basic Linux knowledge required (although you do have to learn Docker commands).
- @Gabagoolzoo @ElCanut @ZMonster You could even use Portainer and forget about commands ( I rather use the cli as compose files are better imo )
Congratulations, you've discovered the struggles of learning an esoteric hobby. Often the learning curve is steep like that. And often you will encounter elitist twits trying to push you back down the curve. But they cannot keep you from knowledge. It sounds like you're already discovering some of the rewards.
- Oh yes, I've been using the ansible method of deploying and I have it very close, I just can't get SMTP working. I've set up an account with send grid but letsencrypt keeps telling me I've passed the limit for certs and every time I try to deploy it says I have to wait another week to try. I would remove certs but since I've already wiped those out, I don't know what they are or how to find them.
I haven't looked into it, but I'd imagine that it's your basic LAMP/LNMP stack.

Used Ubuntu Linux for a year back around '08-'09. Didn't have a great experience and went back to Windows. Since then I've never had a reason to try it again. That said, I've nothing but respect for those that use a flavour of Linux or Mac OS. At the end of the day doing the things you need done is what matters and if a different OS than mine gets you there, that's awesome.

I've tried to switch to Linux multiple times since 2008. Usually Ubuntu. I've even tried Linux Mint. I can never commit to the switch, I always get buggy behavior, crashes, hardware incompatibility, lack of apps (FL Studio, Adobe, WeChat for PC, etc). There are also dozens of tiny issues, like the sensitivity of the mouse/scroll wheel that feels different from Windows, even after adjusting the relevant settings. Also, for volume adjusting, the volume slider doesn't make a sound when you change the volume level, unlike on Windows. How is it that not a single Linux distro includes this functionality? I am totally comfortable working in a Terminal if I have to, but every time I follow a terminal walkthrough I get errors; I search the error messages online and I get reading threads talking about bugs that are a decade old, there is never a solution. I am so jealous of people who can immerse themselves in Linux, I just can't do it. I need my stuff to work out of the box, and for 15 years and many attempts to switch, it has never been the case. I can't tell if I'm not smart enough, or I just rely too heavily on proprietary software, or I don't want to dedicate the time to manually fixing problems with terminal commands and scripts.
- My first 4 months or so with Linux sucked. I literally broke a keyboard once out of frustration. I often find myself wanting to scream "can you just fucking work for once?" More often than I'd care to admit.
  I've been at it for about a year and a half and I've learned more about computing in that time than in the 30-odd years before. I'm starting to get the hang of bash, I've figured out the cause of, and fixed, problems without reading anything online (Google is fucking broken and it's not getting better so it's often not an option anymore anyway).
  It can be hard. And frustrating. But it's freeing to realize just how fucking stupid Microsoft made me. And the privacy issues always bothered me (in the process of degoogling ATM) but they bother me more now than they ever did. It's fucking gross. And it's appalling that companies collect what they do.
  Point being your criticisms are all valid but if windows is a Honda Civic then Linux is a rusted out Porsche in the backyard. It's going to take some effort to get it where you want it but when you do baby it'll purr.
- The KDE desktop environment definitely plays a sound when you change the volume. I use my Logitech G Pro X wireless headset on Linux and Windows and just change the volume using the dial on the unit and it behaves the same way in both OS.
  Though, to be fair, I do share some of the frustrations you mention. I'm mostly on Apple products apart from my two desktop PCs (one is Linux/Windows dual-boot, one is Linux only) which I own solely for gaming purposes and some hobbyist programming. I usually try to get non-Linux native applications running but if it proves to be too much of a hassle I simply boot into Windows or use my MacBook. I like to treat Linux as somewhat of a hobby and I totally understand that most people would rather have something that "just works", especially when it comes to proprietary creative applications like the Adobe suite or DAWs. That being said, it's extremely exciting to see the massive strides Linux on the desktop has made in the last couple of years. It has come a looooong way, honestly; especially for gaming. And I always support open-source projects/foundations - I'm donating to KDE/Arch/Wikipedia on a monthly basis - because I believe in the core values and advantages of FOSS and other community-driven foundations even though I'm far from a Richard Stallman.
- This is the reason I have a lot of respect for people who are not in IT or Tech field, career wise, but still managed to deep dive into linux.
  Even will all the ease of access that the current linux ecosystem offer, linux still is a tinkerer's OS. You have to deep dive into the basics for some problem. That's hard, even for someone with tech background.
I'm in and out with linux for the last few years. It really boils down what do you want to do on your PC. If you are into online gaming or you need some specialized software for your work you are pretty much better stay on windows. However for general use its awsome. I have replaced many of my software even on windows to foss tools. There is a small learning curve and you will certainly need the terminal in the beginning but overall not terrible. For me it was a pleasant experience seeing mostly everything works without effort. The two most popular desktops (KDE and Gnome) are fairly polished and you question a lot of things in windows after using them. In general using linux a bit gives you a new perspective on how to use a PC.
- Depends which games. I play Metal Gear Solid V, and it works almost flawlessly, aside from minor audio issues when objects in the game world move very fast (using a balloon to forcibly yank a downed enemy out of the combat zone creates a quieter than expected noise)
  Other than that, it works very well :)
- I've tried Manjaro kde and mint kde and it's been a dumpster fire both times. Then again gnome was also a dumpster fire on Manjaro. It honk I'm seeing the common thread there.
  I want to love kde.. why won't it let me?Fuck gnome though.

