Subj : Arch btw
To   : Tiny
From : Accession
Date : Sat Nov 29 2025 08:20:08

Hey Tiny!

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:04:14 -0600, you wrote:

 >>  I'm really considering biting the bullet and installing Arch on my
 >> main desktop (dual booting with Windows).  That way I'm kind of
 >> forced to learn it.

 > That's what I did.  It forced me to learn it and now I like it.  I've
 > made some rookie mistakes ie: trying every desktop I could, so I think
 > one of these weekends when I'm not busy I'll be doing a full reinstall
 > to keep things stable.

Do you not have the ability to use something like Virtualbox? If not, then rookie mistakes it is until you find out what you like.

Do all of your dickin' around with desktop environments and window managers there, and when you find something you like, put it on your production environment. Especially since you can just spin up the Arch ISO and use 'archinstall'. I'd bet you could have 5 test VMs setup in about 20 minutes (less if you spin multiple up at the same time). ;)

BTW, by "trying every desktop" does that mean you gave Hyprland a go? If so, how did you like it?

IMO, it's definitely /not/ Plasma, but for a tiling window manager with a taskbar as well as a launcher panel, I think it has the rest in that category beat by a mile. I'm actually beginning to get used to and enjoy the shortcut commands (super + enter = kitty/console, super + b = firefox/browser, etc). I've never really given tiling window managers a long enough chance in the past to actually learn some of those.

Regards,
Nick

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