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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 [Fedora Linux](https://getfedora.org/). 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: - - ```sh - sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf - ``` - - Within the `40-libinput.conf` file, find the following input sections and - enable the natural scrolling option. - - This is the `pointer` section: - - ```conf - Section "InputClass" - Identifier "libinput pointer catchall" - MatchIsPointer "on" - MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" - Driver "libinput" - Option "NaturalScrolling" "True" - EndSection - ``` - - This is the `touchpad` section: - - ```conf - Section "InputClass" - Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" - MatchIsTouchpad "on" - MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" - Driver "libinput" - Option "NaturalScrolling" "True" - EndSection - ``` - -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: - - ```sh - nano /home/<my-user>/.config/i3/config - ``` - - ```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%+ - ``` - -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 |