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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-06-24-fedora-i3.md b/content/blog/2022-06-24-fedora-i3.md index 35045c4..002ba1f 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022-06-24-fedora-i3.md +++ b/content/blog/2022-06-24-fedora-i3.md @@ -15,20 +15,19 @@ 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 +- 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 @@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ 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. +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 @@ -47,8 +46,8 @@ 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 +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 @@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ 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 +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 @@ -123,37 +122,37 @@ binding my brightness keys to the `brightnessctl` program. 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. + the machine's battery info. 4. `alacritty` - Not much to say on this part yet, as I haven\'t configured it much, + 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 +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 +- Cryptomator +- pCloud +- Signal Fedora Packages: -- gomuks -- neomutt -- neofetch -- Firefox - - uBlock Origin - - Bitwarden - - Stylus - - Privacy Redirect +- gomuks +- neomutt +- neofetch +- Firefox + - uBlock Origin + - Bitwarden + - Stylus + - Privacy Redirect Other: -- exiftool +- exiftool |