Mastodawn

Started with #Herbstluftwm and then switched to #bspwm but for some reason I'm messing about in herbstluftwm again. Also I noticed that there is a new release 0.9.6 as in very recent !
Can't wait for it to make the #OpenBSD ports.

https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm/blob/master/NEWS

shadowsword Apr 4

I have an old iMac (maybe 2016) on which I installed #openSUSE after I didn't get the hang on Fedora. So far so good, it looks and feels nice. I chose KDE, but also installed some of the other desktop environments. Still have to figure out, how to change to them.
Originally I wanted to install #herbstluftwm as it is by far my favorite tiling wm but it seems to be unmaintained. I think I have to say goodbye and look for a new one. Any recommendations?

Other than that, openSUSE has the potential to become my new favorite #linux #distro.

thoe Mar 28

Yesterday I made an appreciation post. This morning it was gone. Not sure if snac decided to do a thing on its own or if I accidentally pressed the delete post button when trying to turn off the alarm on my phone this morning or whatever, but here it is again, slightly expanded and modified. No “AI” was used in the crafting of this message:

Finally Friday! Well, now Saturday!

I’ve been boosting and posting some negative content lately, and I really don’t want to be a Debbie Downer, so I’ve decided to focus more on stuff I like. So here it goes:

I really really like #OpenBSD, #Slackware and #9front. They do what I want from them, never complain and never break on me. If they break, I can easily find information on how to fix them, or a member of the community will come to my aid.

I really like #herbstluftwm. Cool sounding name, easy to customize and handles my windows really well. What more could I ask for in a window manager?

I really like #zathura. Easy to customize and blends well with my color themes.

I really like #mpv. It does what it’s supposed to do.

I also really like #anonradio and #hackerpublicradio (#hpr). Thanks for keeping me entertained.

Also, @[email protected] : Thanks for constant content.

An honorable mention to #wife, #kids, and #cat. I enjoy your company.

XLibre Nov 28

For the #XLibreArtixWeek, we compiled some Liberated Screens showing #XLibre on #ArtixLinux. Chronologically from the very first one on Jul 25 to the love for the global menu, #sxwm, and #herbstluftwm. All including #Initfreedom.

More #LiberatedScreens at https://github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discussions/211

Justine Smithies Oct 31

So I've been running #herbstluftwm for a while now and it's really configurable but since getting the urge to play with #bspwm I have to say that I prefer it so much more. Why ? Well for one under herbstluftwm your tags ( workspaces ) say 1 - 10 are on all monitors. Whereas in bspwm I can have separate tags of 1 - 10 on each monitor. I'm also not keen of the way herbstluftwm swaps tags between monitors kind of like qtile. I've not deleted my herbstluftwm config yet but I am continuing on with bspwm for sure.

Justine Smithies Oct 29

Tinkering with #bspwm and I'm getting quite used to it and love the preselection aka manual tiling. Even managed to get picom setting the transparency for tbe preselection area. Still lot's more to explore here before I decide if I'll switch from #herbstluftwm but it's looking probable as i can have 1-10 individual or whatever workspaces on each monitor. #OpenBSD #RunBSD

Justine Smithies Oct 18

Called out again tomorrow and it looks like a full days work. This has to be the worst on call week ever.
If I get home I might give #BSPWM a go to see how it fairs against #HerbstluftWM ??

Justine Smithies Oct 2, 2025

So I've not powered up my trusty old ThinkPad P14S Gen 1 that has #FreeBSD and #MangoWC under #Wayland for a while. I've been pottering away quite happily with #OpenBSD and #HerbstluftWM and honestly I have everything I need on this Dell Optiplex 3080 i5-10505 . Do I need to say sorry to Beastie ??

Lars Bartsch Aug 25, 2025

Starting my keyboard-(almost-)only, tilingWM journey some years ago with Herbstluftwm over i3/sway, it has now been tweaked near to perfection with NIRI. Everything's extremely fast and responsive, check out this screencast!

As with Sway, I can handle KeepassXC-CLI shortcut integration with no plugins needed.
Pass has been a solid choice, too.
Qutebrowser is not the only one in town to handle vim-like keybinding (but a good one 😉).
And yeah, dystopian Fallout retro is the stylish way to go the KISS way 😍

#linux #arch #niri #swaywm #i3wm #herbstluftwm #foss #floss #keepassxc #tilingwm #KeyboardOnly #cli #neovim #vim #qutebrowser #librewolf #pass

Justine Smithies Aug 20, 2025

Work at the moment is quite full on so it's nice to come home and chill. By that I mean sitting tweaking my #HerbstluftWM and #OpenBSD desktop setup.