509: The Next Gen Desktop

Jupiter Broadcasting — Sun, 07 May 2023 17:45:00 -0700

The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux.

Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland soon.

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Links:

Hyprland Hall of Fame
Hyprland Master Tutorial — If you are coming to Hyprland for the first time, this is the main tutorial to read.
Hyprland - ArchWiki — Hyprland bundles its own version of wlroots, which closely follows the wlroots-git. This improves stability, while also avoiding dependency conflicts with other wlroots-based compositors.
Nix | Hyprland Wiki — Hyprland on Nix can be installed either from Nixpkgs (release version) or from the flake (directly from the main branch).
Hyprland on NixOS — The NixOS module enables critical components needed to run Hyprland properly, such as: polkit, xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland, graphics drivers, fonts, dconf, xwayland, and adding a proper Desktop Entry to your Display Manager.
awesome-hyprland — Useful tools and libraries that either work or are designed for Hyprland!
Outdoor Home Assistant — Why Chris needs ANOTHER Home Assistant instance and a major breakthrough for self-hosters.
The Sprinkler Geeks, LLC — Irrigation service, repair, and maintenance. Servicing Thurston, Lewis, & Gray's Harbor Counties.
Brocade ICX 6610-24P Switch
Boost Vs Patreon — I have one friend who loves podcasts, but he still doesn't get how it offers anything new compared to Patreon. Could you guys please give a short rundown of how boosts are different and how they have helped LUP?
Evernote on Linux — Evernote for Linux is currently in private beta.
xwmx/nb — nb is a command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application
Ecowitt weather station
Tidal-Media-Downloader — Tidal-Media-Downloader is an application that lets you download videos and tracks from Tidal.
When Stars and Salt Collide” by The Piano Guys.
Podcasting 2.0 Apps
Alby
LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org
Vod2pod-rss — Vod2Pod-RSS converts a YouTube or Twitch channel into a podcast with ease. It creates a podcast RSS that can be listened to directly inside any podcast client.

508: The Worst Distro Ever

Jupiter Broadcasting — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 19:00:00 -0700

Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?

LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “The Sprinkler Geeks”

509: The Next Gen Desktop

508: The Worst Distro Ever