The only thing I wish was 1 click less is viewing images/videos.
When you want to check out an image/video post, there's a little icon to the left of the comments underneath the title of the post. You can click on that to view the image/video without needing to open the thread. :)
I appreciate the suggestion, however, I generally do as you suggested for other posts that I want to increase discoverability for. I also have issues when trying to bring in content from the rest of the fediverse into a particular magazine via tags. That said, I don't want to make this a troubleshooting thread as this isn't the intended magazine for that.
Do you keep a journal?
Yup
I've recently migrated to using Obsidian as my software (in fact, I use Obsidian for everything! [...]
I use #Obsidian as well--taking notes on a variety of things such as projects, ideas, problems, interests, reminders, etc.
I've tried some different note-taking methods but those work for some aspects, but not all aspects of what I need to remember.
I agree, different things will require different solutions. There isn't a perfect method for note-taking, otherwise everyone would probably be using it by now. To further highlight this issue, I believe looking at the considerable number of plugins and note-taking apps illustrates this. Regarding some things, I'm still trying to figure out what works for me. I doubt I'll ever find a perfect solution either, but I'm okay with that because perfection is overrated IMO.
The way I use Obsidian is by having the daily note set up with a template which is timestamped and asks loaded questions, with tags, to help me find what subject I want to look back on in certain dates.
I do something similar, but I've revised how I approach my notes. In its current form, my daily notes are only filled with pages for the notes I make that day. I use tags very sparingly, only to highlight key ideas. In the first iteration of my vault, I realized that I had a tendency to overpopulate my notes with unnecessary tags. Currently, I use a hierarchical system to label my notes. While this works for me, this may not work for you, and that's okay. It's just something I've become accustomed to after switching from #Windows to #Linux. Organizing my notes in this manner allows me to navigate through my notes more quickly and effectively than rummaging through a folder-based/GUI-based methodology. Utilizing header markdown was also useful for dividing some pages into different sections which could be referenced by various other pages.
So I have tried writing EVERYTHING down.
[...]These tags can be relating to work, emotions, relationships, interactions, and ways to improve any of those.
I respect the hustle, but the mental overhead for this project sounds a bit excessive. It seems unrealistic to remember and process the information as you're doing. This obsession with does certainly sound like ADHD, and I'm speaking from personal experience. I've embarked on something similar, but realized how time consuming a project like this would be. However, if this truly is important to you, don't let me stop you. My own vault of notes is very important to me as well.
Any tags associated with a Magazine will pull in those posts that include those tags.
Unfortunately, this has not been the case in my experience. I have a tag associated with a magazine I run. When I search #residentevil, I'm able to see several posts that don't get pulled to my magazine. Would you have any suggestions or tips?
if you keep your setup simple
I would prefer this. 😊
I had much worse time trying to debug Debian-based distros, as they’re much more complex and hard to understand
That's interesting. This thread has piqued my interest wrt Debian, so this will be a useful bit of information to consider moving forward.
If you need additional security for your install if it’s critical, consider setting up snapshots.
I am a bit familiar with snapshots--I have them set up on my current setup and have used them to recover from mistakes in the past. I'll be looking into them more as there's probably some good stuff out there that I don't know about yet. Thanks.
Installing different DEs as the same user is pretty much guaranteed to create conflicts and generally should be avoided. It’s always best to create a new user account for each different DE you want to try out so that it doesn’t screw anything up.
This has been a good first-hand experience. I'll keep this in mind moving forward.
Which you’re free to benefit from regardless of which distro you end up installing as long as an Arch container offered[...]
Other distros like Debian, Fedora and openSUSE (to name a few) do offer similar functionality on specific ISOs (or just as an option in the YaST installer for openSUSE).
This information is definitely useful for me to keep in mind, thank you.
That’s perhaps a bit too harsh on KDE Plasma without giving it an honest shot first. Don’t let others’ opinion on the matter deter your willingness to genuinely explore, experience and judge for yourself 😉. Furthermore, it’s important to note that the development of Wayland has accelerated (relatively) recently. Therefore, the issues of others might have already been resolved since.
Valid reminder. I'll keep an open mind, and try things out for myself. Cheers.
Your issues with
xfce-notifyddon’t make a lot of sense. Therefore, I wouldn’t dismiss the thought that you might have tarnished your GNOME Wayland session.
