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Does anyone else use Regolith Desktop? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I used i3 for years on Ubuntu then discovered Regolith Desktop and haven't gone back. The thing is, I've never encountered anyone else who uses it.

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[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I like to use i3 in a desktop environment so I don't have to reinvent the wheel of sundry support details like hotkeys and monitor behavior, automounting USB drives.

I've used gnome flashback with i3, just like regolith, and decided to try using regolith to get the full curated environment but I found their obfuscation of what's going on impossible to deal with. Just working out how to change configuration was a huge pain in the ass and had to be done the regolith way.

But every new OS release with a new version of flashback etc. doesn't seem to work right, so I am contemplating giving up and just going direct window manager and accumulating all those sundry details of a DE manually.

[–] lancalot@discuss.online 6 points 6 days ago

I love both GNOME and automatic/dynamic tiling. So Regolith should have been a match made in heaven. However, unfortunately:

  • It's not found in the repositories of any major distro. You know it's messed up if it's not packaged as a nixpkg!
  • If you can look surpass that, it's still intended only on Debian/Ubuntu. While the AUR package exists (and even RebornOS -an Arch-derivative- offers it in their own repos), you're simply out of luck outside of that. So, as a Fedora enjoyer myself, this unfortunately applies to me as well.
[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

Tried it out a while ago, and found that I prefer GNOME's UX and configurable shortcuts better, and that two side-by-side applications on my laptop is the most "tiles" I would realistically want.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like the project but use DIY Sway.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I tried Sway and liked it. But I guess I spent too much time on Windows.. I'm back to KDE.

[–] TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, never heard of that one!

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is it more than a theme for i3?

[–] TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, it's a blend of i3 and Gnome.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wdym by blend, like it's i3 but with all the gnome applications?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Gnome-flashback by default is an old-school Gnome DE (Desktop Environment) that comes with a simple, conventional WM but allows you to swap in any WM you like while it operates in the background. Mainstream Gnome Shell DE is inextricably tied to its WM so you can't swap into that. So with Gnome-flashback you can swap in i3 and get a curated Gnome DE with your own (i3) WM.

It means you don't have to reinvent everything that makes a DE just to use i3 WM. You get things like the Gnome settings GUI including monitor configuration and restoration on hotplug; clipboard manager; theming; audio/brightness hotkeys just work; USB drives automount, and more. Lots of convenience and utility you want and need but otherwise have to identify, install, configure and set up manually. Without using an already curated DE you have to reinvent one, or at least reinvent the parts of one you can't live without.

Gnome-flashback is not the only DE that allows swapping in a different WM. My own experience has found it a bit of a PITA every time I try to use it on an OS with an updated Gnome version, requiring poking around, searching and debugging. Sadly, there seem to be limited options for low effort, well polished, curated i3/sway DE.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ahhh right gotcha

For all intensive purposes is that not very similar to just installing all the gnome tools on i3 though?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes of course that's exactly what it is. A DE is just a collection of daemons and tools. None of it's rocket science but a lot of it is unclear unless you dig in deeper. And it's work that someone has already done.

(BTW... Intents and purposes)

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's more like gnome with a tiling WM .. but more than that :-D Does this explain it?

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

It doesn't really, I mean on a technical level, like is it a fork of gnome with a tiling wm hacked in, a tiling wm with gnome bits hacked in or a completely different thing inspired by gnome

[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I had it recommended to me by a colleague. And I've gotta say, it's fantastic.

Some nitpicks (when it comes to curved screens) , but otherwise it's pretty much flawless.