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Mark
@Mark

πŸ‘‹ Hi, I’m @thesaigoneer , our man in Saigon.
🌱 No-coder +, perpetually between DE and WM

πŸ“« Adjusted a gazillion of dots and still drinks beer. Since I've tried them all I've landed on KDE, dwm and a slew of other window managers. Quintessential distro-hopper, but running Slackware for over 3 years now. And counting. No issues with FreeBSD, Gentoo or Arch either. Prefer bare bones rolling. Into atomics and init systems also.

πŸ‘‹ Don't blame yourself, learn feng shui & blame the furniture

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Recent Notes

Matt :nixos: :wayland: · 1w
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stu · 3w
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@stu Oh, and when you want to be one of the really cool kids follow this: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/22/void-linux-zfs-hibernation-guide/ by @nprofile1q... (yes, yes, the bsd.cafe barista) and setup zfs et al, according to this great tutorial. And don't shortcut with the script ☺️, do it manually, step by step, it is a great learning experience. Used that on my work laptop for two months. Either way, enjoy the Thinkpad!
stu · 3w
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@stu VoidLinux is a great distro. It requires some reading (mainly bcs it uses runit), but it is all pretty well documented. I can recommend this vid (by a Vietnamese guy πŸ˜…), that helped me a lot last time: https://youtu.be/iYszYEMoivY?si=X0mtgQRtF9Fn6wFv

And search for jake@linux on YT, he has a ton of good videos on VoidLinux!
Void is very snappy, that T480 will love it!
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Tracking Token Disrespector · 3w
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Daniel Wayne Armstrong · 3w
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Simplified slstatus to what I actually use. Keybinds for applications back from sxhkd into config.def.h. Keys good again, VoidLinux updated. Thanks to the collective hangover after Tet I could do all this at work. Productive (finally) 😜
#archlabs #dwm #voidlinux

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nostrich · 3w
Nice! I use almost the same :) dmw+st+slstatus+slock+mtm+xhidecursor
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Getting there! Updated and patched to dwm 6.8, on Void. And since spring is coming I decided to go for that good ol' murky foliage kind of stuff 😜
#archlabs #dwm #voidlinux

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nostrich · 4w
very nice!
stu · 3w
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VoidLinux to the rescue.
Obviously that LUKS, dracut and bin kernel was a glorious PITA on Gentoo.
But..... VoidLinux has everything I want, a tutorial that actually worked was found quickly and now dwm 6.8, st and dmenu all compiled gloriously. Let the patching begin. Remember, this time I wanted to start from zero, Unfortunately I have to work tomorrow 🀣 so this will have to wait to later in the week. But this feels very appropriate for the ThinkPad. Beer time 🍻 on a job well done πŸ˜†
#archlabs #dwm #voidlinux
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stu · 3w
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Void, with encrypted zfs, on the laptop. Dwm or River. Tbc. But Gentoo dwm is calling. Possibly before Tet.
NixOS with KDE on the N150. Solid.
Finally revived the old NUC with Slackware Tilers: Sway and Mango. And Dank. Great stuff.
The Thinkpad that wasn't sold: this will be either TileOS or Hatchery, a project by Troutcobbler, an old ArchLabs mate. Both Debian, tiling wm's. Cool. Check them out.
The last one will be after Tet, I'm off for a couple of days for a shitload of beer and karaoke 🍻😜
Keep our Fediverse a good place and enjoy my silence πŸ˜†
#archlabs #tet #theflyonthewall
Justine Smithies · 6w
Have fun ! 🍻
nostrich · 9w
I’m a dwm + solid colors person, so for me this is already rice πŸ˜„ Looking forward to the next tweaks.
Justine Smithies · 10w
Yes fuzzel has a dmenu option so it is totally scriptable.