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author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-09-04 10:54:33 +0200 |
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committer | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-09-04 10:54:33 +0200 |
commit | 511456c148951b24c183b9ff56bd093f66133fbb (patch) | |
tree | 8254645e8b2c4827bc683149b0810b0891023555 | |
parent | c22cfa98d50f28cd21a9fc056f4d69b8ae85abd2 (diff) |
feat: multi os life
-rw-r--r-- | content-org/blog.org | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | content/blog/2024/multi-os-life.md | 31 |
3 files changed, 66 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 69c9633..b7a1577 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ #+HUGO_SECTION: blog -* 2024 [61/62] :@blog: +* 2024 [62/63] :@blog: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "blog/images" :image_max_width 600 @@ -16,6 +16,34 @@ :END: +** DONE Multi OS life is terrible +CLOSED: [2024-09-04 Wed 10:53] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: multi-os-life +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Remove Mac from my life with a buzzsaw if you can +:END: + + +I am very much invested in my personal computer. +It's still a laptop, but all the software there is chosen to give me as much control as I can. +My OS is FreeBSD, my browser is (still) Firefox, my editor (and the way of life is) Emacs, and now my windows manager is Fvwm. +All of those allow me to adjust them to my liking. + +But this is not the computer I use the most. +For 8 hours a day, I am forced to macOS. +It's a system that used to be good, but each version is getting progressively worse. +But it also removes all power from now. +It should be the IT department I am fighting with, not Tim Cook! + +I am able to reproduce *some* life necessities on Mac via external programs, like Yabai or skhd. +Unfortunately, that takes me only a few steps, and still I am forced to look at the blandest interface ever conceived. + +But at the same time, this makes me appreciate non-corporate ridden software even more. +It can't get much worse than macOS, right?[fn:win] + +[fn:win] The last Windows I've used extensively was XP. +My computers were always to slow for anything newer. + ** DONE Fvwm - day 2 (keyboard control) CLOSED: [2024-09-03 Tue 22:29] :PROPERTIES: @@ -23,6 +51,7 @@ CLOSED: [2024-09-03 Tue 22:29] :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Adjusting Fvwm to my basic instincts :END: + I'm a day in Fvwm, and it's rock solid. Time to adjust it to my needs Let's start with keyboard control, as I prefer over using mouse. @@ -80,11 +109,11 @@ Silent Key 4 A 4 GotoDesk 0 3 #+end_src Now, back to the terminal. -I want =Super+Shift+T= to open the terminal +I want =Super+Shift+Enter= to open the terminal We can join multiple modifiers by simply putting all of them as the mod: #+begin_src shell -Silent Key T A 4S Exec exec $[infostore.terminal] +Silent Key Return A 4S Exec exec $[infostore.terminal] #+end_src The terminal command is a variable (=infostore=) because it's used in multiple places. diff --git a/content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md b/content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md index bf5a86f..66b2452 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md +++ b/content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-09-03T22:29:00+02:00 categories = ["blog"] draft = false -weight = 2001 +weight = 2002 image_dir = "blog/images" image_max_width = 600 abstract = "Adjusting Fvwm to my basic instincts" @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ Silent Key 4 A 4 GotoDesk 0 3 ``` Now, back to the terminal. -I want `Super+Shift+T` to open the terminal +I want `Super+Shift+Enter` to open the terminal We can join multiple modifiers by simply putting all of them as the mod: ```shell -Silent Key T A 4S Exec exec $[infostore.terminal] +Silent Key Return A 4S Exec exec $[infostore.terminal] ``` The terminal command is a variable (`infostore`) because it's used in multiple places. diff --git a/content/blog/2024/multi-os-life.md b/content/blog/2024/multi-os-life.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..438296b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/multi-os-life.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ ++++ +title = "Multi OS life is terrible" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-09-04T10:53:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +abstract = "Remove Mac from my life with a buzzsaw if you can" ++++ + +I am very much invested in my personal computer. +It's still a laptop, but all the software there is chosen to give me as much control as I can. +My OS is FreeBSD, my browser is (still) Firefox, my editor (and the way of life is) Emacs, and now my windows manager is Fvwm. +All of those allow me to adjust them to my liking. + +But this is not the computer I use the most. +For 8 hours a day, I am forced to macOS. +It's a system that used to be good, but each version is getting progressively worse. +But it also removes all power from now. +It should be the IT department I am fighting with, not Tim Cook! + +I am able to reproduce **some** life necessities on Mac via external programs, like Yabai or skhd. +Unfortunately, that takes me only a few steps, and still I am forced to look at the blandest interface ever conceived. + +But at the same time, this makes me appreciate non-corporate ridden software even more. +It can't get much worse than macOS, right?[^fn:1] + +[^fn:1]: The last Windows I've used extensively was XP. + My computers were always to slow for anything newer. |