I have installed Garuda Mokka, and it is lovely! KDE, but smoky, gray, with pops of muted rainbow. I quite like it. It took me about a few hours to get the basics configured, I shall do the rest after sleeping. Then visiting the Hungry Chickpea and getting pie because I'll hunger for a meal and then pie!
This time I will get a salad and the chicken wrap (as the chef will be there to make a version without the egg included because I cannot with soft or hardboiled eggs).
Success has been had, I have done the thing again: Messed with the configuration file to make Vivaldi Browser launch using Win Key+B, installed Mullvad VPN and enabled its daemon.
This time the command read "systemctl enable --now mullvad-daemon.service". Finally using the "--now" flag that @wendigo kept telling me about! After all this time, I stopped being so timid over silly shit. 😂 I finally got tired of waiting for the reboot for a service to be enabled. 😅
My mission was accomplished with only a few updates getting in the way as both the Desktop and Laptop Garuda installs needed them! The other issue will require further research and hunting in order to resolve it. However, I do have the config files Garuda Sway and have started to read them. If I get anything useful out of them, that is anyone's guess! ROFL Maybe I will learn yet how to link Fastfetch to Alacritty, and make it display automatically. It could be super simple, or unimaginably hard.
Wow, that Set-up for Garuda Sway was faster than expected. Using what I remembered from my experience with Distroshelf and how it worked the last time…I quickly got it up and running on my Garuda Sway install.
I will probably update some things with the theme of Sway, as I like it but Foot Terminal needs some help…That will come later on over time. As I learn some more about C.
Installed Garuda Sway on my Laptop on the Side. As I don't love peace, apparently. Working from it right now to get some finishing touches done like all of my apps set-up. Once that is done, I will let this thing sleep for a few days.
I honestly prefer the Garuda Linux implementation of Sway, as it is mostly dark mode and shows time in 12-hr format over most who do 24-hr by default. It looks so pretty, I will probably change the wallpaper, and do some basic modifications to the config file. But the Garuda Team did most of the heavy lifting with Sway.
They've implemented so many TUI apps that make navigating Sway easier and implemented mouse support with a lot of window management when possible. Thoughtful and rad, the Garuda Linux team are cooking!
Ah, I fixed the VLC issue with more packages, because they suddenly showed up in Octopi! That makes me very happy indeed. Can't wait to retrieve my songs from the CDs that I still have (that is a project for another day).
It's about time to rewatch this anime, one of my favorites known as: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex!
Also, I started to read the Sway default configuration file, I also downloaded the Fedora additions to Sway from their gitlab so I can see what they did. As it would be easier to learn how to make modifications. This will eventually make it easier for me to mess with Niri.
As I tried to install the Sway WM alongside Dr460nized Garuda, a weird conflict caused a blank screen after logging in.
I suspect this is due to the login manager used for Garuda Sway is "QtGreeted" that doesn't seem to play nicely alongside sddm which is used for Dr460nized Garuda.
Once, I learn more about Sway, I might switch full-time to Garuda Sway. As gaming customization can easily be applied to any version, it just takes a little patience!
A good thing about getting better with dealing with Linux in general, I remembered how to 'enable' a service so that it creates a symlink that will start after every reboot! I had Mullvad VPN installed but forgot to configure it properly by enabling the "mullvad-daemon.service". The Garuda Konsole is configured to pull up commands commonly used together. This jogged my memory pretty quickly, Garuda Linux is going to become my new Ubuntu, something that I loved for so long.
LOL I got used in the habit of using Wireguard configs. It's nice to make things easy on one's self!
Knowledge is the key to a smoother life.
Huh, so VLC couldn't play any of my...videos and it was pretty strange that MPV media player worked just fine. Garuda Linux is a strange one, I normally have zero issues with VLC (if I do, they can be fixed by installing packages).
I even checked to see if all the codecs were installed, they were. I didn't find any other codecs that could be installed aside from the ones already on my machine. That was a head scratcher, as other distros VLC tends to work the best.
I just uninstalled VLC and will be using Strawberry Music Player for my songs.
Update, I got the urge to try a new distro, but that initially failed. Oh well, Garuda Linux it is as I got a little tired of openSUSE Tumbleweed, and I was hoping to install Nitrux.
However, it failed due to being unable to write its unique init and xfs file system on my SSD.
I backed up all my stuff so this is a non-issue. Garuda is going to save the day yet again.
Update: I got Garuda Linux installed and it is very nice! Colorful, solid, worked right away without issue with getting it installed on this laptop! I could install everything easily either through the Garuda tool or Octopi.
Wayland is the only display server, I am glad that Garuda Linux believes that Arch can be like this...Freaking hell, it feels so slick. Leveraging the power of Arch without making it a ballache. I do need to do one more restart before getting even more software installed.
Crest of Light