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125 lines
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const title = "Making Linux look good";
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const date = "2025-03-26";
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const draft = false;
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const tags = ["Linux"];
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---
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One of the main problems with mainstream Linux adoption is that "normies"
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think that it can't look good. However, they're often amazed whenever this
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one shows them its setup.
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_This one's Vim while just starting out on this post._
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## Difficulty
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Hyprland isn't the easiest to learn. However, the configuration isn't too
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bad. This one uses mostly defaults for the Hyprland configuration, only
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adding custom shortcuts. It's also not difficult to copy the default
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waybar config and modify it a bit to use nerdfonts.
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## Wallpaper
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For wallpapers, this one uses [hyprpaper](https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpaper)
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and one of the default hyprland wallpapers ([wall2.png](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/main/assets/install/wall2.png)).
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## App launcher
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For an app launcher, this one uses [wofi](https://github.com/SimplyCEO/wofi)
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with a config copied from somewhere and modified a bit.
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_This one will eventually get background blur._
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## Editor
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For a text editor, this one uses Vim with [SpaceVim](https://spacevim.org/).
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SpaceVim also works in NeoVim, for those that prefer that.
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## Visualizer
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This one's visualizer is [XAVA](https://github.com/nikp123/xava).
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While it is made for X11, it works just fine on Linux.
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## WM
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This is the largest part. For a window manager, this one uses
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Hyprland. It mostly uses default settings, but has a few
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[custom binds](https://git.everypizza.im/n/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf)
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for a few things.
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### Resource usage
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Hyprland doesn't use a lot of resources, maybe like 300MB total
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(window manager + hyprpaper both use ~150MB each).
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## Qt apps
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Qt apps are suprisingly hard to theme when not using Plasma.
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However, with the help of Kvantum, you can download themes
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online and use them. This one is using
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[https://store.kde.org/p/1201321](KvGlass) to get blur effects
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in the one Qt app it regularly uses (the Strawberry Music
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Player).
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## GTK apps
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This one uses a custom gtk.css, taken from
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[https://gist.githubusercontent.com/taiwbi/0c33fa7afaa65d2a593e2f77fb3d4af6/raw/76d51226bc73a01daa20fcb3090e3079e5d96e53/gnome-transparent-sidebar.css]().
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## Music
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As mentioned before, this one uses the
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[Strawberry Music Player](https://strawberrymusicplayer.org/).
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It's very powerful, has built-in MPRIS, and is themable with
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Kvantum.
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_Yes, this one has a bad music taste. No, it's not afraid
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to admit that._
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## IM
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This one uses a few IM clients:
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- [Vencord](https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop) (for Discord)
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- [Dino](https://dino.im/) (for XMPP)
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- [gomuks web](https://github.com/tulir/gomuks) (for Matrix)
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### Discord
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Vesktop is mostly normal, although it has a blurred
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background.
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### Dino
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Dino is at default settings, but there's a custom
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GTK theme in use.
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### gomuks web
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Default settings mostly but there's a very rushed
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blurred background with Zen Browser.
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## Browser
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This one uses [Zen Browser](https://zen-browser.app/).
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It has zoomer features like vertical tabs, and
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transparency.
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## Ending thoughts
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Hopefully, this post inspires at least one reader to
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try out theming Linux, and even sharing creations.
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This one might make some Linux theming chats bridged
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to mutiple instant messengers soon.
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---
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Update: The chats were made!
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xmpp:linux-theming@conference.everypizza.im?join
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https://matrix.to/#/#linux-theming:everypizza.im
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https://discord.gg/5xGvBdUS (will expire 7 days
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after this post)
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