Nostr notes by Mark

Bootc-Broccoli was turned into a Cosmic one by me. I do like ...

2026-10-07T04:22:18Z

Bootc-Broccoli was turned into a Cosmic one by me. I do like Cosmic, but.... If you're always tiling and you like a keyboard driven workflow like me this setup has been surpassed by far with the likes of Dank, Noctalia and Niri (or Mango, my fav). This obviously also applies to tiling Gnome or KDE. The quickshells provide all you could want for. As a floater Cosmic rocks. Bootc broccoli? I see niri and noctalia (and dank) in the generic Fedora repos!
#bootc #bootc-broccoli
https://github.com/thedanangineer/bootc-broccoli

Absolutely 🤣 Ah, it serves a purpose, but not for me. As with ...

2026-10-03T07:38:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…9mv2
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Absolutely 🤣 Ah, it serves a purpose, but not for me. As with basically all forums. Greybeard in the dungeons here 😂
jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2) r1w1s1 (npub1773…eh9a)

Reason I'll only be lurking on linuxquestions, never ...

2026-10-03T07:12:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…murj
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Reason I'll only be lurking on linuxquestions, never participating. An odd bunch some of them are 😏

Yes indeed. Number one: for you it is more efficient to have all ...

2026-10-03T06:37:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…shdz
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Yes indeed. Number one: for you it is more efficient to have all architectures in sync. Very valid point, and you'll spend time on maintaining pkgs, not on syncing architectures. Number two: in more repo's happens everywhere and people can choose even on pkg level what they prefer. For instance: on Slackware I always use your flatpak pkgs. Simply bcs they work for me and I know they're always up to date. I use Alien's Libreoffice, not the Sbo pkg. Etc, etc. So, users have the choice. Fantastic. And then they complain about having too much choice 🤣

if that makes it easier for you to keep up the excellent stuff, ...

2026-10-03T05:35:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…lttj
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if that makes it easier for you to keep up the excellent stuff, I'd say go for it!

Sharp eye 😄 that's what you get when hastily copying ...

2026-09-28T23:17:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…7hg2
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Sharp eye 😄 that's what you get when hastily copying config.jsoncs 😜 Good i have this new nifty slackfetch installed by now 🥳

Tranquillity. Slackware xfce, running on that 63 USD potato. And ...

2026-09-25T09:26:48Z

Tranquillity. Slackware xfce, running on that 63 USD potato. And doing just fine! It'll be the base for all my tilers (and for the sundries as well).
#slackware

Next to enshittification I'd like to introduce ...

2026-09-20T09:59:50Z

Next to enshittification I'd like to introduce 'enstupidification'. That one bothers me waaaayyy more. Phone:'Please enter your passcode, so you can't forget' Tablet: 'Every 24 hours we ask you to enter your pin, so you don't forget ' Banking app 'We noticed you have KDE Connect installed. Please uninstall, so you can use our mobile banking app'. 'You cannot use this service, without signing up'.
Astonishing stupidity, wrapped in a, supposedly, security blanket.
Statistically my time will be up in 35 years or so and I am happy to leave all that shit behind. Fuck it.

This should be the correct link to get the iso: ...

2026-09-09T11:25:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…229s
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This should be the correct link to get the iso:
https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-iso/slackware64-15.0-iso/slackware64-15.0-install-dvd.iso

r1w1s1 (npub1773…eh9a)

You thought NixOS users were vocal? Listen to the Slackers ...

2026-09-05T07:26:30Z

You thought NixOS users were vocal? Listen to the Slackers chirping away, with version 16 presumably on the horizon 🤣
Let's check the mirrors and join in 🥳
#slackware

Yep, there we have it! The repo has been updated and all is well. ...

2026-08-28T10:47:33Z

Yep, there we have it! The repo has been updated and all is well. Included are nice new tools like fresh-editor, rio-terminal, the yazi filemanager and nushell, just to spice up that learning curve 😜 Also included some themes, fonts and walls to start off nicely themed. Go get your mango on FreeBSD!
#freebsd #mangowm
https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/freebsd-mango

this is an excellent post, including a KDE setup: ...

2026-08-24T02:28:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…qdz7
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this is an excellent post, including a KDE setup:
https://www.sacredheartsc.com/blog/freebsd-15-on-a-laptop/
Thanks to Steven G. Harms (npub1xgt…tgz2) , who referenced it yesterday 🙏🏻

When you literally look NetBSD up last night and Tonybtw releases ...

