This reminds me of crunchbang linux from years back.
It was a simple config of xfce and conky based on debian.
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#22I'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…
I tried regolith for a few days and am now using arch with sway window manager. From what I remember, regolith was mostly default i3 bindings along with a handy cheat sheet that would pop up. I agree completely about the productivity boost.
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#23“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.
Excellent, that was my first question. It looks super nice and if it's well polished I might choose it over my cobbled-together i3 setup, but I don't wanna go from debian back to ubuntu. :P
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#24This reminds me of crunchbang linux from years back. It was a simple config of xfce and conky based on debian.
They must've had more than that. My laptop did not work with Debian out of the box, but it did with Crunchbang.
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#25Will this soon be available in 22.04 variant ?
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#26This reminds me of crunchbang linux from years back. It was a simple config of xfce and conky based on debian.
Crunchbang was based on openbox and not xfce.
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#27Will this soon be available in 22.04 variant ?
Yes! The project leader posted a pic of progress on the Regolith Slack a few days ago. No ETA that I know of but swing by the Slack to stay up to date. [1]
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#28Will try once they release the version based on Ubuntu 22.04.
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#29I'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…
To give you an idea, I have been trying to get into vim for year. Several tentatives. Only now I am starting to be able to code for a day in it when I am stranded on a remote machine.
For i3, it took me couple of days. I am so much more efficient with it. No more moving windows around, no more alt-tabbing again again to find that terminal, where is it already?!
I always have my browser, my music in the same workspace, etc.
It's a small investment with a big reward.
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#30Will this soon be available in 22.04 variant ?
Yes! The project leader posted a pic of progress on the Regolith Slack a few days ago. No ETA that I know of but swing by the Slack to stay up to date. [1] [1] https://regolith-linux.herokuapp.com/
I had a hard time understanding this message. In the context of linux distributions, it seemed to me that there were ubuntu-based and slack-based distributions for regolith. This sounds really cool because slack is bare-bones and it means that regolith has made a conscious effort at portability. But this is not the case, and it has nothing to do with slackware.