this looks a nice replacement for the openbox set up in crunchbang which I really loved.
Regolith Linux
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Re: Regolith Linux
#42For anyone this may matter to, keep in mind that Regolith doesn't support Wayland (as i3 is for X only). To me that's a deal breaker. It would be nice to see Regolith picking up support for Sway/Wayland instead of i3.
Re: Regolith Linux
#43I have been using the same distro/tiling wm setup since 2015. A bare bones debian netinstall with dwm and xorg.
Re: Regolith Linux
#44Looks like it's closed source. Several GitHub repos, but only for things like issues and building ISOs.
What? It's mostly just plain text configs for i3 which is open source on it's own. There's a whole Github project here: https://github.com/regolith-linux
Oh, there's no actual code involved? My bad!
Re: Regolith Linux
#45I 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/
The github repo for the applet is archived - does it all still work OK?
Re: Regolith Linux
#46I'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…
It's basically default i3 key bindings here.
Re: Regolith Linux
#47Can anyone who used both this and PopOS compare their experiences?
Re: Regolith Linux
#48What I always missed when dealing with i3 is sane defaults. i3 right after installing is ugly and needs small tweaks in config to fit to my needs. Regolith is exactly what I needed: you install it and it's usable right away. Too bad it's specific to Ubuntu, I wish I could use it on other distros as well
Re: Regolith Linux
#49I'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…
Manjaro i3wm version is just like this. It’s out there for years, so it’s more mature. Also, it is built on top of arch linux, so it’s much less bloated, and you get the arch linux guides which are the easiest and most polished I’ve found on any distribution.
Re: Regolith Linux
#50I'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…
Manjaro i3wm version is just like this. It’s out there for years, so it’s more mature. Also, it is built on top of arch linux, so it’s much less bloated, and you get the arch linux guides which are the easiest and most polished I’ve found on any distribution.
I've had nothing but bad experiences with Manjaro's i3 spin (though I do like both Manjaro and Arch, fwiw)
- Manjaro's i3wm lacks a universal theming application like the one Regolith has
- Manjaro's config is not stored as a package manifest
- The out-of-the-box experience is quite poor, it didn't ship with a network manager until quite recently iirc
- The default appearance is quite ugly and barebones
- There is no popup for keybind hints
Honestly, I think their Sway spin is more well-maintained, and that's coming from someone who hates Wayland with a passion unlike anything else.