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date: 9-08-23 date: 9-08-23
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This page documents my many adventures with Linux and why I enjoy it. This page documents my many adventures with Linux and why I enjoy it.

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This article is split into four sections: This article is split into four sections:
- [[#General Advice]], psychological or other hacks that I've experienced success with. - [[#General Advice]], psychological or other hacks that I've experienced success with.
- [[#Easy Tools]], pieces of software or other tools that aren't the *best* option strictly, but they take very little time to set up. - [[#Easy Tools]], pieces of software or other tools that aren't the *best* option strictly, but they take very little time to set up.
- [[#Medium Tools]], something that anyone who's willing to invest a little time learning [[on-linux|Linux]] or some other foreign computer concept can do. - [[#Medium Tools]], something that anyone who's willing to invest a little time learning [[Essays/on-linux|learning Linux]] or some other foreign computer concept can do.
- [[#Tools for Hackers]], which are for power-user use and not for the faint of heart. Expect to configure until 3am, or to create your entire own ecosystem along a few guidelines I give you. - [[#Tools for Hackers]], which are for power-user use and not for the faint of heart. Expect to configure until 3am, or to create your entire own ecosystem along a few guidelines I give you.
You'll notice that the more performance has a direct relationship to price, and complexity has an inverse relationship to price. Something that you set up that's highly complex is likely to be free, but easy and user-friendly tools may be paid, with price increasing the more performant and feature-rich they are. You'll notice that the more performance has a direct relationship to price, and complexity has an inverse relationship to price. Something that you set up that's highly complex is likely to be free, but easy and user-friendly tools may be paid, with price increasing the more performant and feature-rich they are.

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- They've made several toy programs that I enjoy playing with as well as some neat minimal tools for their own personal computing system called [Uxn](https://100r.co/site/uxn.html). - They've made several toy programs that I enjoy playing with as well as some neat minimal tools for their own personal computing system called [Uxn](https://100r.co/site/uxn.html).
## Linux. ## Linux.
- 'nuff said. - 'nuff said.
- [[on-linux|On Linux]] - [[Essays/on-linux|On Linux]]
## Suckless software ## Suckless software
- https://suckless.org/ is a wonderful resource for in-depth explanations of why a certain piece of software [sucks](https://suckless.org/sucks/) or [rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/). However, it's limited to a very specific set of programs. - https://suckless.org/ is a wonderful resource for in-depth explanations of why a certain piece of software [sucks](https://suckless.org/sucks/) or [rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/). However, it's limited to a very specific set of programs.
- This category typically includes highly flexible pieces of software that I affectionately refer to as "configuration hell." If you're not breaking your entire install every time you want to view a new filetype, you're doing it wrong. - This category typically includes highly flexible pieces of software that I affectionately refer to as "configuration hell." If you're not breaking your entire install every time you want to view a new filetype, you're doing it wrong.

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## OS/Configuration ## OS/Configuration
I run Fedora Linux with the GNOME desktop environment. I was a longtime Windows 10 user, and dabbled in Linux a bit, but eventually got fed up enough with Windows that I swapped for good. I run Fedora Linux with the GNOME desktop environment. I was a longtime Windows 10 user, and dabbled in Linux a bit, but eventually got fed up enough with Windows that I swapped for good.
Previously, Ive also daily driven Linux Mint. You can read more about my history with Linux on [[on-linux|its dedicated page]]. Previously, Ive also daily driven Linux Mint. You can read more about my history with Linux on [[Essays/on-linux|its dedicated page]].
### On User Interface ### On User Interface
Ive daily driven XFCE, Budgie, Unity, and KDE before. No DE really caught my eye in a way that feels both intuitive and productive until GNOME. The overview is such a neat concept thats performant, useful for rapid task switching, and pretty. I recommend the Blur My Shell extension for best results, as well as an extension that gives you trackpad gestures for your windowing system. Ive daily driven XFCE, Budgie, Unity, and KDE before. No DE really caught my eye in a way that feels both intuitive and productive until GNOME. The overview is such a neat concept thats performant, useful for rapid task switching, and pretty. I recommend the Blur My Shell extension for best results, as well as an extension that gives you trackpad gestures for your windowing system.
- Little tip for productivity: if you use gestures, throw each new window on a different workspace and swipe instead of alt-tabbing. - Little tip for productivity: if you use gestures, throw each new window on a different workspace and swipe instead of alt-tabbing.