cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31835264

So I’ve been in the WM space for a little while. Started messing around with i3 some years ago, and stuck with the basic config. Same thing for Sway, before I attempted to make my own rice, and then stole the legendary Hyprdots. I remember messing with the dots and trying to change things, and getting frustrated because it obviously was above my knowledge level. I went back to KDE for a little bit, before Brodie made a video and I was curious enough to take the leap. In short, it’s crazy. It may seem odd at first, but the workflow is really hard to come back from. The freedom of space you are afforded makes even the smallest screen hyper productive. I tried going back to stacking layouts after this, but it felt incredibly cramped.

As for Niri itself, it comes with many comfortable features and works seamlessly out of the box in many ways that surprised me. It has a native overview, screenshot tool, most of the media keys were programmed, and even hitting my Laptop’s power button only prompted a suspend instead of the usual instant shutdown.

I’m a simple man, who uses simple tools. My aim in making a rice isn’t something super flashy, but something functional with dots I can build up then use for years with minimal tweaking. Most of my dots are just lightly modified or taken from elsewhere, but that matters little to me. I just want a functional productive, and comfortable environment to work and play. Mostly everything is done via the cli or similarly simple tools, as it helps me learn the system for future career possibilities, as well as provide peak productivity. I don’t know how many will care for my tool list since everyone probably knows these things, but here it is just in case.

Term - Kitty

Shell - Fish

Bar - Waybar

Menu / App Launcher - Fuzzel

Notifications Daemon - Mako

File Manager - Yazi + A boat load of plugins (Can provide list if asked)

System Monitor - Btop

Music Player - MPD + RMPC

Browser - Qutebrowser

Recording Software - wf-recorder

TUI-Wiki - Wikiman

“Notes” - Vim

I plan to revamp it and make better scripts as time goes on, but I am very satisfied for now.

Tldr; Niri fucks and you should play Rockman (Particilarly the fan retranslations, the original English localizations are dookie)

I hope you enjoyed the showcase :>

  • kyoji@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This was a great showcase thanks for sharing! I really appreciate the detailed list of software too, it always disappoints me when people share pics but no lists.

    I tried Niri a while back and wasn’t convinced, but your showcase has made me reconsider!

    • Shin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Thank you! I was unsure if putting it so much effort was overkill, but I’m glad I did. I’ll probably do some upgraded showcase when I’m fully content with my build, cause I use a ton of TUI tools people probably don’t know about. I didn’t even show off half the features, either. The fun thing about Niri is so much is done for you out of the box, and the config is super detailed.

      There are a few things to look out for, though. The choice to use .kdl over .toml, .yaml, or anything people would be familiar is mind boggling. It’s pretty annoying when troubleshooting as well, since Niri is only recently gaining traction. Otherwise, it’s been a pretty painless process. Wayland compositors are so much easier to get started with than the X11 WMs of old, it’s wild. They’re all like mini-DEs.