▲ 189 ▼ What have I done? (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago* by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments I bite the bullet and gone to the dark side
[–] okcomputer@piefed.world 8 points 4 months ago (3 children) How do I make my computer like this, this is cool and I don’t know what Linux is. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 4 months ago It's a heavily customized KDE Desktop Environment permalink fedilink source parent [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) If you've never installed Linux before, I would start with something user-friendly, like Kubuntu or Bazzite. Both come with KDE as their main Desktop Environment ("DE"), so you could do what OP did looks-wise. If you're a technical user, and don't hate having to sometimes do things manually, try Garuda Linux - it's Arch-based, but catered very towards Linux newbies and does a lot of hand-holding. I use it and I enjoy it very much. To specifically do what OP did with his DE - KDE comes with the concept of Panels and Widgets. The top bar you see in the screenshot is a Panel. On it, there are (from right to left) the System Tray widget, a Spacer widget, a Digital Clock widget with customised display format (something you can do in the settings of the widget), another Spacer, an Icons-Only Task Manager widget (displays active applications and lets you pin applications - like the Taskbar in Windows or Dock in macOS), and finally the Application Launcher widget (the Start menu equivalent). Everything is pretty heavily customised (presumably with Panel Colorizer? Not sure), so that - out of the box - even with this exact setup copied, yours would look slightly different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] okcomputer@piefed.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Thank you so much!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Enjoy the ride! :) Oh! You might find this useful. It's a list of various setting changes/fixes I made after switching and encountering various issues, or annoyances. Some of these were under Kubuntu, most are under Garuda, but I don't think anything in there is distro-specific, so it should work on both Debian-based and Arch-based. permalink fedilink source parent [–] comrademiao@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) It looks like Arch Linux with some ricing done. So first install Arch and customize from there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's Artix. It says it clearly in the image. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] comrademiao@piefed.social -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Yes. Which is an Arch distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's based on Arch, but it is not Arch Linux. Let's be specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago [citation needed] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 4 months ago It's a heavily customized KDE Desktop Environment permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) If you've never installed Linux before, I would start with something user-friendly, like Kubuntu or Bazzite. Both come with KDE as their main Desktop Environment ("DE"), so you could do what OP did looks-wise. If you're a technical user, and don't hate having to sometimes do things manually, try Garuda Linux - it's Arch-based, but catered very towards Linux newbies and does a lot of hand-holding. I use it and I enjoy it very much. To specifically do what OP did with his DE - KDE comes with the concept of Panels and Widgets. The top bar you see in the screenshot is a Panel. On it, there are (from right to left) the System Tray widget, a Spacer widget, a Digital Clock widget with customised display format (something you can do in the settings of the widget), another Spacer, an Icons-Only Task Manager widget (displays active applications and lets you pin applications - like the Taskbar in Windows or Dock in macOS), and finally the Application Launcher widget (the Start menu equivalent). Everything is pretty heavily customised (presumably with Panel Colorizer? Not sure), so that - out of the box - even with this exact setup copied, yours would look slightly different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] okcomputer@piefed.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Thank you so much!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Enjoy the ride! :) Oh! You might find this useful. It's a list of various setting changes/fixes I made after switching and encountering various issues, or annoyances. Some of these were under Kubuntu, most are under Garuda, but I don't think anything in there is distro-specific, so it should work on both Debian-based and Arch-based. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] okcomputer@piefed.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Thank you so much!!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Enjoy the ride! :) Oh! You might find this useful. It's a list of various setting changes/fixes I made after switching and encountering various issues, or annoyances. Some of these were under Kubuntu, most are under Garuda, but I don't think anything in there is distro-specific, so it should work on both Debian-based and Arch-based. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Enjoy the ride! :) Oh! You might find this useful. It's a list of various setting changes/fixes I made after switching and encountering various issues, or annoyances. Some of these were under Kubuntu, most are under Garuda, but I don't think anything in there is distro-specific, so it should work on both Debian-based and Arch-based. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comrademiao@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) It looks like Arch Linux with some ricing done. So first install Arch and customize from there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's Artix. It says it clearly in the image. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] comrademiao@piefed.social -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Yes. Which is an Arch distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's based on Arch, but it is not Arch Linux. Let's be specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago [citation needed] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bananskal@nord.pub 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's Artix. It says it clearly in the image. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] comrademiao@piefed.social -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Yes. Which is an Arch distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's based on Arch, but it is not Arch Linux. Let's be specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago [citation needed] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] comrademiao@piefed.social -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Yes. Which is an Arch distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bananskal@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's based on Arch, but it is not Arch Linux. Let's be specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago [citation needed] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bananskal@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's based on Arch, but it is not Arch Linux. Let's be specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago It's part of the arch family. It's the cool uncle who gives the kids playboy mags and weed when their parents aren't looking. Obviously. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago [citation needed] permalink fedilink source parent
