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Re: Regolith Linux

#11

Post by topaz0 »

yeetsfromhellL2 wrote: post #9
nitinreddy88 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a package and not a distro

Homepage says it's based on Ubuntu and...

I think that just means it has tendrils into the Ubuntu ecosystem stuff like package management. People have ported equivalent things to other distros though, e.g.: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/regolith-full

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by dstroot »

“Regality Linux” is misleading. Perhaps should be called “Regolith Desktop Environment”? It’s not a full distro.

“Regolith is a modern desktop environment designed to let you work faster by reducing unnecessary clutter and ceremony. Built on top of Ubuntu, GNOME, and i3,”

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by arjvik »

dstroot wrote: post #12

“Regality Linux” is misleading. Perhaps should be called “Regolith Desktop Environment”? It’s not a full distro. “Regolith is a modern desktop environment designed to let you work faster by reducing unnecessary clutter and ceremony. Built on top of Ubuntu, GNOME, and i3,”

Technically it is a distro because it is distributed as one - with an installer that installs a modified Ubuntu.

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by brxck »

dstroot wrote: post #12

“Regality Linux” is misleading. Perhaps should be called “Regolith Desktop Environment”? It’s not a full distro. “Regolith is a modern desktop environment designed to let you work faster by reducing unnecessary clutter and ceremony. Built on top of Ubuntu, GNOME, and i3,”

For the upcoming 2.0 release, they are actually planning to rebrand as “Regolith Desktop Environment,” as well as adding Debian support.

Re: Regolith Linux

#16

Post by Zhyl »

city41 wrote: post #13

I tried Regolith and it is nice. But ultimately I found MATE with i3 set as its window manager is better. It's a truly excellent combo. For anyone curious, here's how I set it up: https://mattgreer.dev/blog/mate-and-i3/

That workspace switcher applet is an excellent idea. I have to applaud that level of commitment to the concept!

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by gavinray »

I've never been as productive in anything as I have in this.

Whoever came up with the default key combinations is a genius.

I'd heard people talk about i3 and other tiling WM's, but it seemed like a big step to take to learn and take the time to configure it, etc.

I found out about Regolith, figured "Eh since it also comes as an apt package I can just install + uninstall it if I don't like it."

By the end of using it a single day I was used to the keybindings. They felt natural and my productivity was through the roof.

Bless the authors, this software brings joy.

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by colordrops »

Would be pretty easy to update my NixOS i3 profile to match most of the functionality here. The only part I'm not sure of is the Gnome Flashback integration. Looks there's a Nix package for it, so I suspect getting a clone of this working on Nix would be a single shareable config file.

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by smoldesu »

Before I jumped off the GNOME ecosystem altogether, I used (and really liked!) Regolith on most of my devices. If you're new to Linux but want an out-of-the-box TWM setup, this really is the way to go. If they make a rolling-release version sometime I may have to give it a whirl again.

Re: Regolith Linux

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Post by dugmartin »

I’ve been using this on both my work and home machines for a few years and I can wholeheartedly recommend it (if you check my comment history you’ll see I have several time in the past).

It’s just an install and switch at the login screen to try it out. Once you login press Win/Meta+? for a nice help menu of shortcuts.

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