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authormms <michal@sapka.me>2024-09-04 10:54:33 +0200
committermms <michal@sapka.me>2024-09-04 10:54:33 +0200
commit511456c148951b24c183b9ff56bd093f66133fbb (patch)
tree8254645e8b2c4827bc683149b0810b0891023555
parentc22cfa98d50f28cd21a9fc056f4d69b8ae85abd2 (diff)
feat: multi os life
-rw-r--r--content-org/blog.org35
-rw-r--r--content/blog/2024/fvwm-part-2.md6
-rw-r--r--content/blog/2024/multi-os-life.md31
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.