2026-08-08T00:22:07Z

When you literally look NetBSD up last night and Tonybtw releases a video on how to set it up, with his own oxwm.
You know where that Saturday is going 🤣

#oxwm #netbsd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzPKWYSk_qA

A unique moment. Having 7 packages in the repo now and ...

2026-07-19T04:03:32Z

A unique moment. Having 7 packages in the repo now and they're all updated this week ;-).
One returnee (Brave Origin) and one new entrant: Tixati, the GTK torrent client I've been using for almost a decade now.

#slackware #archlabs #brave #bottom #fresheditor #filen #vivaldi #librewolf #tixati

You can find all here:

https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/slackosundries

Kudos to the maintainers of ChimeraLinux for putting such a gem ...

2026-07-17T03:24:25Z

Kudos to the maintainers of ChimeraLinux for putting such a gem together and quietly, but persistingly, updating it to the latest and greatest (here with KDE 6.7.3). Thanks! 🤓 🍻
#chimeralinux #kde

With all my explorations going on, it's easy to forget that ...

2026-05-23T12:32:51Z

With all my explorations going on, it's easy to forget that both my Slackware KDE and Gentoo dwm installs are on the cutting edge of basically everything and just humming along nicely. Through all kernel upgrades and beta software (kde 6.7!) they just work. Amazing tools!

The install description for a KDE Wayland session on FreeBSD has ...

2026-05-21T02:29:18Z

The install description for a KDE Wayland session on FreeBSD has been updated with some additional software choices. The page on Codeberg is up to date also.
#freebsd #kde
https://thesaigoneer.bearblog.dev/freebsdkdeplasma6wayland/

I got triggered (thnx @npub1naa…272p) to revive my description ...

2026-05-19T06:39:35Z

I got triggered (thnx ― (npub1naa…272p)) to revive my description on how to get a KDE Wayland session on FreeBSD up and running. You can find it here:
https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/pages/src/branch/main/FreeBSD%20and%20Plasma%206%20install%20-%20a%20log

From line 105 onwards it handles the Big K and how to run a Wayland session. This is what you'll end up with:

#freebsd #kde

Think I've gone through 4 kernel updates in a week (7.0.4-7) ...

2026-05-15T08:34:33Z

Think I've gone through 4 kernel updates in a week (7.0.4-7) on Gentoo and Slackware. All went without any notable hitch. We should be grateful and happy with such responsible and dedicated maintainers among us 👍🏻 I certainly am 🙏🏻
#gentoo #slackware

It's difficult to grasp, perhaps. But that you build your own ...

2026-05-15T04:58:10Z

It's difficult to grasp, perhaps. But that you build your own dwm, and just schlepp it around with you, remains unbeatable.
#gentoo #dwm #archlabs

Tbh: never tried it (went straight to sway). But I found this one ...

2026-05-07T01:31:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…n2rh
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Tbh: never tried it (went straight to sway). But I found this one just now and it mentions using i3-msg in sxhkd for your i3 keybinds (like going to another workspace etc):
https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/is2x7a/use_sxhkd_along_with_i3/

You might consider sxhkd? If you make one config you can easily ...

2026-05-07T01:16:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…laz8
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You might consider sxhkd? If you make one config you can easily replicate it, and adjust where needed? It is available on all distros/bsd's known to mankind.

I'd say the dog did pretty well to provide you with a chance ...

2026-05-03T04:42:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…4yry
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I'd say the dog did pretty well to provide you with a chance for your Framework idea.. Nice detail to leave the socks off. That indeed makes your pitch seem totally coincidental. Be prepared she'll see straight thru you and comes back to that later on 😂

I do like to get burned, that's for sure ;-) And obviously ...

2026-04-29T01:00:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…ww7n
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I do like to get burned, that's for sure ;-) And obviously vim is here in the base install of Slackware. Let's go!

🤣 That's the real Neo thing obviously. I never really got ...

2026-04-29T00:09:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…ulzz
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🤣 That's the real Neo thing obviously. I never really got into vim/neovim as an NT3.51 refugee, but I should force myself to give it a serious go. And incredible setups around.

All blabbing about the Neo thing. It's cool, and Apple will ...

2026-04-28T23:47:36Z

All blabbing about the Neo thing. It's cool, and Apple will blow the education market out of the water. I still find 600 bucks quite a hefty amount. And then: a 16Gb M2 MacBook Air is around that over here, new. I'll take that, thank you. And put Asahi on it.

Procrastination might sound wasteful, but it's actually great ...

