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@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-25 12:25:53

That's when it all started to happen, 4 years ago! OpenBox on ArchLabs, the standout distro that kicked my Linux journey into a higher gear 🍻 Started out with it around 2020,21 but I found this scrot. Epic.
#archlabs

Screenshot of ArchLabs Openbox in February of 2022
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-27 08:45:48

Getting there! Updated and patched to dwm 6.8, on Void. And since spring is coming I decided to go for that good ol' murky foliage kind of stuff 😜
#archlabs #dwm #voidlinux

Scrot of dwm 6.8 on VoidLinux
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-26 01:49:16

You have that gnarly application that only comes in rpm, deb and AppImage. Then you suddenly remember Distrobox. And AlpineLinux is made for these setups. Tests finished, I'll finally be able to run KDE with all my required apps on Alpine! #alpinelinux #archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-28 03:48:05

As a non-dev I really enjoy the strictness of code. And the strictness of reading error-messages. Miss a comma or a curly bracket and you're reminded of your shortcomings. The ah-yes-of-course moment. Come across that with my nixos-rebuild and the dwm make. Loving it. As long as I can solve it 🤣
#dwm #archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-24 08:32:07

Total distraction. Per usual. But at least that work laptop has Slackware Current with mangowc and sway all running great and smooth. Add noctalia for some bling (although it costs me an extra 300mb of ram compared to waybar...) and that's good to go. VoidLinux and dwm tomorrow then, with a little help of Bakkeby? Yup 👍🏻
As long as I don't get distracted again 🤣
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-28 00:50:41

As said before musl-based AlpineLinux really rocks. Of course running all required stuff, like a full KDE session, a firewall and podman (for distrobox), flatpak for all 'bigger' applications and still clocking in at 903Mb. For me that shows how lean everything has been put together. Cool.
#alpinelinux

Scrot of a terminal window, updating the system on Alpine Linux KDE.
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-21 08:05:31

The worst thing about moving is the end of it. Our stuff will be arriving Monday; we moved into the Cave today. So, how about that relentless distrohopping of the last 2 weeks? That's gotta stop now 😩 CachyOS, Zena, Zirconium, Origami, Arch proper, Garuda: it's been a pleasure! I'll manage to squeeze one final one in and then it's back to the proper init systems 😝
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-18 10:16:21

A couple of days in the countryside of Vietnam has a refreshing effect on screentime. Family, friends, eating all the time and sufficient boredom.
I'm seriously considering winding down to this rhythm. Can assure you all our digi-stuff is essentially totally unimportant. No laptops seen here, and 8 year old smartphones are sufficient to do anything.
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-16 07:54:10

Zena Linux, that bootc container image with Mangowc and Niri, is humming along nicely. Finally spending some time to clean up configs for both wm's. And Fastfetch to do also 😜
#archlabs #mangowc #zenalinux

Screenshot of Zena, a bootc-based, immutable Linux desktop. It ships with the Cachy kernel, Niri, MangoWC, and Dank Material Shell.
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-15 15:05:22

Of course, before heading out at 4AM tomorrow morning, I had to wrap up that laptop. And finally got LUKS LVM with EfiBootmanager working on Gentoo🥳Close to 20 installs and still learning new things, great.
When I come back I'll be doing a clean install of dwm 6.8 on it. Not just re-making my old dots.Now that's something to look forward to!
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-14 07:35:23

Remember I did that bootc KDE container, based on the Bluefin template? That method is really handing the power to the user. I've now tried Origami (Cosmic), today a brief stint with Zirconium (Niri and Dank) and I'm now heading into Zena. That last one looks to be very special, and is also a bootc container. More later.
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-12 23:31:14

05::55 Saigon. The days just before Tet (our Lunar New Year) are my favorite ones. Streets empty out, everyone is happy to celebrate. On to the coffee ☕
#archlabs #photography #tet

Tran Khanh Du in district 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Emptying out for Tet
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-11 21:38:10

Suddenly dwm is updated twice within a very short timeframe (months that is, not the usual years).
What is the world coming to?
#archlabs

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-02 03:50:15

Simplified slstatus to what I actually use. Keybinds for applications back from sxhkd into config.def.h. Keys good again, VoidLinux updated. Thanks to the collective hangover after Tet I could do all this at work. Productive (finally) 😜
#archlabs #dwm

Dwm on VoidLinux, showing the compile window and a fetch in a terminal window. Opacity galore.