Yeah, based on another reply in this thread, I seem to have botched things. I've already started ensuring I have the proper backups in place for reformatting my boot drive.
Perhaps consider Fedora this time
I certainly will. Thanks for the recommendation. This distro seemed to be the one most often recommended while I was looking around just now. I will also be looking into extensions as well.
Sway and Hyprland
Window managers have piqued my interest in the past. Currently, I think I'll focus on GNOME, but I agree with looking into these one at a time if GNOME ends up not suiting my needs.
the skills required are linearly correlated with the complexity of the system
That's good to know, I really agree with Arch's philosophy of focusing on simplicity. I don't have much experience with containers, tbh. However, I'm not opposed to learning about them. That said, I have done a little bit of reading regarding them in the past, and why they might be useful.
Question: Is there any reason why you seem to gravitate towards rolling release distros?
WRT Arch: it grabbed my interest because having the option for the most current updates sounded appealing. It may not be necessary, but if the situation arises and it would help, I'd like to have it. The Arch wiki has also been a big incentive, as well as the AUR. If I'm not mistaken, Arch is also a distro that allows me to pick and choose aspects of my operating system with intention as opposed to having a system that comes with stuff that I don't use or need.
WRT TW: As Arch grabbed my interest initially, I was worried about whether it may cause too many issues down the line. So, I read that BTRFS was useful for snapshotting and preventing accidents, while still enjoying the benefits of a rolling release distro. I suppose it comes down to having the option to choose from more current software updates, while having the security of native BTRFS support and snapshots. I was also looking at TW because it was a distro that supported KDE, but I'm learning from this thread that KDE is not ideal if I'm looking for a Wayland session.
‘Skill-ceiling’ is (surprisingly enough) grossly the same on Linux Mint and Arch, it’s the ‘skill-floor’ in which there’s a (significant) discrepancy between the two.
Whoops, lol. I'll chalk this up to being tired.
But if you intend to use KDE with wayland, good luck. It’s quite stable but still not there. It might have made me lose some hair over things that weren’t working as expected - whereas on GNOME it was all smooth.
This is very useful information, thank you. I'll keep looking into GNOME.
Yeah, that's understandable, which is why I'm not currently opposed to staying with Gnome for the time being. However, Cinnamon also had the option to tile windows horizontally, as well as sectioning the screen into 1/4ths. It's not the most necessary feature, but I do miss it when I'm not on the Cinnamon session. The Extension Manager app sounds useful, though I've been steering clear of them due to the complaints I've read regarding their tendency to break. I'll look into it, thanks.
I had a feeling that xfce-notifyd was something not native to Gnome. To be honest, I don't remember installing the Gnome Wayland session, but noticed it at the login screen awhile back. I logged into it using the same login that I use for my LM Cinnamon session; I've heard this is not ideal, and this issue is probably one of the reasons why. For the record, I've also previously tried installing a LM xfce session, so that is perhaps the cause for its appearance. This conversation has me wondering if there's a proper way to reduce any goofy stuff I may have done because of experimenting with DEs. I don't mind looking into it myself, but would also appreciate any insight as you seem familiar with Gnome.
Actually, the UI is alright in it's default state. Those extensions do look interesting though. I generally like using the super key to search for some programs, while opening others with the CLI. I also liked switching between active applications through this interface + arrow keys as well. Though I did have an issue with trying to navigate between programs if the program I wanted was on the other monitor. I also struggled with alt+tabbing between multiple windows of Firefox, for example. Though now that I think about it, that could potentially be resolved with utilizing workspaces better. I had issues with notifications, particularly Thunderbird and Rhythmbox. The notifications would take priority as the active window, and temporarily disable the input for whatever I was working on prior to its appearance. I tried enabling Do Not Disturb mode, disabling notifications for specific programs, and killing xfce4-notifyd through the CLI. Killing xfce-notifyd sort of helped, but would cause a weird notification that still messed with my active window. Currently, If I want to continue working or playing whatever I was using before, I have to alt+f4 the notification, which is rather cumbersome when I get an email or the song changes. Perhaps the solution is to set another shortcut to close the active window. That said, it's rather unfortunate, because LM Cinnamon seemed to handle these notifications in the same way, while being less obtrusive.
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