From c00ff9a3b56b6aa28367488f62afcc6f8185a91f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sadeep Madurange Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:23:39 +0800 Subject: Render rest of the project write ups. --- _projects/desktop-unix/index.md | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 _projects/desktop-unix/index.md (limited to '_projects/desktop-unix/index.md') diff --git a/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md b/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9dfb050..0000000 --- a/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Unix for the desktop -date: 2025-09-21T00:00:00+08:00 -author: Wickramage Don Sadeep Madurange -thumbnail: linux.png ---- - -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: - -![Arch Linux](linux.png) - -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: - -![OpenBSD i3](openbsd.png) - -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) -- cgit v1.2.3