I've been wondering if we're losing users. My "Everything" feed sorted by Active is full of posts with zero comments, and a great deal of them are just news article links that were probably automated.

Active is kind of a lackluster sorting method imo, Hot is awesome bc you get fresh posts (like Trending on that other site) aside from a couple 3M old posts that show up, Top 6h, 12h, Day are good too. New comments is cool if you want well engaged posts.
- Thanks for the recommendation. I assumed active meant people were engaging, but I guess up-dooting counts as engagement.
It why i default sort to hot, and longterm browse by top 12H
Yeeeah just after Reddit died all kinds of people were there, now it's just the usual Linux users and the scripts creating fake traffic
I recently joined lemmy, because fuck reddit. And that's the first thing I saw. Lots of posted articles without comments. What do I do to combat that? Posting comments xD
- I've found a lot of user generated posts here to contribute to, but the article thing has started occurring more often recently.

I install Ubuntu LTS
I try some things
Something fails
I look at forums
I find only cunty answers to ever problem
I delete the vm and install server 2022 core

I had a problem with some software I was using a few weeks back. I googled the error and the one result was a closed GitHub issue matching it exactly.
The sole reply just said that the poster should stop being lazy because the problem has been discussed in other issue reports.
Except that was the very first issue created for that repository.
- I hate forum culture. Yet i partake in it.
Happens when using Ubuntu :P
- Didn't happen to me when learning core... And i asked DUMB questions

How do you go about discovering new communities? I've been scrolling All but the amount of communities that shows up is very limited (at least considering I blocked all the foreign language and political ones)
- https://lemmyverse.net find from these

wellp https://lemmy.zip/post/5406272

Sway is better because it uses wayland

Hyprland babyyy
Been using sway for years now. Not even thinking about it, it doesn't jump to my face and works the same and never changes. Just what I need so I can focus on my work.

I mean, do the people at the fediverse really talk mainly about Linux? I see in both Lemmy and Mastodon more people talking about US politics, LGBTQ+ stuff and furrys (lmao) than anything related to technology in general. I guess the kind of content someone sees would depend a lot on the instance someone creates their account in?

I see some Linux but I'm subscribed to a lot of techy communities. Self host, programming etc. So it's kinda normal.
Could be the default view on each instance... On my first account I subbed to a lot of different communities on different instances so I saw all the crap. Eventually due to all the politics bullshit I just migrated to my current instance which has hexbear and lemmygrad blocked so it's been a lot better.
But even so, I always see a bunch of politics crap on the memes community.
- It feels like every 3rd post for me. But it doesn't really bother me.
  edit Went ahead and scrolled past this post, counting how many Linux memes I saw. About 3 out of every 10.
- Yeah I also do see a lot more content of the communities I'm subbed to than of the instance I created my account in.
Furrys being in a community is a sign of a healthy community and a sign of true freedom of speech.
Just a pattern I've recognized over the years

Some days most of what goes through my feed is Linux stuff, c/FuckCars, and hardcore communism and it feels like I'm in the wrong place. Most of the time I enjoy myself though.

Sounds like you're maybe in the right place but haven't reached where you should be yet...
- Nah, Default_Defect only likes softcore communism, and you should respect his/her sensibilities.
If it weren't for the Star Trek memes idk what I'd do here. I mean I do run Linux but I don't make a lifestyle out of it.
"I'll stop driving my car just as soon as Putin releases the open source drivers for my tank."
-- Lemmy, probably
"I've taken to calling it 'GNU/Communism', or 'GNU slash Communism', because..."
-- also Lemmy, probably
"Why are Linux mascots like a Russian commune? Because degenerate capitalists come to our land and freeze while we huddle together safe in our car-less utopia!"
-- Lemmy?