2026-04-26T10:38:12Z

Procrastination might sound wasteful, but it's actually great
Slackware Mango/Niri up and running, with all extensive goodies from the slackosaurus. Received some great feedback during my travails, so all's dandy now.
That leaves Gentoo dwm for tomorrow, and luckily enough that's a public holiday here. Or was it already in the back of my mind? 🤔 Probably 🥳 Cheers! 🍻
#slackware

It's a bit of a finicky laptop, especially the wifi ...

2026-04-23T23:30:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…7ugu
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It's a bit of a finicky laptop, especially the wifi (apparently). Was a bit surprised the latest GhostBSD wouldn't load, but neither does FreeBSD on that particular one. Raku, Bonito, you name it, not even past the boot screen. Great about the Slackware install dvd: it doesn't need a network connection to install at first. But it has the right driver anyway 😊 So after install there's always (for me anyway) a xfce session to start tweaking. Later in the process (i.c. after I installed cosmic) I remove that xfce session (and more things). Used that in my last 3 Slackware installs, it works very well.
N4t3R (npub180a…e3he)

As for the vibrancy: I tried a ton of iso's on the Thinkpad ...

2026-04-23T13:27:26Z

As for the vibrancy: I tried a ton of iso's on the Thinkpad today. None were good. Then I re-grabbed the Slackware Current iso and slapped the great Cosmic spin by Nate ( N4t3R (npub180a…e3he) ) on top of it. Did you know those Cosmic packages were updated the same day System76 released them? Now that's cutting edge!
Furthermore: 3 Slackware and 1 FreeBSD install over here. Just saying.
#slackware #cosmic

You can turn the Chrome splash screen off (and restore the KDE ...

2026-04-22T03:13:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…8d3y
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You can turn the Chrome splash screen off (and restore the KDE one or turn off altogether) in System Settings - Global Theme - Splash Screen.

It was available today in Testing, so not so hardcore like ...

2026-04-16T02:50:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…y7z5
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It was available today in Testing, so not so hardcore like yourself, compiling it by hand 🤓
jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2)

Order restored. Experimental KDE by @npub16l0…f0y2 Flatpaks as ...

2026-04-16T02:07:39Z

Order restored. Experimental KDE by jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2) Flatpaks as applications. Kernel 7.0. Slacker0ni repo for all goodies. Homebrew and/or distrobox possible also. As immutable as a mutable distro gets.
#slackware

Looking forward to it, not to the 'responses' you'll ...

2026-03-23T04:50:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…fjdq
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Looking forward to it, not to the 'responses' you'll be getting. Hold on tight, it's gonna be gruesome I'm afraid 😳

Per usual I burned the FM and didn't read it 😜

2026-03-18T12:30:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…6f27
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Per usual I burned the FM and didn't read it 😜

Of course. But with Dank and Noctalia you'll get similar ram ...

2026-03-18T12:15:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…6fu8
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Of course. But with Dank and Noctalia you'll get similar ram results as with Gnome (and KDE is creeping up also). But since they are the new cool thing (and they are cool, absolutely) I never hear any 'complaints' about that 😜 you can have three dwm instances at the same time🤣

I don't really care about memory tbh. But these funky ...

2026-03-18T11:12:23Z

I don't really care about memory tbh. But these funky quickshells use around up to 1.4Gb on clean startup. That's Gnome territory. No one complaining?

Mastodon is received, one message

2026-03-16T07:00:33Z

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Mastodon is received, one message

I'm coming off the Cosmic train a bit. Do appreciate the ...

2026-02-08T02:38:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…4wzr
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I'm coming off the Cosmic train a bit. Do appreciate the breath of fresh air (really), but in the end the lack of window rules turns me away. At least for now. As i always say, i don't use KDE, i use kwin and other window managers 😄. Btw, speaking of building the whole kitchen sink (media player, editor, pdf reader).
Döbbie03 (npub1der…t5gj) Piotr Miller (npub1e6l…mm9m) jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2)

Same here. Don't touch Hypr anymore. Sway with nwg shell is ...

2026-02-07T23:47:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…f2g0
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Same here. Don't touch Hypr anymore. Sway with nwg shell is great, and then Mango with Noctalia (thanks to jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2) ). That's the Wayland wm stuff for me.

I'd never do that. It's mostly separate installs. Wayland ...

2026-02-07T23:00:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…wfhv
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I'd never do that. It's mostly separate installs. Wayland ofc 🤣 But Döbbie03 (npub1der…t5gj) keeps pulling me back into dwm 😂 And rightly so, it is great 👍🏻

Great to hear you're liking it that much! Makes me consider ...

2026-02-07T22:45:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…myhg
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Great to hear you're liking it that much! Makes me consider moving my dwm over as well. I'm keeping that KDE also, it's very good. And lean.

