Josh BraunFeb 29, 2024

Welcome to the #Linux emotional support hotline.

If you have an immense amount of work to do, but have just discovered a new tiling window manager you'd like to try, please press 1.

If you've just lost a day deciding whether to try a new app or further customize the one you're already using, please press 2…

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Show threadRobert W. GehlFeb 29, 2024

@josh that me

I try to save my distro-hopping for weekends, but... sometimes I gotta take a break, install a new OS, and destroy everything to "improve" my daily life

Show threadJosh BraunFeb 29, 2024
@rwg Totally! After years of this, I've finally narrowed my life down to a couple standby distros — the one I put a new machines and the one I use to salvage aging hardware. But I'm sure if the kids were a bit older and I were on a few less committees, I'd be back to my old habits. 😂
Show threadRobert W. GehlFeb 29, 2024
@josh Yeah, me too. I tend to go to Manjaro KDE for work stuff and Xubuntu for old hardware and just leave it at that. But the itch to try new stuff is hard to resist, sometimes.
Show threadJosh BraunFeb 29, 2024

@rwg Yup! Manjaro and MX Linux for me. As my post suggests, though, I love a good tiling window manager. But I'm past the age where I enjoy manually installing/configuring all the system utilities that full DEs give you for free. So, of course, I just found out about Regolith and I feel like I can only resist trying it for so long, lol.

https://regolith-desktop.com/

Regolith Desktop Environment

Productivity focused Ubuntu derivative and desktop environment

Show threadRobert W. Gehl

@josh dammit josh you're just tossing the drugs on the table in front of me

there goes the evening! 😆

Feb 29, 2024 at 9:40pmWeb
Show threadJosh BraunFeb 29, 2024

@rwg Lol. Tell me tomorrow whether you bricked your Manjaro install so I can avoid the peril.

Or send me your config files when you have it working. 😂

Show threadJosh BraunMar 1, 2024
@rwg I went to the AUR to install the Regolith desktop and had a moment of clarity when I saw that it was a version behind and the maintainer had posted a screed about how the new version was a complete rework that was going to take time to package. I thought, "Wait, I'm about to waste time installing this only to waste twice as much time *re*configuring it when v2 is available?" It felt good to close the browser tab and get on with my life.