I ended up liking it too much to switch, and i pretty much just had to remake the bar so I decided to port it :) i also spent like a whole day remaking the music module xd

  • os: Arch Linux
  • wm: Hyprland
  • bar: Waybar
  • theme: catppuccin macchiato green
  • terminal: kitty
  • rozodru
    3·
    3 days ago

    you might have problems with it on Mint. I tried using it on Mint and had a very bad time with it. Mint isn’t great with nivida cards if you’re using one.

    If you really want to use Hyperland and something that installs and that you can use that’s just about as easy as Mint I’d suggest CachyOS. that’s the one I moved to after using Mint for a bit. gives you the option to install hyprland while you’re installing Cachy. it’s faster than Mint too.

    • gpstarman@lemmy.today
      1·
      2 days ago

      I tried using it on Mint and had a very bad time with it Thanks man this what I’m looking for. Sadly I have Nvidia.

      CachyOS

      It looks cool. They have good Wiki for themselves too. But, IDK how long it existed and long it will exist tho. Just curious.

      Arc Browser team teased something like their own Arch distro too.

      I’m planning to learn plain Arch. Or should just stick with CachyOS or Arc thing? IDK.

      • rozodru
        2·
        2 days ago

        CachyOS has a pretty good development team and combine that with Plasma that has it’s own development team I’d say it’s in good hands. Compare that to cinnamon which is like one dude and once you get into the nitty gritty of it you quickly find how lacking it is.

        One example, if you’re on a laptop and use a lot of public wifi (I do for work) you deal with captive portals A LOT to connect. on Cinnamon/Mint it was an absolute headache to try and get those things to pop up and connect. It was more of a Cinnamon issue than anything else.

        on CachyOS with Plasma I don’t have that issue. It tells me that I need to connect to a portal and will open it and connect to it for me.

        combine all that with Arch and it’s just a breeze. everything you need is right here: http://aur.archlinux.org and this applies to all Arch distros. it’s essentially a database of everything you can install on an Arch distro. no need to go googling stuff, it’s all right there. combine this with Octopi (package manager) it makes it way better than Mint IMHO.

        And if you have Nvidia you’re doing yourself a deservice by staying on Mint. I think the most you can use on it is the Nvidia 535 drivers. anything above that you’re going to crash Mint. on Cachy i’m on the 555 drivers and my games have easily doubled their FPS. I can play Elden Ring and Helldivers 2 on maximum settings and pull down 90+ fps. games like WoW or FFXIV i’m getting over 100 FPS. On Windows I’d get maybe 30 to 40 FPS on the exact same rig.

        The main reason I switch to Cachy was because of the development team. I was also planning on checking out Nobara but again, it’s one guy, so I felt more confident going with Cachy.

        • gpstarman@lemmy.today
          1·
          2 days ago

          Seems Good. I’m intrigued.

          What do you think about Bazzite though?

          pull down 90+ fps. games like WoW or FFXIV i’m getting over 100 FPS. On Windows I’d get maybe 30 to 40 FPS on the exact same rig.

          May I know your specs please. Just to get an idea of how well mine can handle.

          • rozodru
            2·
            2 days ago

            sure:

            cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H(16) @ 4.30ghz

            gpu: Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 Mobile

            ram: 16gb

            SSD: 500gb

            as far as Bazzite goes I lookd into it, seemed like something more for handhelds like the steamdeck. there was no live usb version so I didn’t really bother to try it out.

            • gpstarman@lemmy.today
              1·
              2 days ago

              Thanks bro. Now I’m really getting hyped up. Because mine almost the same except

              CPU: I7 gen 12

              Ram: 8gb

              Sadly my rtx 3050 has only 4GB vram 🥲

              • rozodru
                1·
                1 day ago

                yeah mine is only 4gb too. you’ll be more than fine. I mean I’m on a laptop lol and pretty much every game i’m playing is on max settings pulling down 80+ fps.