Hi Andrew, just a brief heads-up that both DankMaterialShell as ...

2026-01-23T07:53:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ugx
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Hi Andrew, just a brief heads-up that both DankMaterialShell as well as Noctalia also work on Sway. Should you return from Cosmic that is 😉
cc jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2)

thanks 👍🏻 still have some colors and tweaks to do, but the ...

2026-01-23T04:44:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…pzmh
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thanks 👍🏻 still have some colors and tweaks to do, but the Gruv base is there 😅

Updated the codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/freebsd-mangowc repo. Still ...

2026-01-23T03:27:57Z

Updated the codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/freebsd-mangowc repo. Still a lot to do, but at least the most relevant things are there, including the mango configs itself 😆 Also the sw selection has been amended, including yazi and foot now.

cc wickedlester (npub1gs2…7nxx)
#freebsd #mangowc

When you have your Mango fresh and up and running on Slackware. ...

2026-01-22T12:03:16Z

When you have your Mango fresh and up and running on Slackware. And you get bored with DankMaterialShell? There's always Noctalia coming to the rescue 😜
Another fine production by jloc0 (npub16l0…f0y2) on Slackware Current!
#slackware #mangowc

Thanks! No, that's one I made myself some time ago. You can ...

2026-01-22T06:55:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…0j4f
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Thanks! No, that's one I made myself some time ago. You can quite easily set up your own and save it as a file (small one). And re-import again later on.

Practically finished setting up Universix-Saigon, my Cosmic bootc ...

2026-01-22T05:08:54Z

Practically finished setting up Universix-Saigon, my Cosmic bootc image based on a solid Bluefin base. It's live on github at thesaigoneer - universix-saigon.
Many edits in applications, flatpaks and QoL, read up on it in the readme.md. Or just give it a go!

#cosmic #cosmic_de #bluefin #ublue #atomic

True that! Having said that I'd like to spend a ...

2026-01-09T23:41:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…850f
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True that! Having said that I'd like to spend a disproportionate amount of time, not to talk, but to argue with you about rounded corners 😉

Great write up. Exactly summing up the reason why I'll stick ...

2026-01-09T22:38:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…w4ja
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Great write up. Exactly summing up the reason why I'll stick to Bitwarden, passwords and TOTP. Laughed out loud with your face unlock story, same here: I don't use biometrics until I do 😂 Reflection on the walled garden is spot on. Thanks

Although I'm on current, the same applies there. Yesterday, ...

2026-01-05T05:05:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…z587
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Although I'm on current, the same applies there. Yesterday, when installing the Cosmic spin of about 2 months ago I was later on greeted with more than 300 updates. The Cosmic part of that was relatively small. Since I hadn't added any software yet, it only shows clearly that the fundamentals of the system are very well maintained. And very much up to date! Then again, updating Slackware and its core applications has never left me in a 'broken' state over the last couple of years. That's why I stick around, rock solid!

That was a pretty uneventful affair, which is good. The Cosmic ...

2026-01-04T09:55:44Z

That was a pretty uneventful affair, which is good. The Cosmic liveslak I tried worked well, a much better experience than before. Furthermore very much up to date, the first patch to version 1 already included. Had only to install grub (included, but not activated) and uninstall some standard liveslak packages. But that goes with every Slackware install, so no biggie. Cosmic-greeter behaves a bit quirky also, but that goes for all Cosmic installs. Next week: tweaking.
#slackware #cosmic

Look Ma, no systemd 🤣 With Niri on Slackware, Mangowc on ...

2025-12-19T09:41:31Z

Look Ma, no systemd 🤣
With Niri on Slackware, Mangowc on FreeBSD and now dwm 6.6 on VoidLinux my windowmanagers finally get the attention they need 😆
Many thanks to Drew ( JustaGuyLinux :debian: (npub13w4…9w2p) ) for his great dots and base setup. Watch his adventures on YT, worth your time.

#voidlinux #dwm

Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation ...

2025-11-27T13:55:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…3m32
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Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation

Gotta say that, having done this a gazillion times on Linux, ...

2025-11-26T02:16:02Z

Gotta say that, having done this a gazillion times on Linux, system and application upgrades on FreeBSD are very smooth. Upgraded to Plasma 6.5.3 and RC 4 of FreeBSD 15 in one go. Running on Wayland, very nice. Close to one month now and gone through all the paces and updates.
Followed my own effing manual of course 😂
#freebsd #kde

Linux has become boring. Everything works. And there's too ...

