box_ebony

joined 11 months ago
 

I love i3wm and would like to switch to sway for the advantages of not using xorg. But is it worth it with a laptop that has an old nividia/intel hybrid video card? I had read that it was complicated to use nvidia cards with wayland

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In the past I have found myself working with laptops with few resources and small screen (eeepc). Every pixel gained was a big win, and finding equivalent lightweight, high-performance applications could make all the difference. Eventually I found the optimal solution with i3 as windows manager and alacritty was the best terminal to use together (and zsh). Since then even though I have no real need I have continued to use this approach. And in the end being careful about pc resource consumption is also an ethical choice, if the pc consumes less power it is a gain for the environment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I see is a alacritty fork. what does it have more?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In my case it's resource consumption, efficiency the impact with the windows manager I use, how much is keyboard controllable. It seems strange to me that a linux user uses the default applications. The beauty of linux is the huge variety and the ability to customize. If you use allova ready-made things, a mac or windows is fine too

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

what is the best linux terminal? I have been using alacritty for years and have been doing well. But I don't think kitty and st. I was wondering if any new projects have come out in recent years.