I honestly am glad to see so much linux stuff

I setup i3 after seeing so many posts here. Now I would never go back

Yet another new one I've not heard about. I'm in the Linux gang barely as I mostly run Mint these days. So I'm Windozes adjacent but in Linux it seems...
- It's a barebones window manager (WM). Emphasis on a "tiling" window philosophy (windows by default do not overlap and open side-by-side) and keyboard-centric workflow which is great for programming. Most of the "Unix porn" posts you see are on a WM because they are highly customizable.
What’s i3?

I don't see that much linux on my feed, you can always unfollow the Linux community.

No don't unfollow us! Instead RTFM
- I had look up what RTFM meant, but I had a good laugh afterward.
- Some people are running Linux but just don't care that much about linux-related content.

What is a Linux?

- He's good in doing so, compared to the old guy with a neckbeared using his fingers to count to one. Oh, do you know his name? It's Microsoft, named after his dick xD
Isn't he that guy with the "tech tips"?
- Sex tips*
It's Latin for "line"
Linux is domination.
linux is a series of free and open-source tubes

That's interesting I've been on Mastodon for just over a year and nobody has mentioned Linux yet.

That sounds like a skill issue.

Yet another post about Microsoft making windows even shittier, somehow:

Me: Its time to sing the songs of my people!

Its time to sing the songs of my people!
"Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the songs of angry GNUs!..."

Block those communities and subjects you don't want in your feed.

What's I3? Is it uppercase "i"3 or lowercase "L"3?

I only talk about linux when the post is about linux or about operating systems. I still get hate for it. I don't get it and dont even bring up arch anywhere lol

It's probably not necessarily aimed at you, but for some seen as the straw that broke the camels back because they're overexposed to the subject and have had enough.
That being said, it's hard to see that if you're literally commenting on a Linux thread.

There are orher things than Linux?

There is Unix and bsd.

I don’t get it. I am on sh.itjust.works and yes I see the odd Linux post, but not so many that it stands out. I am even on many tech subscriptions. This seems overblown.

Too bad I can't hear you over my sway setup

As someone who browses KBin/Lemmy fairly often, I can't say I ever see massive amounts of Linux talk even on the All tab. Usually it's just pictures of cats and star-trek memes

And German posts in German. Not even sure why they come in my feed as I've not subscribed to Linux Memes in Deutsch
- True, true. Lemmy seems to have quite the large German base. I have to block them as I go otherwise a bunch of my feed ends up in German
SO. MANY. STAR. TREK. MEMES.

I'm really lazy and use regolith, is that bad?

- It takes a lot of work to be this lazy.
Nope, it isn't bad, just a different kind of philosophy, IMHO. Some people would prefer to do everything themselves and tailor stuff to their needs, while others are OK with some stuff being preconfigured.
The great thing about Linux DEs is that it doesn't matter if it's conventionally bad, it matters that it works for you. You could use the cubic alt tab animation and control your computer through seances for all anyone cares. As long as you can do what you want just send it and use what's best for you.
It looks cool fr
As a tiling WM newbie regolith was a godsend to get my feet wet. When you're used to DEs, the amount of stuff to learn to get to a usable set-up is overwhelming.

oh, the init system. these days, systemd is the default, although other init systems do have their vocal proponents.
Still the init system unfortunately

Just like how Linux takes up 75% of the adoption rate?

I feel like this, but instead of Linux it's communism BS. Lol

i got bad news for you about lemmy
- Yeah, I'm kinda mad at all the Spez/3rd party app stuff, but the constant hate has got me thinking about leaving lemmy. It's sad because I like the idea behind lemmy but people have no respect.
  I like hearing different sides of things but absolutely everything is political here and it's either black or white. Ffs
- I have a real job. How do you think I bought the house?
  Perhaps you should spend less time online being a toxic cunt and focus on working instead.
  P.S. Going through my post history? Get a life.

I feel personally attacked, but also Linux is great, haters gonna hate.

See the thing is that most of us USE LINUX. We just don't need our content aggregation website to be 90% Linux when there's specific communities for it.
- Dear god almighty, you are 100% correct. Content aggregation is rough for most of us.

Haha, I use a Mac :cry:

🤮
- Come here

I feel the pain, my i3 config is way(land) too long and not elegant enough....

I thought as well: should be sway ;)

I am slowly going insane with KDE Plasma freezing up every time there is even remotely something accessing my drive. Not sure if I should pin my hoped on Plasma 6 or if I should attempt to move my Arch install over to Cinnamon. Or heck just install Mint and call it a day.

