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  • IMO too much “Tutorial”, not enough Review. For example:

    The spectrwm workflow is unique. It took me awhile to become acquainted with the standard flow and gain comfort in using it. I did have to bend, fold, and spindle the environment a bit

    You haven’t written a single word on how it’s different from any tiling manager, nor what and why you changed.

    Generally the article feels like the first comment in unixporn, where you list out your relevant dotfiles. The only extra information is that you like it, and a list of dependencies for your config.










  • That’s a really hacky method and should not be in the manual tbh.

    That’s why I’m asking, it seemed really odd.

    home-manager

    Thanks, this makes a lot more sense. Any good resources besides the wiki? Is there a way to break down home.packages into smaller chunks for modularity?

    As for flakes: No, you don’t require them to do any of this. They solve an entirely different problem.

    So they’re just to ensure reproducibility?





  • If you don’t do anything crazy, it will be stable, exactly like any other distro

    Tell me you haven’t used a stable distro without telling me you haven’t used a stable distro.

    Do you know why Debian, a stable distro, releases noncritical updates every ~2 years? Because they test their packages and make sure grub doesn’t release a faulty update and leave your machine in an unbootable state.





  • Regarding Vivaldi: Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source?

    To save anyone else from losing time on this bullshit:

    They’re scared of their FOSS fork being forked. The rest of the article is just an attempt to make them sympathetic, and muddy the waters. That’s why GPL > BSD

    A new project based on our code might implement features that are fundamentally in opposition to our ethics (e.g., damaging to privacy, human rights or to the environment). Even though we would not be associated with the project in any way, it can deeply affect how people see Vivaldi (and how we see ourselves), damaging a reputation we have taken pains to earn.

    Fuck off