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Minimal Linux Desktop Update

It has been nearly 8 months since I last wrote about my linux desktop. Since then I{{content}}#x2019;ve made a lot of changes.

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So as you can see in the screenshot above I{{content}}#x2019;ve moved back to Arch Linux. Not because I was unhappy with Alpine or KISS Linux, but because I had to install a lot of other applications dependent on KDE.

So here I am back on Arch again. But this time I am running Suckless{{content}}#x2019;s DWM (Dynamic Window Manager) instead of Openbox.
It{{content}}#x2019;s lightweight, has tiling and above all - very customizable because it has a source based configuration.
Rather than enabling options on or off in the config file, in DWM - the source code is the config file. You download patches for the functionality you need and patch it into the source code. So each user{{content}}#x2019;s DWM build is going to be unique and will have no bloat at all.
If you are interested in testing out my build of st or dwm - I{{content}}#x2019;ll link to my build in the sources.

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For IRC - I{{content}}#x2019;ve switched from irssi to Weechat mainly because Weechat is in active development while irssi hasn{{content}}#x2019;t received a commit in quite a while.
Weechat has better plugin support as well. I mostly hangout on #rice and #8chan on the Rizon IRC Network though I sometimes visit Lainchan{{content}}#x2019;s IRC network as well.

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I mostly use the default stack layout in DWM but I do have the CentredMaster and Fibonacci Layouts patched as well. I might remove them later because I haven{{content}}#x2019;t used them even once.
I guess that{{content}}#x2019;s because I don{{content}}#x2019;t like to keep more than 3 windows in one workspace.

Talking about workspaces - I am not using the default numeric tags. I{{content}}#x2019;ve named them as 3-4 letter words describing the purpose of that workspace:

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I{{content}}#x2019;ve also started using newsboat, which is a RSS reader for the terminal. It{{content}}#x2019;s really customizable and looks great.

Also, I{{content}}#x2019;ve switched lf as my file manager and no longer use monaco as my terminal font. Instead, I{{content}}#x2019;ve been using Iosevka and it did take me some time to get used to its narrow look but I absolutely adore it now.
I am using a patched version of the font that supports Nerd Fonts glyphs. These glyphs include Powerline symbols which I use in neomutt and icons which I use in lf.

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