I have always been discovering new things about Linux distros while distro hopping. And when I get something I really like, I just copy the package name and make sure I install it in every distro I use in the future.

Let me start:

  1. Clipboard manager (Gpaste)
  2. KDE connect
  • dotCaffe@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Thanks! I ended up messing with Nixos a bunch in the past few weeks. My impression is generally positive, though while many of the things it does are very elegant (like the gnome example you mentioned), a lot of it also seems a bit hacky. Ultimately, figuring out how to declaratively configure specific things seems to take so much more time than my current approach of a written document detailing the steps of setting up my system.

    I’m going to keep tinkering in a VM though, and maybe I’ll have a breakthrough. Keeping configs working across two computers especially is tempting (read: an excuse to get a second computer).

    One last question - one of the things I worked on was Firefox with home manager. How did you get it set up so bookmarks were included in the config?

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      1 year ago

      When you set a FF profile there is a key called bookmarks. You can set them there:

      programs.firefox = {
        enable = true;
        extensions = [
          pkgs.nur.repos.rycee.firefox-addons.vimium
          ...
        ];
        profiles = {
          my-profile = {
            name = "yourname";
            settings = {};
            bookmarks = [
               {
                 name = "This is a folder";
                 toolbar = true;
                 bookmarks = [
                   {
                     name = "You can nest folders";
                     bookmarks = [
                       {
                         name = "This is a lemmy bookmark";
                         keyword = "lemmy";
                         url = "https://lemmy.ml/";
                       }
                  ...
              ];
            ];
          };
        };
      };
      

      You can always look at the home manager reference, I usually look here.