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This is not entirely on topic, but hopefully interesting enough: I used to rice my KDE setup very much. It was like a hobby. I often tried out other DEs, other

This is not entirely on topic, but hopefully interesting enough: I used to rice my KDE setup very much. It was like a hobby. I often tried out other DEs, other window managers, messed around with colors, themes, extensions, and so on. I was unable to replicate my setup on another machine, so I always had e.g. my laptop "ugly", and my main machine pretty. About two years ago, or so, I switched to i3. I have a single config file where I changed the color and the primary keybinds, and I adjusted the bar and the runner to be easier to use. It's two config files. I copy them around and all my systems look and behave the same. They're ugly, and they get out of my way. I don't get to adjust anything, because more than 98% of the pixels on my screen are apps I'm running. I don't see my desktop environment, I don't have to deal with it, it just works and I got used to it. I am incredibly productive on it when I want to be, and I can focus entirely on entertainment or writing when I want that. Not a single animation outside of one's inside apps ever plays. If I open an app, it's the right one because I typed the name, and it opens instantly. On windows, I type the name of an app, and right before I hit enter, the search changes and launches something else. I haven't worried about GTK vs Qt themes even once since switching. I don't have window decorations. I just have my workspaces, my code, by browser, and I forget that I have a window manager. I'm not going back for a while, and using KDE, Gnome, or even the Windows GUI, feels slow and clunky.

ckocagil 2y ago
I made my DEs somewhat pretty but never got too deep into ricing. Then I switched to i3-gaps. But I still spent a lot of time configuring and comparing terminal emulators, shell prompts, completion, vim plugins, iommu/vfio... At one point I got sick of it all and decided to switch back to Windows/MacOS, not configure anything too heavily, install tools when I need them, and use all tools as vanilla as possible. Besides not having to maintain all this stuff I also realized I could then ssh into any machine and not miss my customized tools.
teo_zero 2y ago
> On windows, I type the name of an app, and right before I hit enter, the search changes and launches something else. This shouldn't happen. If KeePass, for example, is the best guess for an app beginning with k, ke, or kee, it must also be for keep, keepa, etc. I've never experienced what you report. Except if I misspell the app name; then it's plausible that the reaction to my last (wrong) keypress happens while my hand is in flight towards the Enter key.
- vrotaru 2y ago
  It happens. It shows you the right suggestion, and if you keep typing it assumes that you meant something else and displays other suggestion. Good for slow typers, not so much for quick ones.
- jeroenhd 2y ago
  I have the same problem on Windows 11. Every added keystroke seems to start a new search, and the order of the results is not stable. It's not that terrible if there are only a few results, but if you leave the "search the web" feature enabled, Windows will complete your "keepa" to "keepass" and put a "search Bing for keepass" result right at the very top. How often this happens seems to depend on system load and the quality of your internet connection. It's infuriating either way.
worksonmine 2y ago
> I was unable to replicate my setup on another machine, so I always had e.g. my laptop "ugly", and my main machine pretty. > It's two config files. I copy them around and all my systems look and behave the same. I recommend managing your dotfiles with git. This guide[1] helped me getting started, but I suggest writing a small script that you can wget then run on a fresh machine and be up running within seconds. This way it won't matter if you have 2 or 200 config files, mine also installs the tools I use, some built from source. [1]: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles

ckocagil 2y ago

I made my DEs somewhat pretty but never got too deep into ricing. Then I switched to i3-gaps. But I still spent a lot of time configuring and comparing terminal emulators, shell prompts, completion, vim plugins, iommu/vfio... At one point I got sick of it all and decided to switch back to Windows/MacOS, not configure anything too heavily, install tools when I need them, and use all tools as vanilla as possible. Besides not having to maintain all this stuff I also realized I could then ssh into any machine and not miss my customized tools.

teo_zero 2y ago

> On windows, I type the name of an app, and right before I hit enter, the search changes and launches something else. This shouldn't happen. If KeePass, for example, is the best guess for an app beginning with k, ke, or kee, it must also be for keep, keepa, etc. I've never experienced what you report. Except if I misspell the app name; then it's plausible that the reaction to my last (wrong) keypress happens while my hand is in flight towards the Enter key.

vrotaru 2y ago
It happens. It shows you the right suggestion, and if you keep typing it assumes that you meant something else and displays other suggestion. Good for slow typers, not so much for quick ones.
jeroenhd 2y ago
I have the same problem on Windows 11. Every added keystroke seems to start a new search, and the order of the results is not stable. It's not that terrible if there are only a few results, but if you leave the "search the web" feature enabled, Windows will complete your "keepa" to "keepass" and put a "search Bing for keepass" result right at the very top. How often this happens seems to depend on system load and the quality of your internet connection. It's infuriating either way.

worksonmine 2y ago

> I was unable to replicate my setup on another machine, so I always had e.g. my laptop "ugly", and my main machine pretty. > It's two config files. I copy them around and all my systems look and behave the same. I recommend managing your dotfiles with git. This guide[1] helped me getting started, but I suggest writing a small script that you can wget then run on a fresh machine and be up running within seconds. This way it won't matter if you have 2 or 200 config files, mine also installs the tools I use, some built from source. [1]: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles