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diff --git a/blog/fedora-i3/index.org b/blog/fedora-i3/index.org deleted file mode 100644 index f96bbb7..0000000 --- a/blog/fedora-i3/index.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,152 +0,0 @@ -#+title: Rebooting My Love Affair with Linux -#+date: 2022-06-24 -#+description: A retrospective on moving from macOS to Linux. -#+filetags: :linux: - -* Leaving macOS -As I noted [[../foss-macos-apps][in a recent post]], I have been -planning on migrating from macOS back to a Linux-based OS. I am happy to -say that I have finally completed my migration and am now stuck in the -wonderful world of Linux again. - -My decision to leave macOS really came down to just a few important -things: - -- Apple Security (Gatekeeper) restricting me from running any software I - want. Even if you disable Gatekeeper and allow software to bypass the - rest of the device installation security, you still have to repeat - that process every time the allowed software is updated. -- macOS sends out nearly constant connections, pings, telemetry, etc. to - a myriad of mysterious Apple services. I'm not even going to dive into - how many macOS apps have constant telemetry on, as well. -- Lastly, I just /really/ missed the customization and freedom that - comes with Linux. Being able to switch to entirely new kernel, OS, or - desktop within minutes is a freedom I took for granted when I switched - to macOS. - -Now that I've covered macOS, I'm going to move on to more exciting -topics: my personal choice of OS, DE, and various customizations I'm -using. - -* Fedora -After trying a ton of distros (I think I booted and tested around 20-25 -distros), I finally landed on [[https://getfedora.org/][Fedora Linux]]. -I have quite a bit of experience with Fedora and enjoy the =dnf= package -manager. Fedora allows me to keep up-to-date with recent software (I'm -looking at you, Debian), but still provides a level of stability you -don't find in every distro. - -In a very close second place was Arch Linux, as well as its spin-off: -Garuda Linux (Garuda w/ sway is /beautiful/). Arch is great for -compatibility and the massive community it has, but I have just never -had the time to properly sit down and learn the methodology behind their -packaging systems. - -Basically, everything else I tested was unacceptable in at least one way -or another. Void (=glibc=) was great, but doesn't support all the -software I need. Slackware worked well as a tui, but I wasn't skilled -enough to get a tiling window manager (WM) working on it. - -** i3 -One of the reasons I settled on Fedora is that it comes with an official -i3 spin. Being able to use a tiling WM, such as i3 or sway, is one of -the biggest things I wanted to do as soon as I adopted Linux again. - -I will probably set up a dotfile repository soon, so that I don't lose -any of my configurations, but nothing big has been configured thus far. - -The two main things I have updated in i3wm are natural scrolling and -binding my brightness keys to the =brightnessctl= program. - -1. Natural Scrolling - - You can enable natural scrolling by opening the following file: - - #+begin_src sh - sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf - #+end_src - - Within the =40-libinput.conf= file, find the following input sections - and enable the natural scrolling option. - - This is the =pointer= section: - - #+begin_src conf - Section "InputClass" - Identifier "libinput pointer catchall" - MatchIsPointer "on" - MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" - Driver "libinput" - Option "NaturalScrolling" "True" - EndSection - #+end_src - - This is the =touchpad= section: - - #+begin_src conf - Section "InputClass" - Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" - MatchIsTouchpad "on" - MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" - Driver "libinput" - Option "NaturalScrolling" "True" - EndSection - #+end_src - -2. Enabling Brightness Keys - - Likewise, enabling brightness key functionality is as simple as - binding the keys to the =brightnessctl= program. - - To do this, open up your i3 config file. Mine is located here: - - #+begin_src sh - nano /home/<my-user>/.config/i3/config - #+end_src - - #+begin_src conf - # Use brightnessctl to adjust brightness. - bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl --min-val=2 -q set 3%- - bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec --no-startup-id brightnessctl -q set 3%+ - #+end_src - -3. =polybar= - - Instead of using the default =i3status= bar, I have opted to use - =polybar= instead (as you can also see in the screenshot above). - - My config for this menu bar is basically just the default settings - with modified colors and an added battery block to quickly show me - the machine's battery info. - -4. =alacritty= - - Not much to say on this part yet, as I haven't configured it much, - but I installed =alacritty= as my default terminal, and I am using - =zsh= and the shell. - -* Software Choices -Again, I'm not going to say much that I haven't said yet in other blog -posts, so I'll just do a quick rundown of the apps I installed -immediately after I set up the environment. - -Flatpak Apps: - -- Cryptomator -- pCloud -- Signal - -Fedora Packages: - -- gomuks -- neomutt -- neofetch -- Firefox - - uBlock Origin - - Bitwarden - - Stylus - - Privacy Redirect - -Other: - -- exiftool |