From 79e9eec0ac05634fe367220df701b20c91523291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sadeep Madurange Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:53:52 +0800 Subject: Project folder. --- _projects/desktop-unix/dotfiles.tar.gz | Bin 0 -> 6397999 bytes _projects/desktop-unix/index.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _projects/desktop-unix/linux.png | Bin 0 -> 206255 bytes _projects/desktop-unix/openbsd.png | Bin 0 -> 318897 bytes 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _projects/desktop-unix/dotfiles.tar.gz create mode 100644 _projects/desktop-unix/index.md create mode 100644 _projects/desktop-unix/linux.png create mode 100644 _projects/desktop-unix/openbsd.png (limited to '_projects/desktop-unix') diff --git a/_projects/desktop-unix/dotfiles.tar.gz b/_projects/desktop-unix/dotfiles.tar.gz new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6774c4 Binary files /dev/null and b/_projects/desktop-unix/dotfiles.tar.gz differ diff --git a/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md b/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e97964 --- /dev/null +++ b/_projects/desktop-unix/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +title: Unix for the desktop +date: 2025-09-21T00:00:00+08:00 +author: Wickramage Don Sadeep Madurange +--- + +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) diff --git a/_projects/desktop-unix/linux.png b/_projects/desktop-unix/linux.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40bc33b Binary files /dev/null and b/_projects/desktop-unix/linux.png differ diff --git a/_projects/desktop-unix/openbsd.png b/_projects/desktop-unix/openbsd.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7489f7 Binary files /dev/null and b/_projects/desktop-unix/openbsd.png differ -- cgit v1.2.3