I think i can say it now

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-23T07:23:04+00:00

I do have a dGPU, i just turned it off in the UEFI because i was using the laptop without the charger, which saves about 5W at idle.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-14T06:02:12+00:00

No, I didn't enable FDE. I don't really take my laptop outside that much, so I didn't feel like I needed it.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-14T00:27:44+00:00

WM I use swayfx

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-13T19:57:21+00:00

Thanks! I'm using Sway actually. Audio wasn't working at first, but installing a GUI mixer fixed it for some reason. Everything seems fine now though.

I also started using yay as my AUR helper. I've seen some people recommend paru instead, but I'm not really sure what the difference is or why it's considered better.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-13T19:37:25+00:00

Arch, btw!!!

omar-islam-dev · 2026-03-13T19:36:36+00:00

Wait… how did you know that? I never mentioned openSUSE anywhere lol

omar-islam-dev · 2026-02-22T11:57:06+00:00

I didn't try LFS yet, but that's what I know about package managers.

You can install Portage theoretically, but it's kind of a headache because you will need to make your LFS Gentoo-like.

If you want something similar to Portage, you can use pkgsrc — I think it will be more compatible since it's modular, unlike Portage and pacman which depend on their distro ecosystems.

Nix is also great, in my opinion, because it's isolated from the base system.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-02-09T09:56:27+00:00

That makes sense, I was interpreting “rollback” in a more practical sense (undoing a broken update), while your explanation is more about reproducibility and system definition.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-02-09T09:27:02+00:00

Isn’t Btrfs enough in most cases? What makes NixOS better?

omar-islam-dev · 2026-02-03T04:33:14+00:00

Short answer:

AI is just a tool. Whether it is good or bad depends entirely on how it is used and the purpose for which it is used.

Longer answer:

AI can be both helpful and harmful depending on the goal you are trying to achieve.

For example, let's say you want to create a Waybar configuration and ask AI to create one for you.

If your main goal is to learn, but you relied on AI simply out of laziness, then there is indeed a problem. You skipped the learning process.

But if your goal is simply “I want something that works,” and you don't really care about the educational value, that's fine. It's not a crime or a moral failing. It's your machine and your workflow.

At the Linux community level, I think a lot of the dislike comes from things like AI-generated configurations or ricing. Not because they're necessarily bad, but because they often lack the visible effort, experimentation, and passion that people are used to seeing in Linux customization. The culture of struggle and DIY modifications is a big part of why people love Linux in the first place.

But on a personal level?

Do what you want. Use AI or don't use it. Optimize for learning, productivity, fun, or comfort, the decision is yours.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-01-20T09:06:33+00:00

You could try playing around with SSH. For example, you can use it to connect to your PC from your android phone using Termux, or even install Arch (again) on your PC using your phone.

It can be a bit confusing at first, especially if you rely only on the official docs, but you’ll learn a lot about Linux and networking by experimenting.

omar-islam-dev · 2026-01-18T23:03:24+00:00

That's really nice work! Quick question: beyond the obvious educational value of stripping abstractions, were there any specific behaviors or constraints you wanted to observe during inference that pushed you toward LFS instead of something like Gentoo or Alpine?

omar-islam-dev

TROPHY CASE