I have mint on my big rig, on a new Intel nuc laptop, on 2 VMS, on 2 proxmox VMS, on my home file server made of old parts, on another laptop from like 2005, and now on a wyse 5060 terminal.
All of them run perfectly, connect to file shares, automatically find my printer, etc. Not one crash ever, and it all works like clockwork day in and day out. I'm halfway through baldurs gate 3 on the big rig now and can play it remotely via xrdp from the laptop.
If you want a system that works and let's you get on with life I'd reccomend it
Can vouch for Cinnamon, very snappy and easy to configure, even has an integrated theme downloader like KDE

i3? Sorry I use hyprland.

Btw. I thought it's just a unixporn wm. But I can be very productive with hyprland.

"unixporn wm" and "productive" is not a contradiction at all.
- Sure, but come on, Unixporn people are only productive in their dotfiles.
What's so special about hyprland? Why is it getting so much hype?
- It's near to sway but has some smooth animations, rounded corners, blur effects etc.

I mainly only use Linux with my SteamDeck now, but I’ve made use of it at various other times in the past, so I’m semi-familiar with it. Kind of the same boat though, I’ll see memes about it and I’m just like “Heh hehe heh…” ¯(ツ)_/¯ “I don’t get it.”

I thought that's what it was for

Yeah, I think OOP is using it wrong

This is like moaning that a Metallica concert is full of metalheads. The fediverse is built off Linux type ideology. So of course we flock here.

If you don't like us make your own community or leave.

Yes. Mastodon is mostly about linux and cats. You're welcomed.

@Moshpirit @ElCanut why cats, dogs are funnier :(

I have pretty minimalistic setup.

Three dropdown terminals, managed by a bash script: top for quick commands, left and right for nvim.

Bar is i3bar, with a custom status program written in Nim language (can display any command output with conditional colors).

Hardened Void Linux with i3 :3

I can't quit i3. I know there are better window managers out there, but I know I'm going to want to change all the key bindings to feel like i3. I really want to try a dynamic tiler though.
- I'm in the same boat. The thing that I miss with i3 is a way to layouts. I like my windows mostly fixed but if you close one, everything needs to be redone. Oh and there's no way to work without stacking and tabbing...
- I bounce around a lot, mainly between Qtile and Awesome WM because I like how it handles multiple monitors. You should check it out, there's loads of premade configs on GitHub.

I love Dwm, what about you ?

Totally depends on the instance. There are definitely furry communities here in Lemmy and they definitely feel lonely. But I have heard of some furry mastodon instances that actually are lively and active. No idea if they actually are since I don't have a clue why I can't access my mastodon account, let alone what instance I signed up on.

But active non-Linux, non-Star Trek meme groups definitely are a thing, despite how small they are.

So it wasn't just me? I felt like lemmy was 10 times more active than reddit since i switched bc im mainly interested in linux. That should mean most of reddit doesnt care about linux then :/

Your Android phone runs Linux.

Dun dun dun.

This is always the first thing I get set up:

# focus next available workspace on this output

bindsym $mod+q exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && i3-msg workspace $(($ws-$ofs))

bindsym $mod+w exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && i3-msg workspace $(($ws+$ofs))

# move window to next available workspace on this output

bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && dest=$(($ws-$ofs)) && i3-msg move workspace $dest && i3-msg workspace $dest

bindsym $mod+Shift+w exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && dest=$(($ws+$ofs)) && i3-msg move workspace $dest && i3-msg workspace $dest

Works with sway if you replace i3-msg with swaymsg (and remove --no-startup-id, since it's not needed for Wayland).

Edit: ampersand issues, trying quote instead of code block

This is so much smoother than my vim config and tmux config…
- My neovim config is a total mess :D. But yeah i3-msg+jq is great, I've written a number of solutions to this problem before using the API and external scripts, but it's nice having things inline in the config file

It's ok because Linux content really is Windows content because in the end Linux users can't talk about anything but Windows and how they hate it. Just like someone that got divorced and 20 years later still talks about their ex.

Projecting much
- Just pointing out what I see most times Linux memes reach my feed and I see Linux users commenting on tech related discussions.
  DAE Windows le suck?
Windows does suck though. I think that's at least something to which we can all agree and rally around.
- I've got zero issues with it, I run 11 on four computers, if anything it's more trouble every time I have to use my RPi, as if the amount of time you spend using a tool affects how comfortable you are with it.
I only say that Windows sucks when Windows is the initial topic
- Good for you? You're one of how many users?