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diff --git a/_archive/desktop-unix.md b/_archive/desktop-unix.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..875e362 --- /dev/null +++ b/_archive/desktop-unix.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Unix-like operating systems +date: 2025-09-21 +author: Wickramage Don Sadeep Madurange +thumbnail: linux.png +layout: post +--- + +The year 2020 transformed my personal computing experience. In March 2020, I +stumbled upon Arch Linux and discovered that I could customize my desktop +environment to look and work any way I liked. I exercised that newfound freedom +to create a Matrix-themed setup: + + + +The system employs the X display server and the i3 window manager. The terminal +emulator used is Urxvt. The translucent effect is achieved with the help of the +Xcompmgr compositor. This sort of setup was popular among minimalist Linux +users. + +In February 2024, I switched to an OpenBSD system with Xenocara (the OpenBSD +build of X display server) as the display server and i3 as the window manager: + + + +Unlike Linux, OpenBSD includes a coherent desktop environment out of the box. +Except for the window manager, for which I prefer a tiling one, I'm now using +the default OpenBSD setup. For the window manager, I use dwm from the Suckless +team. + +Files: [dotfiles.tar.gz](dotfiles.tar.gz) |