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  • Should I wipe and reinstall my arch system?

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  • Thanks for writing this response so I don't need to spend the time and efforts you did to write it :) Hopefully OP find it useful.

    I'm in the same boat. I'm running the same Arch for 15 years now. The only cleaning is for old packages and config files. Also, if you remove the packages correctly, the maintenance should be minimal.

    There should be no need to do a fresh install of the OS. This is another great benefit versus others. Even when I change my machine, I just install an image of my old system so it's fully functional right away.

  • Looking for YouTube Tutorials on Arch

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  • As others said, the Arch wiki is so well made that it should be the only source you need. Videos will not bring you anything given your background. The main difference with other distros will be the package manager.

    A video about the install process will just be someone reading the wiki to you, and a video to "explain" pacman to you will be overkill ;)

  • A good e-mail client for linux?

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  • This recent post may be of interest to you: https://lemmy.ml/post/27474047

    You may also find some ideas here or there.

    I personaly use the power of neomutt and notmuch, but it's not a GUI option if that's what you're looking for.

  • Those who use DWM, how do you get the autostart scripts to work?

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  • I will not reiterate what others have well explained Re: the use of &, though it's surprising to see someone able to use dwm before getting control of the basics of the command-line :)

    Coming back to your issue, have you applied the patch and recompiled dwm? Also, you may want to take a look at the note on this patch's github (which was last updated 13 years ago).

  • Thinking on switching to linux

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  • There are a lot of software alternatives depending on your needs and preferences. You may want to take a look here or there.

    Linux is full of options to let you build the best system for you. That means you'll have to invest some time to decide what you want (starting with the distro). Moving to Linux is discovering a brand new world where it's easy to get discouraged and flooded by the freedom you're given.

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  • In your efforts of developing a new desktop, I'd suggest to look around for already existing Linux desktops focused on visually impaired users. While they may go beyond what you're suggesting in your post (screen reader, text speech, braille output...) you may still get some inspiration from them.

  • Share your Bash prompts!

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  • Maybe you can find some inspiration here.

  • Email client for Linux

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  • You may find what you need here or there.

    Like @a14o@feddit.org I would personaly recommend the power of neomutt and notmuch, but it's not a GUI option if that's what you're looking for.

  • fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

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  • Awesome-Linux-Software (on GitHub) is, what convinced me

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  • Combined with this list, you should be covered :)

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  • Safe to use a browser installed from AUR?

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  • No one's job is to screen PKGBUILD of AUR packages so it's technically not safe to use them. That being said the large community is keeping an eye on these packages and, while problems are not fully preventable, malicious stuff are caught pretty quickly.

    So, to contrast with my first statement, one could argue that it's mostly safe to use AUR. That's even more true for packages used by a ton of people because issues/risks will be flagged almost immediately should they ever exist. That's the case for browsers, especially when developers themselves offer an AUR package (like Librewolf: https://librewolf.net/installation/arch/).

    Packages from the AUR basically do what is written in the PKGBUILD and install script so that's why everyone will instruct you to learn about that before installing AUR packages with an helper. That's too much for some people though and at the end of the day you also have to trust the person who wrote the source code and which is compiled locally.

    Nothing is 100% safe. I personally have 96 AUR packages installed because there's no other packages available (this includes stuff like my windows manager, python tools, 3D slicer, web browser...).

  • Reviewers without Conflict of Interest?

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  • Reviews are good to learn about each printer features if you don't like to read. Then, just do a check list and see which machine has the best specs for your needs. At least that's my approach when buying printers because at the end of the day they're all extremely similar and capable all things considered. A consideration that may only matter to few is the proprietary/open-source aspect.

    Reviews will only emphasize bells and whistles you may not even need. Everyone will comment on their personal experience which will vary with the machine they have and the gap can be huge for the same machine because it's a piece of hardware/software and some may have flaws despite all the quality checks.

  • Firefox "tabs" in a tiling WM

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  • My tiling WM journey was awesomewm, I3, dwm, and now bspwm.

    I use a modified chrome.css to hide all the bars in Librewolf. Interestingly my tweak for the address bar doesn't work anymore, so I'll have to find a new working piece of code.

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  • Best TUI mail client?

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  • I have gmail, exchange, and disroot accounts setup in neomutt. For gmail I had to generate an app specific password for neomutt because I use 2FA with gmail and neomutt doesn't use Oauth2 as authentication method. Although, I was too lazy to try them, there are some options to use xoauth2. No surprise, exchange was the trickiest one to get working. I have to use Davmail for that. Behind an apparent complexity you just need your exchange email URL to get it running, and then you use the Davmail ports in neomutt.

  • Best TUI mail client?

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  • Neomutt (with notmuch) is not easy when starting from scratch. Luckily there are some configurations online that get you up and running quickly. It still requires some efforts to get use to it and configured to your detailed and specific needs. I put sweat to build mine but it worth every single drop.That being said that's what makes its strength. It's not an email client, it's your email client. Once it's configured, it's good forever and using anything else feels like a pain.

  • What are your thoughts on Zen Browser becoming a lot more popular than Floorp?

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  • While I've tried both, I am not sensitive to any of these trends. I'm just glad to see some alternatives that can fit anyone needs. That's the power of the open-source.

    Although I understand the reasoning beyond the language used in this post, I'm sad to read that hardened privacy is considered a power user thing.

  • Is there an open source blogging platform like Medium or Substack I could publish to without self-hosting?

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  • I'm hosting my blog (using Hugo) on codeberg. Here is a quick howto.The easiest option to post online for free with zero coding skills is bearblog. I've used it before hosting my blog on codeberg. Bearblog let you publish and organize your blog using an insanely simple interface.

    There's also the gemini option that's worth considering. There are plenty of easy way to publish there. To cite a few: flounder, gemlog.blue, pollux.casa

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    Zen Browser: A New Privacy-Focused Browser(Firefox)

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  • Some sites don't load because of some features disabled in Librewolf. You can enable them and have the sites load, but it defeats the purpose of the Librewolf configuration choices. Nonetheless this is still an option :)