2025-11-24T11:19:55Z

Linux has become boring. Everything works. And there's too much KDE floating around. Time to switch gears.

Looks like the followers followed along (st least I did). Welcome ...

2025-11-13T07:36:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…kfnq
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Looks like the followers followed along (st least I did). Welcome still.

Could you retry it from the post? Link has been fixed afaik. Here ...

2025-10-02T06:07:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…370q
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Could you retry it from the post? Link has been fixed afaik. Here is it anyway:
(https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/cosmix-saigon)

Cosmix-Saigon is up for grabs! It is a custom spin on NixOS, ...

2025-10-02T02:56:54Z

Cosmix-Saigon is up for grabs! It is a custom spin on NixOS, using the Cosmic desktop environment, changing channels and using the latest kernel.
It is based on the Nixbook project by Mike :nixos: (npub1fgp…fhkc)

The goal is to make a set-and-forget setup, where both the OS and the applications (flatpaks) are updated automagically.

RMFM and get going, you can find it at (https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/cosmix) and jump into that Cosmic beta!

#cosmic #nixos

It is good to spent an ungodly amount of time on tweaking your ...

2025-09-22T07:53:50Z

It is good to spent an ungodly amount of time on tweaking your waybar and still not be totally satisfied with it.

-Nostradamus 22:09

#riverwm #freebsd

My install instructions for KDE 6 Wayland on FreeBSD have been ...

2025-09-10T12:33:47Z

My install instructions for KDE 6 Wayland on FreeBSD have been updated.

First of all I changed the base to KDE and KDE base apps, instead of just a very minimal install. This follows the recommended install by KDE more closely.

Second: the browser of choice has been changed to Vivaldi and I have included a how-to-update the script and make Vivaldi run under FreeBSD.

Which you can apply anywhere on FreeBSD of course ;-)

Thanks to all for the positive feedback!

https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/pages/src/branch/main/FreeBSD%20and%20Plasma%206%20install

#freebsd #kde #vivaldi

At least this was his blogpost: ...

2025-09-09T13:40:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…s9v0
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At least this was his blogpost: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/. The thread I can't find either 🤔

With the final patient undergoing surgery as we speak the big ssd ...

2025-09-07T09:02:53Z

With the final patient undergoing surgery as we speak the big ssd carrousel has almost finished.

So I now have Gentoo KDE, AerynOS Gnome, Slackware Tiling Edition (hyprland, niri, dwm) and Slackware KDE all up and running on separate disks.

The new kid on the block is Debian Trixie, with the Awesome wm, in a spin by JustaGuyLinux :debian: (npub13w4…9w2p)

Great stuff Drew, thanks for all your efforts! Of course I had to add the Xanmod kernel, but that's all 😎

One laptop for my FreeBSD KDE spin (tbd) and I'm good to go.

Beer time 🍻 🥳 !

cc Barry Tennison (npub1j9y…l2gf)

#nerd #idothissoyoudonthaveto

I wrote up how I installed KDE Plasma 6.4.4, running Wayland, on ...

2025-08-16T09:29:45Z

I wrote up how I installed KDE Plasma 6.4.4, running Wayland, on FreeBSD:

https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/pages/src/branch/main/FreeBSD%20and%20Plasma%206%20install

#freebsd #kde

Yes, it is a good rounded install now. Really enjoying it on ...

2025-08-11T06:16:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…aecf
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Yes, it is a good rounded install now. Really enjoying it on FreeBSD atm!

FreeBSD provides the standard KDE Plasma package, which is the ...

2025-08-11T04:55:41Z

FreeBSD provides the standard KDE Plasma package, which is the preferred way as recommended by KDE themselves. Nevertheless, you can still uninstall i.e. Discover and Konqueror, which are part of that base package (like I do).
Don't be put off by the inclusion of kde-base-apps in your removal overview, only the relevant parts for that application will be removed. All other apps and libraries will stay put and continue to work.
#freebsd #kde

dwm of course

2025-07-09T08:57:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ukr
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dwm of course

Okay, no fetches and no Mate here. But just showing off that ...

2025-06-15T09:05:31Z

Okay, no fetches and no Mate here.

But just showing off that FreeBSD has that great Wayland stack, very much up to date, in the Ports collection.

River WM, Wayland, wezterm, FreeBSD 14.3.

#freebsd #riverwm

Thanks for sharing, I'll have a look at it later today! I ...

2025-05-27T22:49:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…lk28
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Thanks for sharing, I'll have a look at it later today! I mean who could resist a better looking Joplin? My fav collection bin for mostly anything noteworthy since 2016 ☺️