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What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by gramgan@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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For me, I really want to get into niri, but the lack of XWayland support scares me (I know there’s solutions, but I don’t understand them yet).

Also, I stopped using Emacs (even though I love its design and philosophy with my whole heart) because it’s very slow, even as a daemon.

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[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

the lack of XWayland support scares me

I've been using niri lately and couldn't believe so many apps wouldn't launch. I didn't know that was the issue. I had been manually editing so many desktop entries to make them work...

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I want to learn stenography, but haven't really got to buying a keyboard designed for it. I also want to host an EteSync server, but the HTTPS thing has been a bit of a headache for me and I've mostly just left it sitting there.

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[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Virtual reality, but an old friend of mine has kindly offered to buy me an Oculus Quest 2 so I'm very much looking forward to what VR can offer.

[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 2 points 4 months ago

One of my closest friends also did the same thing for me, I quite enjoy playing beat saber :)

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

I highly recommend Pistol Whip!

[–] Anarchistcowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nginx. I'm going to learn soon but I'm still new and it seems easy to screw up exposing things to the Internet.

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[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

oooo. niri is a good one. I've had it installed on my fedora system for... Hell I don't even know how long but I just haven't been using it. I've really been wanting to use NixOS for a while but haven't had the motivation/determination to sit down and learn it.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Having my TrueNAS scale homeserver host some pihole, VPN and *arr. I’ve fallen behind the times.

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (5 children)

What are you using instead of emacs? I'm very happy with my doom emacs setup and it doesn't feel slow at all imo

[–] gramgan@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I used Doom for a while, but it was still slow. I’ve been replacing emacs with more unix-y tools (helix/neovim as editor, yazi for file manager, etc.). I really just miss the design of emacs (the self-documentation, the infinite extensibility, etc.). I hope someday maybe Lem will fill my needs (which I just learned about yesterday).

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