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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    wait, you guys are ricing for efficiency? i thought it was just about making it look pretty? I guess basic shortcuts and stuff are important though.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I use WM's because they require less resources and they have less attack surface too

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

    Disregard productivity, acquire comfy rice.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    oh i just like it when my computer looks good

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I've heavily customized my BSPWM TWM (bash configs and scripts), NeoVim configuration (extensions and custom Lua Scripts), Suckless Terminal Emulator (plugins and C compiled config file), and Librewolf Browser via userchrome.CSS and extensions, all on Artix Linux without systemd and near daily updates with occasional breaking changes.

    That said, I release small to medium scale personal Web/CLI projects in my spare time and have noticed I just move through projects faster than my peers (self learning and bootcamp web devs). I type 100wpm when given a prompt via use of a split 40℅ ortho keyboard (yes, custom keybindings via flashed firmware). So I'm all in down the configuration rabbit hole, but am loving it and feel the massive initial time investment was worth it.

    [–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

    Me who lives in the black abyss of the terminal

    Wtf is Hyprland? Waybar Rice?

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

    For me it's not about efficiency (although tiling somewhat improves it) but rather basic comfort. With stacking wms windows constantly overlap each other, and then I have to constantly re-arrange them, alt-tab like 75 times to find the one I need, etc, and tiling does solve this issue pretty damn well.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Or you could just use GNOME

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

    I hate myself, but I don't hate myself.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I switched to hyprland over christmas when I didn't have much I actually needed to do and now I definitely do things more efficiently because of it. You just need to pick the right time to switch

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I LOVE Hyprland

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

    I changed the font sizes in Cinnamon, so i can totally relate.

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    After using multiple tiling compositors over the years, I'm pretty much set in how my system works. There's not much I have to do, except the occasional tweak to keybinds for launching apps, adding some window rule or changing my monitor layout. Those are things I'd have to do on any DE and they don't take any longer.

    Until I need something unexpected not yet set up by me, e.g. switching keyboard layouts. But it's been a long time since I needed to do any of that. That's the beauty of config files stored in git: Once it's set, just forget about it.

    Edit: I do agree though, the time it took to arrive where I am is considerable and definitely not something I recommend to others who value their time.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    I agree, using WM is like a using a car, its obviously easier to use something ready out-of-the-box but it does not feel as good as customizing your own. Just like people treat cars as their identity you can do the same in your computer and the fact that in some cases you can achieve better performance in your workflow. To me it is like any investment, if it shaves some little time every day, eventually it will pay off.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I can't leave something the same for too long or I start to get bored.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    If you're bored, it's not perfect.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    But who has learned more by the end?

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    But is it useful what you've learned? Could've learned something else.

    (But I'm commenting on a meme, instead washing my dishes, both things that didn't teach me much).

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Yes, this information will be vital for when I become a Professional Linux Desktop Ricing World Championships Competitor.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I learn vim whilst I rice.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Maybe the true reward was the widgets we made along the way.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    And the themes that wipes the disk

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    No better way to learn than to climb out of the massive hole you just dug yourself.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    If I would stop spending so much time modifying (read: breaking) it it probably would be more productive. I love the ergonomics of my setup.

    But also wouldn't it be cool to add just one more fancy widget to my already janky-as-fuck eww bar? No? Well I'll do it anyways.