It's time to talk about my writerdeck
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tldr: * I installed console-only Debian on an old laptop (no desktop OS at all) * I added some packages to make it work better for writing: * network-manager for connecting to hotspots while I'm away * kmscon for custom fonts and more than 16 colors in the tty * tmux for a nice status
  • trevor (he/they)English
    14·
    19 days ago

    TIL about kmscon. Getting actually readable font sizes in a tty is so nice.

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
    10·
    19 days ago

    I love this. I’m thinking of making another partition on my laptop so I can have a separate OS with no desktop environment. Reclaiming my attention span has kind of been a project for me this year. I was casually exploring how to make a setup like this with an e-ink screen, but e-ink displays are more expensive that I was hoping.

    • muhyb@programming.dev
      8·
      19 days ago

      They’re way too expensive especially on bigger sizes. I want one as my second monitor but I won’t be able to get one soon.

      By the way, you can still create a distraction-free environment for yourself with GUI. Just go with a minimal setup, something like Niri, Sway, river etc. (Openbox, bspwm, i3wm, Xmonad, dwm if you prefer X11).

      The key points for distraction-free is to have a minimal desktop and using a program launcher like d-menu, fuzzel or rofi. TUI programs also help a lot. This way you won’t need a second OS setup and can do everything in the same installation because TTY is restrictive for certain things.

      There are also distraction-free GUI programs that you can use. For example I prefer ghostwriter as my go-to markdown editor, Apostrophe is also great if you prefer GTK. Depending on your use cases, there are a lot of programs like these.

  • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zipEnglish
    7·
    19 days ago

    So since tmux was mentioned I got to know. Anybody still use byobu anymore? I used it back in my early days (2009-2012) but that was quite a while ago. Last stable release was in Feblueberry so that’s promising.

    • mesa@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      4·
      19 days ago

      I think so? Its been a while. Tmux waa what i used for along time but i remeber something before?

    • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      18 days ago

      I use byobu for random small rPi projects and stuff. It’s just easy to set up, I’ve used it forever,
      and I like the lil stats bar.

    • anhydrous@lemmy.world
      2·
      18 days ago

      I used byobu waaaay back in the day. I think it was only for screen at the time, but I think it’s for both now. I actually adapted the modules into my tmux configuration like 12 years ago, and am still using them to this day